account.getQuota album.create album.delete album.docs.add album.docs.getContext album.docs.getList album.docs.remove album.docs.setList album.edit album.get album.getFaves album.getList album.getVisitors album.orderList album.setPerms api.methods.get api.methods.getList auth.checkToken auth.getFrob auth.getToken doc.checkMD5 doc.comments.add doc.comments.delete doc.comments.edit doc.comments.get doc.comments.getList doc.comments.reply doc.delete doc.get doc.getContainers doc.getContext doc.getFaves doc.getList doc.getMedias doc.getPerms doc.getVisitors doc.notes.add doc.notes.delete doc.notes.edit doc.search doc.set doc.setLicense doc.setPerms doc.tags.add doc.tags.edit doc.tags.getList doc.tags.remove explore.docs.getPopular explore.docs.getRecent explore.docs.homepage faves.albums.add faves.albums.getList faves.albums.remove faves.docs.add faves.docs.getList faves.docs.remove group.docs.add group.docs.getContext group.docs.getList group.docs.remove group.get group.getList group.search network.autocomplete network.docs.getRecent network.getList tags.docs.getList tags.user.getList tags.user.getPopular test.echo test.hello upload.checkTickets upload.file upload.replace user.get

api.methods.get / Live testing

Return information about an API method.

• This method call does not require authentication.
• This method does not require any particular permission.

URL

http://www.ipernity.com/api/api.methods.get

Parameters

api_key	∗	Your api_key.
method		The name of the method to return information for.

∗ : this parameter is required.

Response

<method name="api.methods.get" service="api.method">
  <authentication need_login="0" need_sign="0" need_post="0"/>
  <title>Return information about an API method.</title>

  <parameters>
    <param name="api_key" required="1">Your api_key.</param>
    <param name="method">The name of the method to return information for.</param>
  </parameters>

  <response>
  (...)
  </response>

  <errors>
    <error code="1" message="Method not found">The requested method was not found.</error>
    <error code="100" label="api_key_missing" message="API Key is missing">Please add 
     the api_key parameter to this request.</error>
    (...)
  </errors>
  <changelog>
    <log date="2009-01-10" log="Method created."/>
  </changelog>
</method>

Error codes

1	Method not found	The requested method was not found.
100	API Key is missing	Please add the api_key parameter to this request.
101	API Key is invalid	This API key is invalid or disabled.
102	Invalid format	The requested format is invalid. Valid formats are : json, xml, php.
103	Method not found	The requested method is invalid or missing.
104	Signature missing	The query signature is missing.
105	Signature is invalid	The query signature is invalid.
106	Token missing	User is not logged. The authentication token is missing.
107	Token invalid	The authentication token is invalid.
108	Account closed	The user account is closed or suspended.
109	Action blocked	This action is blocked because of a member or a group blocklist restriction
110	Insufficient permissions	Insufficient permissions for this method.
111	IP not allowed	The request came from a remote address not allowed by this application.
112	Application Quota Error	The application has reached its requests quota.
113	Client IP Quota Error	The client IP has reached a limit. Limits are based on requests per seconds, minutes, hours, ...
120	HTTP POST required	This API method must be called using HTTP POST.
121	Invalid SOAP envelope	The SOAP envelope could not be parsed.
122	Invalid XML-RPC envelope	The XML-RPC envelope could not be parsed.
500	Service error	Service general error.
501	Maintenance mode	Service under temporarily maintenance. Thank you for your kind understanding.
503	Service unavailable	The service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again in a few minutes.

Changelog

• 2009-01-10: Method created.

See also

• api.methods.getList