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# ADMIN REST API #
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Setting up a new election:
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/steve/admin/setup/$electionid
  POST
    input: 
          title: Title of the election
          owner: uid of election owner
          monitors: email addresses of monitors
          starts: UNIX timestamp of start (optional)
          ends: UNIX timestamp when it closes (optional)
          open: If set to 'true', allows for an open (public) election
    output:
      HTTP 201 Created on success
      HTTP 400 Bad request if params missing or invalid or already exists
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "message": "created"
        }
        
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Editing an existing election:
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/steve/admin/edit/$electionid
  POST
    input: 
          title: Title of the election (optional)
          owner: uid of election owner (optional)
          monitors: email addresses of monitors (optional)
          starts: UNIX timestamp of start (optional)
          ends: UNIX timestamp when it closes (optional)
    output:
      HTTP 200 Saved on success
      HTTP 404 Not Found if no such election
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "message": "Changes saved"
        }
        
        
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Creating an issue in an election:
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/steve/admin/create/$electionid/$issueid
  POST
    input: 
          title: Title of the issue
          description: (optional) Description of the issue
          type: type of issue (yna, stv[1-9])
          candidates: (if stv[1-9]) \n separated list of candidate names or JSON array
          statements: (if stv[1-9]) \n separated list of statements or JSON array
          nominatedby: (if YNA) Person to nominate this issue
          seconds: (if YNA) \n separated list of seconds for the issue
          
    output:
      HTTP 201 Created on success
      HTTP 400 Bad request if params missing or invalid or already exists
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "message": "created"
        }
       
        
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Editing an issue in an election:
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/steve/admin/edit/$electionid/$issueid
  POST
    input: 
          title: Title of the issue (optional)
          description: (optional) Description of the issue (optional)
          type: type of issue (yna, stv[1-9]) (optional)
          candidates: (if stv[1-9]) \n separated list of candidate names or JSON array
          statements: (if stv[1-9]) \n separated list of statements or JSON array
          nominatedby: (if YNA) Person to nominate this issue (optional)
          seconds: (if YNA) \n separated list of seconds for the issue (optional)
          
    output:
      HTTP 200 Saved on success
      HTTP 404 Not Found if no such issue or election
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "message": "Changes saved"
        }
        
        
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Adding a statement to a candidate:
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/steve/admin/statement/$electionid/$issueid
  POST
    input: 
          candidate: Candidate to set statement for
          statement: Statement to set/add
          
    output:
      HTTP 200 Saved on success
      HTTP 400 Bad request if params missing
      HTTP 404 Not Found if candidate is not on the ballot
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "message": "Changes saved"
        }

        
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Adding a candidate to the issue:
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/steve/admin/addcandidate/$electionid/$issueid
  POST
    input: 
          candidate: Candidate to set add
          statement: Statement to set/add (optional)
          
    output:
      HTTP 200 Saved on success
      HTTP 400 Bad request if params missing
      HTTP 404 Not Found if no such issue/election
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "message": "Changes saved"
        }


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Deleting a candidate to the issue:
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/steve/admin/delcandidate/$electionid/$issueid
  POST
    input: 
          candidate: Candidate to delete
          
    output:
      HTTP 200 Saved on success
      HTTP 400 Bad request if params missing
      HTTP 404 Not Found if candidate is not on the ballot
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "message": "Changes saved"
        }

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Obtaining a voter ID for peeking:
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/steve/admin/temp/$electionid
  POST
    input: 
          none
          
    output:
      HTTP 200 Voter ID issued
      HTTP 403 Not enough karma
      HTTP 404 Not Found if no such election
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "id": "oigwhhsgoih8ewr8gye58or"
        }

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Tallying votes:
===============

/steve/admin/tally/$electionid/$issueid
  POST
    input: 
          none
          
    output:
      HTTP 200 Results ready
      HTTP 404 Not Found if no such election
      HTTP 500 on error
    response payload:
       JSON formatted
        {
        "yes": 10,
        "no": 5,
        "abstain": 2
        }
        

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# VOTER REST API #
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Viewing election and issues:
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/steve/voter/view/$electionid
  GET
    input:
      uid: Voter hash
    output:
      HTTP 200 Okay if election exists
      HTTP 403 Forbidden if voter hash missing or invalid
      HTTP 404 Not Found if no such election
    response payload:
      JSON formatted
        {
        "base_data": {
            "owner": "humbedooh", 
            "starts": null, 
            "ends": null, 
            "monitors": [
                "humbedooh@humbedooh.com"
            ], 
            "title": "Foo Elections, 2015"
        }, 
        "baseurl": "https://stv.website/steve/election?foo", 
        "issues": [
            {
                "description": null, 
                "title": "Test Board Election", 
                "APIURL": "https://stv.website/steve/voter/view/foo/baz", 
                "prettyURL": "https://stv.website/steve/ballot?foo/baz", 
                "candidates": [
                    {
                        "name": "Just One Guy"
                    }, 
                    {
                        "name": "John Doe", 
                        "statement": "Vote for me!"
                    }, 
                    {
                        "name": "Kate Smurf", 
                        "statement": "Vote for me too!"
                    }
                ], 
                "type": "stv6", 
                "id": "baz"
            }, 
            {
                "description": "This is to nominate WALL-E for ASF membership", 
                "title": "Membership for WALL-E", 
                "seconds": "humbedooh", 
                "APIURL": "https://stv.website/steve/voter/view/foo/member-wall-e", 
                "prettyURL": "https://stv.website/steve/ballot?foo/member-wall-e", 
                "candidates": [], 
                "nominatedby": "mattman", 
                "type": "yna", 
                "id": "member-wall-e"
            }
        ]
    }
    
    
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Viewing a single issue:
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/steve/voter/view/$electionid/$issueid
  GET
    input:
      uid: Voter hash
    output:
      HTTP 200 Okay if issue exists
      HTTP 404 Not Found if no such election/issue
      HTTP 403 Forbidden if voter hash missing or invalid
    response payload:
      JSON formatted
        {
          "issue": {
              "description": null, 
              "title": "Test Board Election", 
              "APIURL": "https://stv.website/steve/voter/view/foo/baz", 
              "prettyURL": "https://stv.website/steve/ballot?foo/baz", 
              "candidates": [
                  {
                      "name": "Just One Guy"
                  }, 
                  {
                      "name": "John Doe", 
                      "statement": "Vote for me!"
                  }, 
                  {
                      "name": "Kate Smurf", 
                      "statement": "Vote for me too!"
                  }
              ], 
              "type": "stv6", 
              "id": "baz"
          }
      }
      
      
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Requesting a vote link:
=======================
/steve/voter/request/$electionid
  GET
    input:
      email: the email to send voter link to
    output:
      HTTP 200 Okay if voter link issued
      HTTP 400 if invalid or no email address specified
      HTTP 404 Not Found if no such election/issue
      HTTP 403 Forbidden if issue is not public
    response payload:
      JSON formatted
        {
          "message": "voter link sent to foo@bar"
      }
      
      
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