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GET /v1/block

One block in full, with the channels it connects to

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/arena-api/v1/block" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/arena-api/v1/block", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/arena-api/v1/block");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/arena-api/v1/block",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "block": {
            "id": 3235876,
            "user": "Charles Broskoski",
            "class": "Link",
            "title": "Isaac Asimov Asks, \"How Do People Get New Ideas?\"",
            "content": null,
            "image_url": "https://images.are.na/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJhcmVuYV9pbWFnZXMiLCJrZXkiOiIzMjM1ODc2L29yaWdpbmFsXzc2ZWFkM2NhYzI1ZTQzNzFhYTliOTJhOTQ5OTNmOWY3LnBuZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MTIwMCwiaGVpZ2h0IjoxMjAwLCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUiLCJ3aXRob3V0RW5sYXJnZW1lbnQiOnRydWV9LCJ3ZWJwIjp7InF1YWxpdHkiOjc1fSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo3NX0sInJvdGF0ZSI6bnVsbH19?bc=0",
            "created_at": "2018-12-19T20:35:55.180Z",
            "source_url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/s/531911/isaac-asimov-asks-how-do-people-get-new-ideas/",
            "description": "Note from Arthur Obermayer, friend of the author: In 1959, I worked as a scientist at Allied Research Associates in Boston. The company was an MIT spinoff that originally focused on the effects of nuclear weapons on aircraft structures.",
            "connected_at": null,
            "connected_channels": [
                {
                    "id": 275,
                    "slug": "arena-influences",
                    "title": "Arena Influences"
                },
                {
                    "id": 53713,
                    "slug": "thoughts-1473618217",
                    "title": "Thoughts"
                },
                {
                    "id": 118989,
                    "slug": "clippings-q3orukwcui8",
                    "title": "Clippings"
                },
                {
                    "id": 262654,
                    "slug": "read-instead-of-mindless-scrolling",
                    "title": "Read instead of Mindless Scrolling"
                },
                {
                    "id": 322381,
                    "slug": "reader-u90htvaoemy",
                    "title": "Reader"
                },
                {
                    "id": 517099,
                    "slug": "knowledge-and-networks-9r0xj6qebps",
                    "title": "Knowledge and Networks"
                },
                {
                    "id": 595142,
                    "slug": "un-learning",
                    "title": "📝 Un-Learning"
                },
                {
                    "id": 682009,
                    "slug": "research-0ghii-mquxo",
                    "title": "research"
                },
                {
                    "id": 721775,
                    "slug": "chess-camp-vol-2",
                    "title": "Chess Camp Vol.2"
                },
                {
                    "id": 727303,
                    "slug": "everything-in-art-is-connected",
                    "title": "꩜ everything (in art) is connected"
                },
                {
                    "id": 964286,
                    "slug": "to-read-to-not-just-leave-in-the-vortex",
                    "title": "to
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