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GET /v1/blocks

A channel's contents (blocks)

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/arena-api/v1/blocks" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/arena-api/v1/blocks", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/arena-api/v1/blocks");
curl_setopt($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/blocks",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

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

{
    "data": {
        "page": 1,
        "count": 20,
        "blocks": [
            {
                "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": "2018-12-30T18:17:22.365Z"
            },
            {
                "id": 76969,
                "user": "Chris Sherrón",
                "class": "Media",
                "title": "The Working Sheepdog ( Border Collies ) in training",
                "content": null,
                "image_url": "https://images.are.na/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJhcmVuYV9pbWFnZXMiLCJrZXkiOiI3Njk2OS9vcmlnaW5hbF84MTI1YTFiNjQ0NzAyNzQ1Y2QxMTk5MDNkNzdiODYwZi5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjEyMDAsImhlaWdodCI6MTIwMCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIiwid2l0aG91dEVubGFyZ2VtZW50Ijp0cnVlfSwid2VicCI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo3NX0sImpwZWciOnsicXVhbGl0eSI6NzV9LCJyb3RhdGUiOm51bGx9fQ==?bc=0",
                "created_at": "2013-02-12T22:40:15.696Z",
                "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0sO1wdBhMY",
                "description": "Border Collie Collies working sheepdog Sheep dogs in training Scotland",
                "connected_at": "2016-05-16T00:59:42.901Z"
            },
            {
                "id": 355823,
                "user": "Charles Broskoski",
                "class": "Link",
                "title": "Making a Rich Connection, 2008 - Stephen Willats",
                "content": null,
                "image_url": "https://images.are.na/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJhcmVuYV9pbWFnZXMiLCJrZXkiOiIzNTU4MjMvb3JpZ2luYWxfMWRhYWVjYTM5ZGZjYzM3NDBjNWFhOTRjYmE1NzVlMDkiLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjEyMDAsImhlaWdodCI6MTIwMCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIiwid2l0aG91dEVubGFyZ2VtZW50Ijp0cnVlfSwid2VicCI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo3NX0sImpwZWciOnsicXVhbGl0eSI6NzV9LCJyb3RhdGUiOm51bGx9fQ==?bc=0",
                "created_at": "2015-03-18T17:08:04.586Z",
                "source_url": "http://stephenwillats.com/work/making-rich-connection/",
                "description": "'This multichannel diagram shows a progression from objects to people, exploring the tendency to
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