Solution validation

Solution validation is a feature which, when enabled, automatically marks solutions as expired after a certain validity period has passed. The solution author can specify this validity period, if any.

Any user can request a validation for a question. This will trigger a notification to the author of each expired solution, asking them to update their solution or to confirm that it is still up to date.

The validation request also triggers a new expert search. If there are any new experts who were not notified before, they will receive a notification as well. This can happen for example to users who were not active yet when the question was published or because the user's know-how profile has changed in the meantime.

Any update on the solution validates it. This resets validity period of the updated solution and triggers a notification for all users who follow the question.

• Get validation request status
• Request validation
• Validate solution

Get validation request status

GET /questions/:id/request-validation

Response

{
    "last_requested": "2016-06-09T15:34:13.000+02:00"
}

Request validation

PUT /questions/:id/request-validation

Response

{
    "last_requested": "2016-06-09T15:34:13.000+02:00"
}

Validate solution

POST /solutions/:id/validate

Validates a solution and makes it valid for the period specified in the request body.

Request

{
    "validity": "months_six"
}

Response

The endpoint will fail with the following status codes: * 404 NOT FOUND if the solution does not exist. * 403 FORBIDDEN if the user is not the solution poser or an administrator.

In case of success, a 200 OK will be returned with a JSON body with the updated solution (some fields are omitted for clarity):

{
    "validity_period": "months_six",
    "expires": "2013-12-13T16:42:22.000Z",
    [...]
}