Fetch latest activity logs

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/wp/v2/activity-logs?per_page=10"

Fetch only new posts

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/wp/v2/activity-logs?per_page=10&filter=Post%20Published"

Fetch with pagination (Python)

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

auth = HTTPBasicAuth('your_username', 'your_app_password')
response = requests.get(
    'https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/wp/v2/activity-logs?per_page=10',
    auth=auth
)

if response.status_code == 200:
    for log in response.json():
        print(f"ID: {log['id']} | {log['title']['rendered']}")

Response shape (per item)

{
  "id": 12345,
  "date": "2026-02-01T12:00:00",
  "title": { "rendered": "Post Published by filip" },
  "content": { "rendered": "<p>@filip updated <a href=\"...\">Article Title</a></p>" },
  "author": 42,
  "like_data": {
    "is_liked": false,
    "like_count": 5,
    "is_author": true,
    "liker_names": ["user1", "user2", "user3", "user4", "user5"]
  }
}

// Plus conditional fields depending on activity type — author_meta,
// term_data, event_data, memberData, gallery_images, activity_entry,
// save_data. See "Activity Response Fields" in the Introduction.

Fetch all activities with pagination (Python)

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

auth = HTTPBasicAuth('your_username', 'your_app_password')
base_url = 'https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json'

all_activities = []
page = 1

while True:
    response = requests.get(
        f'{base_url}/wp/v2/activity-logs?per_page=100&page={page}',
        auth=auth
    )

    if response.status_code != 200 or not response.json():
        break

    all_activities.extend(response.json())
    page += 1

print(f'Fetched {len(all_activities)} activities')

Fetch latest activity logs (Node.js / Fetch)

const username = 'your_username';
const password = 'your_app_password';
const baseUrl = 'https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json';
const auth = Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString('base64');

async function getActivityLogs() {
  const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/wp/v2/activity-logs?per_page=10`, {
    headers: { Authorization: `Basic ${auth}` }
  });

  const logs = await response.json();
  logs.forEach(log => {
    console.log(`ID: ${log.id} | Title: ${log.title.rendered}`);
  });
}

getActivityLogs();

Get a single activity log

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/wp/v2/activity-logs/12345"

Get the count of new activities since your last visit

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/new-activity-count"

Response shape

{
  "newActivityCount": 7
}

// Number of logs published since your last activity-feed visit.
// Returns 0 if you have no recorded visit yet.

Like an activity

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"post_id": 12345}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/toggle-like"

Response shape

{
  "success": true,
  "is_liked": true,
  "like_count": 6
}

Like/unlike an activity (Python)

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

auth = HTTPBasicAuth('your_username', 'your_app_password')
base_url = 'https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json'

response = requests.post(
    f'{base_url}/can/v1/toggle-like',
    auth=auth,
    json={'post_id': 12345}
)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    status = 'liked' if data['is_liked'] else 'unliked'
    print(f"Activity {status}. Total likes: {data['like_count']}")

Post a comment

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"activity_id": 12345, "comment": "Great work!"}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/activity-comment"

Post a comment (Python)

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

auth = HTTPBasicAuth('your_username', 'your_app_password')
base_url = 'https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json'

response = requests.post(
    f'{base_url}/can/v1/activity-comment',
    auth=auth,
    json={'activity_id': 12345, 'comment': 'Inspiring project!'}
)

if response.status_code == 200:
    print('Comment posted successfully')

Post a comment (Node.js)

const username = 'your_username';
const password = 'your_app_password';
const baseUrl = 'https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json';
const auth = Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString('base64');

async function postComment(activityId, comment) {
  const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/can/v1/activity-comment`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Basic ${auth}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ activity_id: activityId, comment: comment })
  });

  if (response.ok) {
    console.log('Comment posted successfully');
  }
}

postComment(12345, 'Amazing work!');

Get a full activity thread

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/activity-thread/12345"

Save/unsave a post (article or event)

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"post_id": 12345}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/toggle-save"

Response shape

{
  "success": true,
  "is_saved": true,
  "post_id": 12345
}

Save/unsave a member

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type": "author", "slug": "filip"}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/toggle-save-archive"

Save/unsave a term (People/Tools)

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type": "taxonomy", "slug": "zach-lieberman", "taxonomy": "People"}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/toggle-save-archive"

