Reactions

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Reactions are a special kind of data that can be used to capture user interaction with specific activities. Common examples of reactions are likes, comments, and upvotes. Reactions are automatically returned to feeds' activities at read time when the reactions parameters are used.

Adding Reactions

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Reactions are a special kind of data that can be used to capture user interaction with specific activities. Common examples of reactions are likes, comments, and upvotes. Reactions are automatically returned to feeds' activities at read time when the reactions parameters are used.

Reactions are always related to activities; in order to add a reaction to an activity you need to provide its ID.

Parameters

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The ID of the activity the reaction refers to

name	type	description	default	optional
kind	string	The type of reaction (eg. like, comment, ...)	-
activity_id	string	-
data	object	Additional data to attach to the reaction	-	✓
target_feeds	array	The feeds that should receive a notification activity	-	✓
target_feeds_extra_data	object	Additional data to attach to the notification activities	-	✓

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// add a like reaction to the activity with id activityId 
const like = await client.reactions.add("like", activityId); 
 
// adds a comment reaction to the activity with id activityId 
const comment = await client.reactions.add("comment", activityId, {"text": "awesome post!"}); 
 
// for server side auth, userId is required 
const comment = await client.reactions.add("comment", activityId, {"text": "awesome post!"}, {userId});

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# add a like reaction to the activity with id activity_id 
client.reactions.add("like", activity_id, user_id="mike") 
 
# adds a comment reaction to the activity with id activityId 
client.reactions.add( 
    "comment", activity_id, user_id="mike", data={"text": "awesome post!"} 
)

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# add a like reaction to the activity with id activity_id 
client.reactions.add("like", activity_id, user_id="mike") 
 
# adds a comment reaction to the activity with id activity_id 
client.reactions.add( 
    "comment", activity_id, user_id="mike", data: {text: "awesome post!"} 
)

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//  add a like reaction to the activity with id activity_id 
$client->reactions()->add("like", $activity_id, "mike"); 
 
// adds a comment reaction to the activity with id activity_id 
$client->reactions()->add("comment", $activity_id, "mike", ["text"=>"awesome post!"]);

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Reaction like = new Reaction.Builder() 
        .kind("like") 
        .activityID(activity.getID()) 
        .build(); 
 
// add a like reaction to the activity with id activityId 
like = client.reactions().add("john-doe", like).get(); 
 
Reaction comment = new Reaction.Builder() 
        .kind("comment") 
        .activityID(activity.getID()) 
        .extraField("text", "awesome post!") 
        .build(); 
 
// adds a comment reaction to the activity with id activityId 
comment = client.reactions().add("john-doe", comment).get();

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// add a like reaction to the activity with id activityID 
r := stream.AddReactionRequestObject{ 
	Kind:       "like", 
	ActivityID: activityID, 
} 
like, err := client.Reactions().Add(r) 
 
// adds a comment reaction to the activity with id activityId 
r = stream.AddReactionRequestObject{ 
	Kind:       "comment", 
	ActivityID: activityID, 
	UserID:     "bob", 
} 
comment, err := client.Reactions().Add(r)

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// add a like reaction to the activity with id activityId 
client.add(reactionTo: activityId, kindOf: "like") { result in /* ... */ } 
 
// adds a comment reaction to the activity with id activityId 
client.add(reactionTo: activityId, kindOf: "comment", extraData: Comment(text: "awesome post!")) { result in /* ... */ }

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// add a like reaction to the activity with id activityId 
var like = await client.Reactions.Add("like", activityId); 
 
// adds a comment reaction to the activity with id activityId 
var comment = await client.Reactions.Add("comment", activityId, "bob");

Here's a complete example:

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// first let's read current user's timeline feed and pick one activity 
const response = await client.feed('timeline', 'mike').get(); 
const activity = response.activities[0]; 
 
// then let's add a like reaction to that activity 
await client.reactions.add("like", activity.id);

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# first let's read current user's timeline feed and pick one activity 
response = client.feed("timeline", "mike").get() 
activity = response["results"][0] 
 
# then let's add a like reaction to that activity 
client.reactions.add("like", activity["id"], user_id="bob")

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# first let's read current user's timeline feed and pick one activity 
response = client.feed("timeline", "mike").get() 
activity = response["results"][0] 
 
# then let's add a like reaction to that activity 
client.reactions.add("like", activity["id"], "bob")

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// first let's read current user's timeline feed and pick one activity 
$activity = $client->feed('timeline', 'mike')->getActivities(0,1)["results"][0]; 
 
//  then let's add a like reaction to that activity 
$client->reactions()->add("like", $activity["id"], "bob");

