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Publication.Update

Updates a publication in the database.

HTTP Operation

HTTP POST

URL

https://www.mblast.com/api/rest/v.01/publication.update.aspx

Parameters

See the documentation for creating REST queries.

Parameter	Data type	Description
api	api (required)	mBLAST API assigned to developer.
recordID	integer (required)	The recordID assigned to the publication.
name	string (required)	The name of the publication.
publisher	companyID (required)	The company ID of the company which produces the publication.
description	string (required)	The description of the publication.
link	string (required)	The URL of the publication's web site.
address1	string	The first address line for the publication's address.
address2	string	The second address line for the publication's address.
city	string	The city for the publication's address.
stateprovince	string	The state or province for the publication's address.
postalcode	string	The postal code for the publication's address.
country	country	The country for the person's address
target audience	string	A description of the publication's target audience, which is the group of readers or viewers who are the subscribers for the publication.
circulation	number	For print publications, circulation is the total paid and unpaid distribution of the publication.
type	publicationtype	The type of publication.
frequency	publicationfrequency	The frequency with which the publication is issued.
topicfocus	publicationfocus	The target geographical coverage of the publication in terms of topical coverage.
editcalcycle	string	The governing period of the editorial cycle. For instance, an annual calendar cycle applies if you issue your editorial calendar once a year.
editcalmanager	personID	The person ID for the manager of the editorial calendar.
editcallink	string	The URL of the editorial calendar web page.
editstaffcontact	personID	The contact for the editorial staff.
editstafflink	string	The URL of the editorial staff web page.
issn	string	The International Standard Serial Number for the publication. The ISSN is a code used on catalogues, databases, or commercial transactions each time serial publications are involved. More info at http://www.issn.org.
keywords	string	Keywords associated with the publication, separated by commas.

Response Elements

Response are returned in an XML document.

Field	Description
response	Contains the query response.
publication	Contains the individual publication information.
recordID	The recordID assigned to the publication.
name	The name of the publication.
publisher	The company ID of the company which produces the publication.
description	The description of the publication.
link	The URL of the publication's web site.
address1	The first address line for the publication's address.
address2	The second address line for the publication's address.
city	The city for the publication's address.
stateprovince	The state or province for the publication's address.
postalcode	The postal code for the publication's address.
country	The country for the person's address
target audience	A description of the publication's target audience, which is the group of readers or viewers who are the subscribers for the publication.
circulation	For print publications, circulation is the total paid and unpaid distribution of the publication.
type	The type of publication.
frequency	The frequency with which the publication is issued.
topicfocus	The target geographical coverage of the publication in terms of topical coverage.
editcalcycle	The governing period of the editorial cycle. For instance, an annual calendar cycle applies if you issue your editorial calendar once a year.
editcalmanager	The person ID for the manager of the editorial calendar.
editcallink	The URL of the editorial calendar web page.
editstaffcontact	The contact for the editorial staff.
editstafflink	The URL of the editorial staff web page.
issn	The International Standard Serial Number for the publication. The ISSN is a code used on catalogues, databases, or commercial transactions each time serial publications are involved. More info at http://www.issn.org.
keywords	Keywords associated with the publication, separated by commas.

Example response

The following is an example of the response returned by the Publication.Update method.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <publication>
    <recordID>12345</recordID>
    <name>802.11a News</name>
    <publisher>12345</publisher>
    <description>
      Magazine dedicated to products and services 
      utilizing the 802.11a broadband wireless standard. 
    </description>
    <link>http://www.80211anews.com</link>
    <target audience>
      End users, resellers, distributors, service 
      providers, etc. 
    </target audience>
    <circulation>20000</circulation>
    <type>4</type>
    <frequency>1</frequency>
    <topicfocus>6</topicfocus>
    <keywords>broadband, wireless, 802.11a</keywords>
  </publication>
</response>

Errors

Publication.Update returns the standard errors. There are no errors specific to this method.