Sugar Network/Resources

The following diagram shows the full list of objects implemented by the Sugar Network API.

Sugar Network objects

Resource.author

A list of authors working on the corresponding resource. List items are dictionaries with the following keys:

• guid
  Author's guid in the Sugar Network; might be omitted if a particular author is not registered in the Sugar Network;

• name
  Full author's name;

• role
  An integer which is a bit-wise ORed value of the following constants:
  • 1, author is registered in the Sugar Network (and guid key is set);
  • 2, author is the original author of the corresponding resource; if it is not set, user is only a maintainer, e.g., an uploader of a book which has its original authors.

Resource.layer

This is a system level property to to track object's condition. It is a list of states set by the system during the object life cycle. Users cannot directly write to this property. Currently supported states are:

• featured the object is popped up by node editors;
• deleted set after removing objects by users; right after user deletes, the object still remains in the system but becomes inaccessible to user requests;
• favorite applied to local Context objects only, set if a user has "stared" the context;
• checkin applied to local Context objects only, set if a user has "pinned" the context to keep its most recent version permanently in the local system;
• stale applied to local Context objects only, set if previously checked-in Context might have more fresh releases on the server; it is not possible to filter Contexts by this state;
• inprogress applied to local Context objects only, set if the Context is in the process of downloading content from the server; it is being temporally set before launching the Context of checking it in; it is not possible to filter Contexts by this state.

Context.type

Context types:

• activity, Sugar activity;
• book, books in various forms;
• group, offline discussion groups;
• package, GNU/Linux package metadata.

Post.type

• review, Review the Context;
• object, Object generated by Context application;
• question, Q&A request;
• answer, Q&A response;
• issue, Propblem with the Context;
• announce, General announcement;
• notification, Auto-generated Post for updates within the Context;
• feedback, Review parent Post;
• post, General purpose dependent Post.