Resources

Capital Resource

• id - id of the Capital
• person_id - id of the person who received the Capital
• author_id - id of the person who created the Capital
• type - type of the Capital
• amount_in_cents - The amount of the Capital in cents. Negative amount indicates deduction.
• created_at - timestamp representing when the Capital was created
• content - The reason for which the capital was awarded or deducted.

Index Endpoint

Use the index endpoint to get a paginated list of the Capitals of a person.

GET /api/v1/people/:id/capitals

Parameters

• limit - max number of results to show in one page of results (default 10, max 100).
• __nonce - generated pagination nonce. Do not modify.
• __token - generated pagination token. Do not modify.

Example

GET https://foobar.nationbuilder.com/api/v1/people/9/capitals

{
  "next": "/api/v1/people/9/capitals?__nonce=3OUjEzI6iyybc1F3sk6YrQ&__token=ADGvBW9wM69kUiss1KqTIyVeQ5M6OwiL6ttexRFnHK9m",
  "prev": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "3",
      "person_id": 9,
      "author_id": 4,
      "type": "Political Capital",
      "amount_in_cents": 500,
      "created_at": "2013-01-31T11:33:23-05:00",
      "content": {
          "note": "Award"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Create Endpoint

Creates a Capital for a person with the provided data. Returns a full representation of the Capital which was created. Returns errors if the creation fails.

POST /api/v1/people/:id/capitals

Parameters

• capital - the resource of the Capital to be created

Example

Make the request:

POST /api/v1/people/9/capitals

With attached body content like this:

{
  "capital": {
    "amount_in_cents": 1550,
    "content": "Award"
  }
}

You will receive a response of status 200, with response body like this:

{
  "capital": {
    "id": 7,
    "person_id": 9,
    "author_id": 12,
    "type": "Political Capital",
    "amount_in_cents": 1550,
    "created_at": "2013-01-31T11:33:23-05:00",
      "content": {
          "note": "Award"
      }
  }
}

Destroy Endpoint

Removes the Capital with the provided id from the person. Takes no parameters, returns response code 204 on success.

DELETE /api/v1/people/:id/capitals/:id