API and bitflag question
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I've googled and read and still confused on this.
Regarding the link metric bit flags:
http://apiwiki.seomoz.org/link-metrics
I understand everything about how the API works and have it all working, except for this bit flag thing... And there's no example on this page of how to use the bit flags in an API request so it's hard to work it out.
My current API call is:
"http://lsapi.seomoz.com/linkscape/" & $db & "/" & $objectURL & "?
SourceCols=" & $SourceCols &
"&TargetCols=" & $TargetCols &
"&Scope=" & $Scope &
"&Sort=page_authority" &
"&Filter=" & $Filter &
"&AccessID=" & $accessID &
"&Expires=" & $expires &
"&Signature=" & $urlSafeSignature
There are 4 Link Metric Bit Flags: 2, 4, 8, and 16. How do I use those in the above URL
Do I use those in SourceCols? And there's about 15 Link Flag Definitions (ranging from 1 to 65536). So I use those in TargetCols?
I've tested different variations and I get different responses but the responses aren't documented either.
For example, if I get "luutrp":5.432777943351583,"luutrr":1.415861867916131e-14" in a response... what IS luutrp or luutrr.
These acronyms are not outlined anywhere that I can find.
This link:
http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/the-busy-developers-guide-to-seomoz-bit-flags
outlines an example but is using Cols (not SourceCols or TargetCols) so either this page is outdated or I'm missing something. Is there also a "Cols" parameter?
Basically, I just want: - given a single URL, show me all links (page to page) pointing to that URL, and give me the same information that's displayed in Open Site Explorer (page authority, anchor text, title, etc, etc) but also give me some additional information such as, "is it on the same C block?"
What's an example URL for the above request?
Really hoping someone can shed some light on this under-documented API.
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Hey Adam! I switched it to answered because, as Joel mentioned in his message, you'll be able to get the best response by posting your question to our Dev Discussion forum. I'm so sorry if I marked it as answered prematurely, though! I've switched it to unanswered if you need anything else that we can help you out with through this Q&A forum.
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Yes I think my email was playing up as I missed a few emails in recent days.
Why is this quesiton marked as answered?
How did that happen?
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Hi Adam! This is Megan from the SEOmoz Help Team. It looks like Joel responded to your ticket on November 26th. Maybe it went to your spam folder? Here's what he wrote:
"Hey Adam,
Thanks for reaching out.
First off, I would encourage you to post your question to our Dev Discussion forum: http://seomoz.zendesk.com/forums/293196-developer-discussion-group. Our engineering community monitors that and you will probably get a response within 48 hours.We prefer to do any API support through our forum because that way other people in the community can benefit from the discussion. Making the support scalable allows us to keep offering the API as a free service. I hope you understand.
That being said, I would spend more time reading through the APIwiki. This page: http://apiwiki.seomoz.org/response-fields explains more about the different response fields you're going to see.
Looking forward to seeing your post in the Dev Discussion group!
Best,
Joel"I hope this helps!
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Sorry about that Adam. I sent an email to a couple helpful Mozzers. I am sure one of them will respond very soon.
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Hi Ryan,
Thanks but I'm actually posting here because it's been several days and no response from my ticket.
So not sure what to do
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Hi Adam,
Hopefully you will receive a response. If not, I suggest you go to http://www.seomoz.org/help and submit a ticket.
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