API
Our REST API is lightly documented here, but we encourage you to experiment and hack. Caution: our data structures may change. Notify us if you're building something important, and let us know how long you'll be using it.
List of Users' Polls
Requires cookie-based session login or HTTP Basic authentication (http://username:password@host.tld - remember to URL encode credentials)
Poll
Poll metadata and a summary of current results is accessed by appending a representation (.xml, .json, or .swf) onto a poll's permalink.
Multiple Choice Poll: API: How many times does Jesus mention money in the Bible?
- Web
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http://ww.mobilecause.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTg1ODA3MTAzNA
Note the different HTML returned depending on whether the owner is logged in.
- JSON
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTg1ODA3MTAzNA.json
- XML
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTg1ODA3MTAzNA.xml
- SWF
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTg1ODA3MTAzNA.swf
Individual results with date/time received are available via the results URL. Authentication is required (except for RSS due to poor support in common feed consumers).
- JSON
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/polls/MTg1ODA3MTAzNA/results.json
- XML
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/polls/MTg1ODA3MTAzNA/results.xml
- RSS
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/polls/MTg1ODA3MTAzNA/results.rss
- CSV
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/polls/MTg1ODA3MTAzNA/results.csv
Free Text Poll: API:Text your question for Pastor Ron
- Web
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http://ww.mobilecause.com/free_text_polls/NDA1OTQ2Njgx
Note the different HTML returned depending on whether the owner is logged in.
- JSON
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/free_text_polls/NDA1OTQ2Njgx.json
- XML
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/free_text_polls/NDA1OTQ2Njgx.xml
- SWF
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/free_text_polls/NDA1OTQ2Njgx.swf
Individual results with date/time received are available via the results URL. Authentication is required (except for RSS due to poor support in common feed consumers).
- JSON
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/polls/NDA1OTQ2Njgx/results.json
- XML
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/polls/NDA1OTQ2Njgx/results.xml
- RSS
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/polls/NDA1OTQ2Njgx/results.rss
- CSV
- http://ww.mobilecause.com/polls/NDA1OTQ2Njgx/results.csv
Please don't request poll data more than once every 3 seconds.
The following actions modify data. We can help you, but we prefer you talk to us first.
- Sending in votes or free text responses
- Clearing a poll
- Deleting a poll
- Opening/Closing (Starting/Stopping) a poll
We have no API at this time for creating polls.