Report a block

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"blocked_user_id": 123, "blocked_username": "someuser", "activity_id": 12345}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/report-block"

# Omit activity_id when blocking from a member profile

Post a text activity

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status": "Check out this cool project! #design #creative", "comments_enabled": true}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/post-activity-entry"

Post activity with uploaded image

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status": "Amazing work!", "attachment_id": 98765, "comments_enabled": true}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/post-activity-entry"

Post an entry with a live URL

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status": "New sketch is up! #creativecoding", "live_url": "https://example.com/sketch", "comments_enabled": true}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/post-activity-entry"

# A domain on the live URL blocklist returns 422 live_url_blocked —
# check GET /can/v1/live-url-blocklist to validate client-side first.

Post an entry with a code block

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status": "Tiny GLSL trick for smooth palettes", "code_block": "vec3 palette(float t) {\n  return 0.5 + 0.5 * cos(6.28318 * (t + vec3(0.0, 0.33, 0.67)));\n}"}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/post-activity-entry"

Response shape

{
  "success": true,
  "activity_id": 12345,
  "entry": { }
}

// The entry object contains the full activity log in the same
// enriched format as the main feed.

Upload an image

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -F "file=@/path/to/image.jpg" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/upload-activity-image"

Response shape

{
  "success": true,
  "attachment_id": 98765,
  "url": "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/activity-filip-20260226.jpg",
  "filename": "activity-filip-20260226.jpg"
}

Delete your own activity entry

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"activity_id": 12345}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/delete-activity"

Update your bio

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"field": "description", "value": "Creative technologist based in London"}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/update-profile"

Response shape

{
  "success": true,
  "field": "description",
  "value": "Creative technologist based in London"
}

Update your skills

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"field": "skills", "value": "openFrameworks, TouchDesigner, Teaching"}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/update-profile"

# Skills are stored as a single comma-separated string. Send the full
# list each time — this replaces the previous value rather than appending.
# Logs a "User Skills Updated" activity when the value changes.

Fetch your custom theme variables

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/theme"

Response shape

{
  "user_id": 42,
  "has_theme": true,
  "variables": {
    "bodycolor": "#1a1a1a",
    "backgroundcolor": "#f5f5f5",
    "backgroundcoloralt": "#ebebeb",
    "linecolor": "#d0d0d0",
    "darkcolor": "#000000",
    "midcolor": "#888888",
    "linkcolor": "#0055cc"
  }
}

// has_theme is false (with empty variables) when no custom theme is set.
// linkcolor is optional — fall back to darkcolor if absent.

Save your custom theme variables

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"variables": {"bodycolor": "#1a1a1a", "backgroundcolor": "#f5f5f5", "linkcolor": "#0055cc"}}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/theme"

Response shape

{
  "saved": true,
  "user_id": 42,
  "variables": {
    "bodycolor": "#1a1a1a",
    "backgroundcolor": "#f5f5f5",
    "linkcolor": "#0055cc"
  }
}

// Allowed keys: framecolor, backgroundcolor, backgroundcoloralt, bodycolor,
// linecolor, linkcolor, darkcolor, codecolor, midcolor, shadecolor,
// iconfilter, imagefilter. Unknown keys and empty values are dropped;
// posting an empty variables object clears the saved theme.

Clear your custom theme

curl -X DELETE -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/theme"

Response shape

{
  "deleted": true
}

Get a member's profile

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/member/filip"

Response shape

{
  "id": 42,
  "username": "filip",
  "description": "Founder of CAN",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "location": "London, UK",
  "latitude": "51.5074",
  "longitude": "-0.1278",
  "discord": "filip#1234",
  "twitterx": "filip",
  "instagram": "filip",
  "other": "https://linkedin.com/in/filip",
  "skills": "openFrameworks, TouchDesigner, Teaching",
  "isSaved": false,
  "lastActivityVisit": 1740000000
}

// lastActivityVisit is a Unix timestamp, only included when fetching
// your OWN profile. It reflects the last time the activity feed was
// viewed — website, iOS app, or any API client that fetched page 1
// without silent=1. Returns null if never visited.

