Document Embed Add

Create a document embed that can be hosted on your own web site.

Action: issuu.document_embed.add

Authentication

This method requires authentication.

Request parameters

Name Data type Description
apiKey (required) string Application key for the account
signature (required) string See Signing Requests
documentId (required) string The document that will be shown by the embed widget. The documentId is returned when you upload a document See issuu.document.upload or by listing See issuu.documents.list
readerStartPage (required) integer The page in the document that the widget should initially display
width (required) integer The width in pixels of the embed widget
height (required) integer The height in pixels of the embed widget
format enum Must be "xml" or "json" - default is "xml". See Getting Started for further details
jsonCallback string Function wrapper for JSONP requests. See Getting Started for further details

Here is a basic example of an HTML form.

html
<form action="http://api.issuu.com/1_0" method="post">
  <input type="hidden" name="action" value="issuu.document_embed.add"/>
  <input type="hidden" name="apiKey" value="g0ch5rj9ywztlo022w70naymutm2fbbg"/>
  <input type="text" name="documentId"/>
  <input type="text" name="readerStartPage"/>
  <input type="text" name="width"/>
  <input type="text" name="height"/>
  <input type="submit" value="Create embed"/>
</form>

Response parameters

Name Data type Description
id integer Unique identifier of the embed
dataConfigId string Identifier used by the embed widget
documentId string Document displayed in embed widget
readerStartPage integer Page initially shown in widget
width integer Pixel width of embed widget
hight integer Pixel height of embed widget
created date Timestamp for when embed was created

Example responses

XML

xml
<rsp stat="ok">
    <documentEmbed id="1000071" dataConfigId="1000980/1000071" documentId="131030112546-6d0a51367a23473ea2ee048000732333" readerStartPage="3" width="320" height="240" created="2013-10-30T11:25:47.000Z"/>
</rsp>

JSON

JSON
{
    "rsp": {
        "_content": {
            "documentEmbed": {
                "id": 1000068,
                "dataConfigId": "1000974/1000068",
                "documentId": "131030110954-12df4c6d21ba49af8eb1350219b0d4ef",
                "readerStartPage": 3,
                "width": 320,
                "height": 240,
                "created": "2013-10-30T11:09:55.000Z"
            }
        },
        "stat": "ok"
    }
}

Error codes

Code Message
009 Authentication required
010 Invalid API key
200 Required field is missing
201 Invalid field format