curl --request POST \
  --url https://{domain}-be.glean.com/rest/api/v1/createanswer \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "data": {
    "question": "Why is the sky blue?",
    "questionVariations": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "bodyText": "From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_sky_radiation, the sky is blue because blue light is more strongly scattered than longer-wavelength light.",
    "boardId": 123,
    "audienceFilters": [
      {
        "fieldName": "type",
        "values": [
          {
            "value": "Spreadsheet",
            "relationType": "EQUALS"
          },
          {
            "value": "Presentation",
            "relationType": "EQUALS"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "addedRoles": [
      {
        "sourceDocumentSpec": {
          "url": "<string>"
        },
        "person": {
          "name": "George Clooney",
          "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
        },
        "group": {
          "type": "DEPARTMENT",
          "id": "<string>",
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "role": "OWNER"
      }
    ],
    "removedRoles": [
      {
        "sourceDocumentSpec": {
          "url": "<string>"
        },
        "person": {
          "name": "George Clooney",
          "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
        },
        "group": {
          "type": "DEPARTMENT",
          "id": "<string>",
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "role": "OWNER"
      }
    ],
    "roles": [
      {
        "sourceDocumentSpec": {
          "url": "<string>"
        },
        "person": {
          "name": "George Clooney",
          "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
        },
        "group": {
          "type": "DEPARTMENT",
          "id": "<string>",
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "role": "OWNER"
      }
    ],
    "sourceDocumentSpec": {
      "url": "<string>"
    },
    "sourceType": "DOCUMENT",
    "addedCollections": [
      123
    ],
    "combinedAnswerText": {
      "text": "From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_sky_radiation, the sky is blue because blue light is more strongly scattered than longer-wavelength light."
    }
  }
}'
{
  "id": 3,
  "docId": "ANSWERS_answer_3",
  "permissions": {
    "write": {
      "scopeType": "GLOBAL",
      "create": true,
      "update": true,
      "delete": true
    }
  },
  "combinedAnswerText": {
    "text": "From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_sky_radiation, the sky is blue because blue light is more strongly scattered than longer-wavelength light.",
    "structuredList": [
      {
        "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_sky_radiation",
        "document": {
          "id": "<string>",
          "datasource": "<string>",
          "connectorType": "API_CRAWL",
          "docType": "<string>",
          "content": {
            "fullTextList": [
              "<string>"
            ]
          },
          "containerDocument": {},
          "parentDocument": {},
          "title": "<string>",
          "url": "<string>",
          "metadata": {
            "container": "container",
            "parentId": "JIRA_EN-1337",
            "createTime": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000Z",
            "datasource": "datasource",
            "author": {
              "name": "name"
            },
            "documentId": "documentId",
            "updateTime": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000Z",
            "mimeType": "mimeType",
            "objectType": "Feature Request",
            "components": [
              "Backend",
              "Networking"
            ],
            "status": [
              "Done"
            ],
            "customData": {
              "someCustomField": "someCustomValue"
            }
          },
          "sections": [
            {
              "title": "<string>",
              "url": "<string>"
            }
          ]
        },
        "text": "Because its wavelengths are shorter, blue light is more strongly scattered than the longer-wavelength lights, red or green. Hence the result that when looking at the sky away from the direct incident sunlight, the human eye perceives the sky to be blue."
      }
    ]
  },
  "likes": {
    "likedBy": [
      {
        "user": {
          "name": "George Clooney",
          "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
        },
        "createTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "likedByUser": true,
    "numLikes": 123
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "George Clooney",
    "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
  },
  "createTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updateTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updatedBy": {
    "name": "George Clooney",
    "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
  },
  "verification": {
    "state": "UNVERIFIED",
    "metadata": {
      "lastVerifier": {
        "name": "George Clooney",
        "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
      },
      "lastVerificationTs": 123,
      "expirationTs": 123,
      "document": {},
      "reminders": [
        {
          "assignee": {
            "name": "George Clooney",
            "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
          },
          "requestor": {
            "name": "George Clooney",
            "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
          },
          "remindAt": 123,
          "createdAt": 123,
          "reason": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "lastReminder": {
        "assignee": {
          "name": "George Clooney",
          "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
        },
        "requestor": {
          "name": "George Clooney",
          "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
        },
        "remindAt": 123,
        "createdAt": 123,
        "reason": "<string>"
      },
      "visitorCount": [
        {
          "count": 123,
          "period": {
            "minDaysFromNow": 123,
            "maxDaysFromNow": 123,
            "start": {
              "epochSeconds": 123,
              "daysFromNow": 123
            },
            "end": {
              "epochSeconds": 123,
              "daysFromNow": 123
            }
          },
          "org": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "candidateVerifiers": [
        {
          "name": "George Clooney",
          "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "board": {
    "name": "<string>",
    "description": "<string>",
    "addedRoles": [
      {}
    ],
    "removedRoles": [
      {}
    ],
    "audienceFilters": [
      {
        "fieldName": "type",
        "values": [
          {
            "value": "Spreadsheet",
            "relationType": "EQUALS"
          },
          {
            "value": "Presentation",
            "relationType": "EQUALS"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "permissions": {
      "write": {
        "scopeType": "GLOBAL",
        "create": true,
        "update": true,
        "delete": true
      }
    },
    "id": 123,
    "createTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updateTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "creator": {
      "name": "George Clooney",
      "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
    },
    "updatedBy": {
      "name": "George Clooney",
      "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
    },
    "itemCount": 123,
    "roles": [
      {}
    ]
  },
  "collections": [
    {
      "name": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "addedRoles": [
        {}
      ],
      "removedRoles": [
        {}
      ],
      "audienceFilters": [
        {
          "fieldName": "type",
          "values": [
            {
              "value": "Spreadsheet",
              "relationType": "EQUALS"
            },
            {
              "value": "Presentation",
              "relationType": "EQUALS"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "icon": "<string>",
      "adminLocked": true,
      "parentId": 123,
      "thumbnail": {
        "photoId": "<string>",
        "url": "<string>"
      },
      "allowedDatasource": "<string>",
      "permissions": {
        "write": {
          "scopeType": "GLOBAL",
          "create": true,
          "update": true,
          "delete": true
        }
      },
      "id": 123,
      "createTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updateTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "creator": {
        "name": "George Clooney",
        "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
      },
      "updatedBy": {
        "name": "George Clooney",
        "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
      },
      "itemCount": 123,
      "childCount": 123,
      "items": [
        {
          "name": "<string>",
          "description": "<string>",
          "icon": "<string>",
          "collectionId": 123,
          "documentId": "<string>",
          "url": "<string>",
          "itemId": "<string>",
          "createdBy": {
            "name": "George Clooney",
            "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
          },
          "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "document": {},
          "shortcut": {
            "id": 123,
            "inputAlias": "<string>",
            "destinationUrl": "<string>",
            "destinationDocumentId": "<string>",
            "description": "<string>",
            "unlisted": true,
            "urlTemplate": "<string>",
            "addedRoles": [
              {}
            ],
            "removedRoles": [
              {}
            ],
            "permissions": {
              "write": {
                "scopeType": "GLOBAL",
                "create": true,
                "update": true,
                "delete": true
              }
            },
            "createdBy": {
              "name": "George Clooney",
              "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
            },
            "createTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "updatedBy": {
              "name": "George Clooney",
              "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
            },
            "updateTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "destinationDocument": {},
            "intermediateUrl": "<string>",
            "viewPrefix": "<string>",
            "isExternal": true,
            "editUrl": "<string>",
            "alias": "<string>",
            "title": "<string>",
            "roles": [
              {}
            ]
          },
          "collection": "<any>",
          "itemType": "DOCUMENT"
        }
      ],
      "pinMetadata": {
        "existingPins": [
          {
            "category": "COMPANY_RESOURCE",
            "value": "<string>",
            "target": "RESOURCE_CARD"
          }
        ],
        "eligiblePins": [
          {
            "id": 123,
            "target": {
              "category": "COMPANY_RESOURCE",
              "value": "<string>",
              "target": "RESOURCE_CARD"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "shortcuts": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "children": [
        "<any>"
      ],
      "roles": [
        {}
      ]
    }
  ],
  "documentCategory": "<string>",
  "sourceDocument": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "datasource": "<string>",
    "connectorType": "API_CRAWL",
    "docType": "<string>",
    "content": {
      "fullTextList": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    },
    "containerDocument": {},
    "parentDocument": {},
    "title": "<string>",
    "url": "<string>",
    "metadata": {
      "container": "container",
      "parentId": "JIRA_EN-1337",
      "createTime": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000Z",
      "datasource": "datasource",
      "author": {
        "name": "name"
      },
      "documentId": "documentId",
      "updateTime": "2000-01-23T04:56:07.000Z",
      "mimeType": "mimeType",
      "objectType": "Feature Request",
      "components": [
        "Backend",
        "Networking"
      ],
      "status": [
        "Done"
      ],
      "customData": {
        "someCustomField": "someCustomValue"
      }
    },
    "sections": [
      {
        "title": "<string>",
        "url": "<string>"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

