/// <summary>
/// Create a new activity stream entry based on the characteristics in the "activity" object.
/// Note: if the published and/or updated fields in the Activity are set, they must be have the time down to the second with the DateTimeKind field set
/// </summary>
/// <param name="activity">an Activity object containing the required data to construct a new activity stream entry</param>
/// <param name="fields">Names of the fields to be returned</param>
/// <returns>an Activity object representing the newly created activity or activity stream entry</returns>
public Activity CreateActivity(Activity activity, List<string> fields = null)
{
//since DateTime is a non-nullable type, if one or both of the published and published fields in the inputs are the default, sets them to a valid value
if (activity.published == default(DateTime) && activity.updated == default(DateTime))
{
activity.published = DateTime.UtcNow;
activity.updated = DateTime.UtcNow;
}
else if (activity.published == default(DateTime))
{
activity.published = activity.updated;
}
else if (activity.updated == default(DateTime))
{
activity.updated = activity.published;
}
string url = JiveCommunityUrl + "/api/core/v3/activities";
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(activity, new JsonSerializerSettings { NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore });
string result;
try
{
result = PostAbsolute(url, json);
}
catch (HttpException e)
{
switch (e.GetHttpCode())
{
case 400:
throw new HttpException(e.WebEventCode, "An input field is missing or malformed", e);
case 403:
throw new HttpException(e.WebEventCode, "You are not allowed to create this activity stream entry", e);
default:
throw;
}
}
JObject Json = JObject.Parse(result);
return Json.ToObject<Activity>();
}