Get a member's activity feed

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/member-activities/42?per_page=12&page=1"

List all channels

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/channels"

Get activities in a channel

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/channels/design?page=1&per_page=25"

Search everything (two tokens, ANDed)

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/search?q=art,machine%20learning"

Search only articles, paginated

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/search?q=generative&type=posts&per_page=10&page=2"

Search Tools only

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/search?q=processing&type=tools"

Response shape

{
  "tokens": ["art", "machine learning"],
  "total": 34,
  "results": {
    "posts":    [ { "id", "title", "excerpt", "url", "thumbnail", "date", "type", "tags" } ],
    "books":    [ { "id", "title", "excerpt", "url", "thumbnail", "date", "type", "tags" } ],
    "events":   [ { "id", "title", "excerpt", "url", "thumbnail", "date", "type", "tags" } ],
    "jobs":     [ { "id", "title", "excerpt", "url", "thumbnail", "date", "type", "tags" } ],
    "terms":    [ { "id", "name", "taxonomy", "description", "url", "post_count" } ],
    "members":  [ { "id", "username", "display_name", "bio", "url", "avatar" } ],
    "activity": [ { "id", "title", "excerpt", "url", "thumbnail", "date", "type" } ]
  },
  "has_more": { "posts": true, "books": false, "events": false, "jobs": false,
                "people": false, "tools": false, "tags": false, "members": false, "activity": false }
}

Fetch community stats

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/stats"

Response shape (top-level keys)

{
  "generated_at": "2026-07-28T10:00:00+00:00",
  "activity_summary": { },
  "activity_graph": [ ],
  "community": { },
  "content": { },
  "assets": { },
  "matomo": { },
  "activity_by_type": { }
}

// activity_summary — headline numbers (days active, participants, actions)
// activity_graph — daily activity counts for the last 90 days
// community / content — member and content statistics
// matomo — site analytics goals
// activity_by_type — counts per action type

Fetch your mentions

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/mentions?per_page=10&page=1"

Mark all mentions as read

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}' \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/mark-mentions-read"

Fetch projects for a specific tool (paginated)

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/projects?tool=touchdesigner&page=1&per_page=25"

Fetch projects for a person

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/projects?people=zach-lieberman"

Search projects by keyword

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/projects?search=generative&per_page=10"

Response shape

{
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": 12345,
      "title": "Rain Room — an immersive downpour you never get wet in",
      "url": "https://www.creativeapplications.net/rain-room/",
      "live_url": "https://example.com/rain-room",
      "excerpt": "An installation of falling water that pauses wherever a body is detected…",
      "thumbnail": {
        "src": "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-content/uploads/rain-768x512.jpg",
        "width": 768,
        "height": 512,
        "alt": "Visitor walking through Rain Room"
      },
      "author": { "id": 7, "name": "Filip Visnjic", "slug": "filip", "url": "…/author/filip/" },
      "people": [ { "name": "Random International", "slug": "random-international" } ],
      "tools":  [ { "name": "openFrameworks", "slug": "openframeworks" } ],
      "date": "2026-07-14T10:22:00+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "total": 214,
  "total_pages": 9,
  "page": 1
}

// live_url and thumbnail are null when absent; people/tools are always
// arrays. An unrecognised tool/people value returns an empty set (total: 0)
// rather than the unfiltered list. Responses are cached for 10 minutes.

List all tools that have projects

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/projects/tools"

Response shape

{
  "tools": [
    { "name": "TouchDesigner", "slug": "touchdesigner", "count": 214 },
    { "name": "openFrameworks", "slug": "openframeworks", "count": 189 },
    { "name": "Processing", "slug": "processing", "count": 143 }
  ],
  "total": 87
}

// Sorted by project count, descending. count matches the total returned
// by /can/v1/projects?tool=<slug>, so it can drive filter UIs directly.

Get a post referenced by an activity's object_id

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/12345"

Get a page

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/12345"

Validate credentials / get current user

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/wp/v2/users/me"

Create a WordPress session (returns cookies)

curl -X POST -u "your_username:your_app_password" -i \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/auth-session"

# -i prints response headers so you can see the Set-Cookie values

Fetch the live URL blocklist

curl -u "your_username:your_app_password" \
  "https://www.creativeapplications.net/wp-json/can/v1/live-url-blocklist"

Response shape

{
  "blocked_domains": ["spam-site.com", "malicious-tracker.net"]
}