X-Scio-Actas
string

Email address of a user on whose behalf the request is intended to be made (should be non-empty only for global tokens).

X-Glean-Auth-Type
string

Auth type being used to access the endpoint (should be non-empty only for global tokens).

Body

application/json
CreateAnswer request
data
object
required

Response

200
application/json
OK
id
integer
required

The opaque ID of the Answer.

Example:

3

combinedAnswerText
object
likes
object
author
object
Example:
{
  "name": "George Clooney",
  "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
}
createTime
string

The time the answer was created in ISO format (ISO 8601).

updateTime
string

The time the answer was last updated in ISO format (ISO 8601).

updatedBy
object
Example:
{
  "name": "George Clooney",
  "obfuscatedId": "abc123"
}
verification
object
board
object

The parent board this answer is in.

collections
object[]

The collections to which the answer belongs.

documentCategory
string

The document's document_category(.proto).

sourceDocument
object
docId
string

Glean Document ID of the Answer. The Glean Document ID is supported for cases where the Answer ID isn't available. If both are available, using the Answer ID is preferred.

Example:

"ANSWERS_answer_3"

question
string
Example:

"Why is the sky blue?"

questionVariations
string[]

Additional ways of phrasing this question.

bodyText
string

The plain text answer to the question.

Example:

"From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_sky_radiation, the sky is blue because blue light is more strongly scattered than longer-wavelength light."

boardId
integer

The parent board ID of this Answer, or 0 if it's a floating Answer.

audienceFilters
object[]

Filters which restrict who should see the answer. Values are taken from the corresponding filters in people search.

addedRoles
object[]

A list of user roles for the answer added by the owner.

removedRoles
object[]

A list of user roles for the answer removed by the owner.

roles
object[]

A list of roles for this answer explicitly granted by an owner, editor, or admin.

sourceDocumentSpec
object
sourceType
enum<string>
Available options:
DOCUMENT,
ASSISTANT
permissions
object

The permissions the current viewer has with respect to a particular object.