quickblox - how can I get content by owner? - quickblox

Question

I'm working on a CMS and I'd like to know if I can get the content by owner, in other to show the pictures from the app's users.
I know that i can get the content list of the current user with:
QB.content.list(function(error, response){
if(error) {
console.log(error);
} else {
// Success
}
});
but can I access to other user's content?
thank you very much

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this functionality isn't in the API right now. If it's profile pictures you want, you can just use the blob parameter on a user.
If you can provide us some good use cases for - send me an email at alex.bass#quickblox.com and we'll consider adding it.
Hopefully this hasn't inconvenienced you too much.
EDIT:
I've just been informed by my colleague that there is a way around this - it's not perfect, but it does get the job done.
You can create a custom objects class with just 2 fields: blob_id and user_id. Then when content is uploaded, just add a record in the callback.
Here's the complete code - I haven't tested it though. Let me know if you have any troubles.
When uploading:
QB.init(app_id, auth_key, auth_secret);
var user_id;
QB.createSession({login: <username>, password: <password>}, function(error, response){
if(error) {
console.log(error);
} else {
// Just making a record of the user_id for use later
user_id = response.id;
}
});
//
// later...
//
var files = $("input[type=file]")[0].files;
// This function will create "content" record in QB, then when QB returns AWS URL to
// post to, it will automatically upload it, then on completion, mark uploaded.
QB.content.createAndUpload({'file': files, 'public': true}, function(err, response){
if (err) {
console.log(err);
} else {
// Response will contain blob ID.
var data = {
blob_id: response.id,
blob_owner: user_id
}
QB.data.create("BlobsToUsers", data, function(err, response){
if (err) {
console.log(err);
} else {
// Done
}
});
}
});
Then, later on when you're listing content:
QB.data.list("BlobsToUsers", { blob_owner: user_id } function(err, response){
if (err) {
console.log(err);
} else {
// response.items will be array of all records with the specified blob_owner.
// You could also filter by date, timestamp or whatever you want.
}
});
To break it down into steps:
Use "QB.content.createAndUpload()" to upload data
Create custom objects record matching blob ID to owner
Later, when listing, get records from Custom Objects.
Do whatever you want from there. There is a function named "QB.content.getFileUrl()" that will return an AWS URL that you use for an <img> tag.
Hope this helps