# Collections Page

{% openapi src="/files/DFxnj85ZsASPYXzkPAko" path="/api/v3/collections/1/posts" method="get" %}
[UshahidiV3.json](https://content.gitbook.com/content/tXIYKGMTeHub5C8O9fER/blobs/TC8KXqdBoVrA1ZGmo9Kk/UshahidiV3.json)
{% endopenapi %}

## add collection post

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://ushahididocs.api.ushahidi.io/api/v3/collections/2/posts`

#### Request Body

| Name              | Type    | Description                                                                  |
| ----------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| form\_id          | String  | Form unique identifier                                                       |
| slug              | String  | Post slug                                                                    |
| type              | String  | Post type                                                                    |
| message           | String  | Additiong message for post                                                   |
| url               | String  | Post URL                                                                     |
| author\_email     | String  | Email address of source                                                      |
| title             | String  | Title of the new post                                                        |
| content           | String  | Post content                                                                 |
| user\_id          | Integer | The user's unique Identifier                                                 |
| author\_realname  | String  | The full name of the Post source                                             |
| status            | String  | The status of post                                                           |
| locale            | String  | Post local language                                                          |
| color             | String  | Post color                                                                   |
| id                | String  | Unique identifier for new post                                               |
| parent\_id        | Integer | Parent ID for new post                                                       |
| values            | Object  | This is an array containing two items, one for the title and the description |
| completed\_stages | Array   | Contains an array of post-completed stage                                    |
| published\_to     | Array   | This contains an array of where the post was published                       |
| source            | String  | Source of post                                                               |
| sets              | Array   | An array of set id's                                                         |
| tags              | Array   | Contains an object of tag Id's                                               |
| contact           | String  | Post contact                                                                 |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK " %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "url": "http://localhost:8000/api/v3/posts/1",
    "parent_id": null,
    "form": {
        "id": 1,
        "url": "http://localhost:8000/api/v3/forms/1"
    },
    "user_id": null,
    "message": null,
    "color": null,
    "type": "report",
    "title": "Test post",
    "slug": null,
    "content": "Testing post",
    "author_email": null,
    "author_realname": null,
    "status": "published",
    "created": "2013-03-23T03:39:13+00:00",
    "updated": null,
    "locale": "en_us",
    "values": {
        "geometry_test": [
            "MULTIPOLYGON(((40 40,20 45,45 30,40 40)),((20 35,45 20,30 5,10 10,10 30,20 35),(30 20,20 25,20 15,30 20)))"
        ],
        "last_location_point": [
            {
                "lon": 12.123,
                "lat": 21.213
            },
            {
                "lon": 12.223,
                "lat": 21.313
            }
        ],
        "missing_status": [
            "believed_missing"
        ],
        "links": [
            "http://google.com",
            "http://ushahidi.com"
        ],
        "tags1": [
            "3",
            "4"
        ]
    },
    "post_date": "2013-03-22T20:39:13+00:00",
    "tags": [
        {
            "id": 3,
            "url": "http://localhost:8000/api/v3/tags/3"
        },
        {
            "id": 4,
            "url": "http://localhost:8000/api/v3/tags/4"
        }
    ],
    "published_to": [],
    "completed_stages": [],
    "sets": [
        "1"
    ],
    "lock": null,
    "source": null,
    "contact": null,
    "data_source_message_id": null,
    "allowed_privileges": [
        "read",
        "create",
        "update",
        "delete",
        "search",
        "change_status",
        "read_full"
    ]
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% openapi src="/files/DFxnj85ZsASPYXzkPAko" path="/api/v3/collections/1/posts/9999" method="get" %}
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{% endopenapi %}

{% openapi src="/files/DFxnj85ZsASPYXzkPAko" path="/api/v3/collections/1/posts/9999" method="delete" %}
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{% endopenapi %}


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