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// first let's read current user's timeline feed and pick one activity 
List<activity> response = client.flatFeed("timeline", "mike").getActivities().get(); 
Activity activity = response.get(0); 
 
// then let's add a like reaction to that activity 
client.reactions().add("john-doe", Reaction.builder() 
        .kind("like") 
        .activityID(activity.getID()) 
        .build()).join();</activity>

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// first let's read current user's timeline feed and pick one activity 
response, err := client.FlatFeed("timeline", "bob").GetActivities() 
if err != nil { 
	//... 
} 
activity := response.Results[0] 
 
// then let's add a like reaction to that activity 
r := stream.AddReactionRequestObject{ 
	Kind:       "like", 
	ActivityID: activity.ID, 
	UserID:     "bob", 
} 
result, err := client.Reactions().Add(r)

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// we recommend to add reaction kinds to the extention of the `ReactionKind` to avoid typos 
extension ReactionKind { 
    static let like = "like" 
    static let comment = "comment" 
} 
 
// first let's read current user's timeline feed and pick one activity 
client.flatFeed(feedSlug: "timeline", userId: "mike").get { result in 
    if let response = try? result.get(), let activity = response.results.first, let activityId = activity.id { 
        // then let's add a like reaction to that activity 
        client.add(reactionTo: activityId, kindOf: .like) { result in 
            print(result) // will print a reaction object in the result. 
        } 
    } 
}

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// first let's read current user's timeline feed and pick one activity 
var response = await client.Feed("timeline", "bob").GetActivities(); 
var activity = response.FirstOrDefault(); 
 
// then let's add a like reaction to that activity 
await client.Reactions.Add("like", activity.Id, "bob");

Retrieving Reactions

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You can read reactions and filter them based on their user_id or activity_id values. Further filtering can be done with the kind parameter (e.g. retrieve all likes by one user, retrieve all comments for one activity, etc.).

Reactions are returned in descending order (newest to oldest) by default and when using id_lt[e] , and in ascending order (oldest to newest) when using id_gt[e].

Parameters

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name	type	description	default	optional
activity_id	string	Retrieve reactions by activity_id	-
user_id	string	Retrieve reactions by user_id	-
reaction_id	string	Retrieve children reaction by reaction_id	-	✓
kind	string	If provided it will only retrieve reactions of a certain kind (e.g. "like")	-	✓
limit	integer	The number of reactions to retrieve	10	✓
id_gte	string	Retrieve reactions created after the on with ID equal to the parameter (inclusive)	-	✓
id_gt	string	Retrieve reactions created after the one with ID equal to the parameter.	-	✓
id_lte	string	Retrieve reactions created before the one with ID equal to the parameter (inclusive)	-	✓
id_lt	string	Retrieve reactions before the one with ID equal to the parameter	-	✓
with_activity_data	boolean	Returns activity data when paginating using activity_id	-	✓

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// retrieve all kind of reactions for an activity 
const reactions = await client.reactions.filter({ 
  'activity_id': 'ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d' 
}); 
 
// retrieve first 10 likes for an activity 
const response = await client.reactions.filter({ 
  'activity_id': 'ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d', 
  'kind': 'like', 
  'limit': 10 
}); 
 
// retrieve the next 10 likes using the id_lt param 
const response = await client.reactions.filter({ 
  'activity_id': 'ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d', 
  'kind': 'like', 
  'id_lt': 'e561de8f-00f1-11e4-b400-0cc47a024be0', 
});

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# retrieve all kind of reactions for an activity 
reactions = client.reactions.filter( 
    activity_id="ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d" 
) 
 
# retrieve first 10 likes for an activity 
response = client.reactions.filter( 
    activity_id="ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d", kind="like", limit=10 
) 
 
# retrieve the next 10 likes using the id_lt param 
response = client.reactions.filter( 
    activity_id="ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d", 
    kind="like", 
    id_lt="e561de8f-00f1-11e4-b400-0cc47a024be0", 
)

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# retrieve all kind of reactions for an activity 
reactions = client.reactions.filter( 
    activity_id: "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d" 
) 
 
# retrieve first 10 likes for an activity 
response = client.reactions.filter( 
    activity_id: "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d", kind: "like", limit: 10 
) 
 
# retrieve the next 10 likes using the id_lt param 
response = client.reactions.filter( 
    activity_id: "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d",  
    kind: "like",  
    id_lt: "e561de8f-00f1-11e4-b400-0cc47a024be0", 
)

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// retrieve all kind of reactions for an activity 
$client->reactions()->filter("activity_id", "827509c1-2872-11e9-8ec6-0a544dd61b80", "comment"); 
 
