Hi Blake,
So this is what I used to add the posts into the topic
discourse.create_post(
topic_id: discourse_topic['topic_id'],
raw: canvas_post_message,
created_at: canvas_post['created_at']
)
it goes in fine and the posts are accociated with the topic
if I look at the order then they are not in the order of created_at but something else.
See JSON example of a topic below
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If it is server based with audit ability so we can see when/who did the inspections this would be great.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking forward to hearing about lots of great thus.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks in advance.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsh\u003cbr\u003e\nSt Michael’s College, Adelaide\u003c/p\u003e","post_number":1,"post_type":1,"updated_at":"2018-04-03T22:21:01.603Z","reply_count":0,"reply_to_post_number":null,"quote_count":0,"avg_time":null,"incoming_link_count":0,"reads":1,"score":0,"yours":true,"topic_id":4044,"topic_slug":"plant-and-equipment-registars","display_username":"Michael Smith","primary_group_name":null,"primary_group_flair_url":null,"primary_group_flair_bg_color":null,"primary_group_flair_color":null,"version":1,"can_edit":true,"can_delete":false,"can_recover":null,"can_wiki":true,"read":true,"user_title":null,"actions_summary":[{"id":3,"can_act":true},{"id":4,"can_act":true},{"id":8,"can_act":true},{"id":7,"can_act":true}],"moderator":false,"admin":true,"staff":true,"user_id":3,"hidden":false,"hidden_reason_id":null,"trust_level":1,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"user_created_at":"2018-03-25T11:07:37.725Z","user_date_of_birth":null,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false},{"id":20908,"name":"Michael Smith","username":"michael.smith","avatar_template":"/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/m/eada6e/{size}.png","created_at":"2014-09-17T05:51:20.000Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003e** Matthew Mitchell** said:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHi Ash, \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou could try local company hardcat, they worked on a similar project with Adelaide Shores - \u003ca href=\"http://www.hardcat.com/adelaide-shores/\"\u003ehttp://www.hardcat.com/adelaide-shores/\u003c/a\u003e - its a bigger scale, however they may be able to assist with you with your needs also.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the best,\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatt\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","post_number":2,"post_type":1,"updated_at":"2018-04-03T22:21:02.986Z","reply_count":0,"reply_to_post_number":null,"quote_count":0,"avg_time":null,"incoming_link_count":0,"reads":1,"score":0,"yours":true,"topic_id":4044,"topic_slug":"plant-and-equipment-registars","display_username":"Michael Smith","primary_group_name":null,"primary_group_flair_url":null,"primary_group_flair_bg_color":null,"primary_group_flair_color":null,"version":1,"can_edit":true,"can_delete":true,"can_recover":null,"can_wiki":true,"link_counts":[{"url":"http://www.hardcat.com/adelaide-shores/","internal":false,"reflection":false,"clicks":0}],"read":true,"user_title":null,"actions_summary":[{"id":3,"can_act":true},{"id":4,"can_act":true},{"id":8,"can_act":true},{"id":7,"can_act":true}],"moderator":false,"admin":true,"staff":true,"user_id":3,"hidden":false,"hidden_reason_id":null,"trust_level":1,"deleted_at":null,"user_deleted":false,"edit_reason":null,"can_view_edit_history":true,"wiki":false,"user_created_at":"2018-03-25T11:07:37.725Z","user_date_of_birth":null,"can_accept_answer":false,"can_unaccept_answer":false,"accepted_answer":false},{"id":20909,"name":"Michael Smith","username":"michael.smith","avatar_template":"/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/m/eada6e/{size}.png","created_at":"2014-09-16T05:10:58.000Z","cooked":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Simpson\u003c/strong\u003e said:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHi Ash,\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe’ve had great success for the past few years with a custom-built Zoho database for a similar purpose (\u003ca href=\"http://creator.zoho.com\"\u003ecreator.zoho.com\u003c/a\u003e). 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In this you can see that the created_at is not in order and it seems to be updated_at that is being used to order.
Am I seeing that right or is something else going on?
Cheers
Michael
