Find Content Items By Tag Caption
{ findItemsByTagName }
Returns a list of content items based on tag caption.
Method
- Enterprise Admin
- Domain Admin
- Pro
- Analyst
- Viewer
- Basic
Input Parameters
Name
tag
Type
string
Description
The tag caption to search
Output Response
Successful Result Code
200
Response List Type
Description of Response Type
A generic object used to contain ID of item.. Note that the response is returned as a list of items of this object type.
Notes
For this to be effective, content tags need to be set on items in the content system by users.
Examples

This example demonstrates how to find item's in the content manager using content tags. The results are then used to create dynamic embedding on a host page.
The example uses API authentication driven from JavaScript. See Authentication APIs for alternatives.
// URL of the Pyramid installation and the path to the API 3.0 REST methods
var pyramidURL = "http://mysite.com/api3/";
// step 1: authenticate admin account and get token
// NOTE: callApi method is a generic REST method shown below.
let token = callApi("authentication/authenticateUser",{
"userName":"adminUser",
"password":"abc123!"
},"",false);
log("got token "+ token );
// step 2: get all content items in the content system that have been tagged with "embed"
var tagName = "embed";
let itemIds = callApi("content/findItemsByTagName", tagName, token);
// step 3: for each item in the search result list, embed it on the host page
embedMultiple(itemIds);
// ### embed function
function embedMultiple(ids) {
for (var i = 0; i < ids.length; i++) {
var div = document.createElement("DIV");
div.id = ids[i];
div.style = "width: 1000px; height: 600px; border: 1ps solid blue;";
document.getElementById("mainContainer").appendChild(div);
//use the Pyramid 'embed' method from the embed library
//to add live content to each generated DIV elemt
pyramid.embed(div, {
id: ids[i],
host: "http://mysite.com",
contentType: "storyboard"
});
}
}
// ##### optional generic login method for debugging ##############
function log(msg){
document.write(msg);
console.log(msg);
}
// ##### generic REST API calling method ##############
function callApi(path,data,token="",parseResult=true){
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open("POST", pyramidURL+path, false);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("paToken",token)
xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
if(parseResult){
return JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
}else{
return xhttp.responseText;
}
}
Code Snippets
Use the Authentication API methods to generate an access 'key' or 'token' for use in code as shown below.
curl -X POST \
-H "paToken: [[apiKey]]" \
-H "Accept: application/json,application/json;charset=utf-8,text/plain,text/plain;charset=utf-8" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
"http://Your.Server.URL/API3/content/findItemsByTagName" \
-d ''
import com.pyramidanalytics.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.auth.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.model.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.api.ContentServiceApi;
import java.util.*;
import java.time.*;
public class ContentServiceApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
defaultClient.setBasePath("http://Your.Server.URL/");
// Configure API key authorization: paToken
ApiKeyAuth paToken = (ApiKeyAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("paToken");
paToken.setApiKey("YOUR API KEY");
// Uncomment the following line to set a prefix for the API key, e.g. "Token" (defaults to null)
//paToken.setApiKeyPrefix("Token");
// Create an instance of the API class
ContentServiceApi apiInstance = new ContentServiceApi();
// Initialize the tag parameter object for the call
String tag = tag_example; // Create the input object for the operation, type: String
try {
// "array[ItemId]" is only psaudo-code to symbolize list of type and not the actual usage
array[ItemId] result = apiInstance.findItemsByTagName(tag);
System.out.println(result);
} catch (ApiException e) {
System.err.println("Exception when calling ContentServiceApi#findItemsByTagName");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
import * as PyramidAnalyticsWebApi from "com.pyramidanalytics";
// Create an instance of the API class
const api = new PyramidAnalyticsWebApi.ContentServiceApi("http://Your.Server.URL")
// Configure API key authorization: paToken
api.setApiToken("YOUR API KEY");
const opts = {
'tag': tag_example // {String}
};
api.findItemsByTagName(opts).then(function(data) {
console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
}, function(error) {
console.error(error);
});
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Api;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Client;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Model;
public class findItemsByTagNameExample
{
public static void Main()
{
Configuration conf = new Configuration();
conf.BasePath = "http://Your.Server.URL/";
// Configure API key authorization: paToken
conf.ApiKey.Add("paToken", "YOUR_API_KEY");
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// conf.ApiKeyPrefix.Add("paToken", "Bearer");
GlobalConfiguration.Instance = conf;
// Create an instance of the API class
var apiInstance = new ContentServiceApi();
// Initialize the tag parameter object for the call
var tag = tag_example; // Create the input object for the operation, type: String | (optional)
try {
// Returns a list of content items based on tag caption.
// "array[ItemId]" is only psaudo-code to symbolize array of type and not the actual usage
array[ItemId] result = apiInstance.findItemsByTagName(tag);
Debug.WriteLine(result);
} catch (Exception e) {
Debug.Print("Exception when calling ContentServiceApi.findItemsByTagName: " + e.Message );
}
}
}
import com.pyramidanalytics
from com.pyramidanalytics import ApiException
from com.pyramidanalytics import ContentServiceApi
from pprint import pprint
# Configure API key authorization: paToken
api_config = com.pyramidanalytics.Configuration(host = 'http://Your.Server.URL/', api_key={ paToken:'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' })
with com.pyramidanalytics.ApiClient(api_config) as api_client:
# Create an instance of the API class
api_instance = ContentServiceApi(api_client)
# Initialize the tag parameter object for the call
tag = tag_example # String | (optional)
try:
# Returns a list of content items based on tag caption.
api_response = api_instance.find_items_by_tag_name(tag=tag)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling ContentServiceApi->findItemsByTagName: %s\n" % e)
<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setHost('http://Your.Server.URL');
// Configure API key authorization: paToken
OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('paToken', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKeyPrefix('paToken', 'Bearer');
// Create an instance of the API class
$api_instance = new OpenAPITools\Client\Api\ContentServiceApi();
$tag = tag_example; // String |
try {
$result = $api_instance->findItemsByTagName($tag);
print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling ContentServiceApi->findItemsByTagName: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>