// retrieve first 10 likes for an activity 
$client->reactions()->filter( 
    "activity_id", 
    "827509c1-2872-11e9-8ec6-0a544dd61b80", 
    "like", 
    ["limit" => 10], 
); 
 
// retrieve the next 10 likes using the id_lt param 
$client->reactions()->filter( 
    "activity_id", 
    "827509c1-2872-11e9-8ec6-0a544dd61b80", 
    "like", 
    ["limit" => 10 
     "id_lt" => "e561de8f-00f1-11e4-b400-0cc47a024be0"], 
);

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// retrieve all kind of reactions for an activity 
List<reaction> reactions = client.reactions().filter(LookupKind.ACTIVITY, "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d").get(); 
 
// retrieve first 10 likes for an activity 
reactions = client.reactions() 
        .filter(LookupKind.ACTIVITY, 
                "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d", 
                new Filter().limit(10), 
                "like").join(); 
 
// retrieve the next 10 likes using the id_lt param 
reactions = client.reactions() 
        .filter(LookupKind.ACTIVITY, 
                "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d", 
                new Filter().idLessThan("e561de8f-00f1-11e4-b400-0cc47a024be0"), 
                "like").join();</reaction>

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var response *stream.FilterReactionResponse 
var err error 
 
// retrieve all kind of reactions for an activity 
response, err = client.Reactions().Filter(stream.ByActivityID("ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d")) 
 
// retrieve first 10 likes for an activity 
response, err = client.Reactions().Filter(stream.ByActivityID("ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d").ByKind("like"), stream.WithLimit(10)) 
 
// retrieve the next 10 likes using the id_lt param 
filterAttribute := stream.ByActivityID("ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d").ByKind("like") 
pagination := stream.WithIDLT("e561de8f-00f1-11e4-b400-0cc47a024be0") 
 
response, err = client.Reactions().Filter(filterAttribute, pagination)

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// retrieve all kind of reactions for an activity 
client.reactions(forActivityId: "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d") { result in /* ... */ } 
 
// retrieve first 10 likes for an activity 
client.reactions(forActivityId: "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d", 
                 kindOf: "like", 
                 pagination: .limit(10)) { result in /* ... */ } 
 
// retrieve the next 10 likes using the id_lt param 
client.reactions(forActivityId: "ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d", 
                 kindOf: "like", 
                 pagination: .lessThan("e561de8f-00f1-11e4-b400-0cc47a024be0")) { result in /* ... */ }

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// retrieve all kind of reactions for an activity 
var reactions = await client.Reactions.Filter(ReactionFiltering.Default, ReactionPagination.By.ActivityID("ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d")); 
 
 
// retrieve first 10 likes for an activity 
var response = await client.Reactions.Filter(ReactionFiltering.Default.WithLimit(10), ReactionPagination.By.ActivityID("ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d").Kind("like")); 
 
// retrieve the next 10 likes using the id_lt param 
var filter = ReactionFiltering.Default.WithFilter(FeedFilter.Where().IdLessThan("e561de8f-00f1-11e4-b400-0cc47a024be0")); 
var pagination = ReactionPagination.By.ActivityID("ed2837a6-0a3b-4679-adc1-778a1704852d").Kind("like"); 
var response2 = await client.Reactions.Filter(filter, pagination);

Updating Reactions

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Reactions can be updated by providing reaction ID parameter. Changes to reactions are propagated to all notified feeds; if the target_feeds list is updated, notifications will be added and removed accordingly.

Parameters

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name	type	description	default	optional
reaction_id	string	The ID of the reaction	-
data	object	Reaction data	-	✓
target_feeds	string	The list of feeds that should receive a copy of the reaction.	-	✓

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client.reactions.update(reaction_id, data: {text: "I love it"})

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$client->reactions()->update($reaction_id, ["text"=> "I love it"]);

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client.reactions().update(Reaction.builder() 
        .id(reaction.getId()) 
        .extraField("text", "love it!") 
        .build());

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client.update(reactionId: reactionId, extraData: Comment(text: "love it!")) { result in /* ... */ }

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var reactionData = new Dictionary<string, object="">() 
{ 
    { "text", "love it!"} 
}; 
await client.Reactions.Update(reactionId, reactionData);</string,>

Removing Reactions

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Reactions are easy to remove. Simply pass in their ID, like so:

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client.delete(reactionId: reactionId) { result in /* ... */ }

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await client.Reactions.Delete(reactionId)

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Parameters

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Retrieving Reactions

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Updating Reactions

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