getTopics function

Returns a list of topics on a community's discussion board

getTopics(
  group_id = "",
  topics_ids = "",
  order = "",
  offset = 0,
  count = 40,
  extended = 0,
  preview = 0,
  preview_length = 90,
  v = getAPIVersion()
)

Arguments

• group_id: ID of the community that owns the discussion board.

• topics_ids: IDs of topics to be returned (100 maximum). By default, all topics are returned. If this parameter is set, the order, offset, and count parameters are ignored.

• order: Sort order:

  • 1 - by date updated in reverse chronological order;
  • 2 - by date created in reverse chronological order;
  • -1 - by date updated in chronological order;
  • -2 - by date created in chronological order.

  If no sort order is specified, topics are returned in the order specified by the group administrator. Pinned topics are returned first, regardless of the sorting.

• offset: Offset needed to return a specific subset of topics.

• count: Number of topics to return (default 40, maximum value 100).

• extended: 1 — to return information about users who created topics or who posted there last; 0 — to return no additional fields (default).

• preview: 1 — to return the first comment in each topic; 2 — to return the last comment in each topic; 0 — to return no comments.

• preview_length: Number of characters after which to truncate the previewed comment. To preview the full comment, specify 0.

• v: Version of API