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        Public API v1.1 - Roar/Runner
    
 RebelMouse Public API version 1.1 is available as of May 10th, 2016. The older version of the API (RebelMouse Public API version 1.0) will be deprecated on August 15, 2016. Please make sure to switch over any and all calls to the new API by that time. 
 The new API improvements include: 
New Authors API
New Insights API
New response format
Various endpoints' updates
 FRONTPAGE POSTS 
 Returns frontpage posts. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/posts/frontpage?limit={limit}&offset={offset}
Argument    Required    Default    Description                  Examplelimit       no          10         number of posts to return    1offset      no          0          number of posts to skip      10 POSTS BY SECTION 
 Returns section’s posts. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/posts/section?section_name={section}&limit={limit}&offset={offset}
Argument        Required    Default    Description                  Examplelimit           no          10         number of posts to return    1offset          no          0          number of posts to skip      10section_name    yes         -          section's url                apps POSTS BY AUTHOR 
 Returns author’s posts. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/posts/author?author_name={author_name}&limit={limit}&offset={offset}
Argument       Required    Default    Description                  Examplelimit          no          10         number of posts to return    1offset         no          0          number of posts to skip      10author_name    yes         -          author’s name                luladog POSTS BY TAG 
 Returns posts by tag. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/posts/tag?tag={tag}&exclude_tags={exclude_tags}&limit={limit}&offset={offset}
Argument        Required    Default    Description                               Examplelimit           no          10         number of posts to return                 1offset          no          0          number of posts to skip                   10roar_domain     yes         -          roar domain                               positivemousetag             yes         -          tag                                       pythonexclude_tags    no          -          tags to exclude (comma separated list)    mouse POSTS’ DETAILS 
 Returns posts’ details. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/posts?ids={ids}
Argument    Required    Default    Description     Exampleids         yes         -          ids of posts    1,2,3 SITES’ DETAILS 
 Return sites' details. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/site/details?site_id={site_id}
Argument    Required    Default    Description    Examplesite_id     yes         -          site’s id      1 AUTHORS’ DETAILS 
 Return authors' details. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/authors?ids={ids}&access_token={access_token}
Argument        Required    Default    Description     Exampleids             yes         -          authors' ids    19access_token    yes         -          access token    bdQ0XiTDyR2eOsQHkCooS6CeBwgD4vAd81ux4UmTFx2qXfzeEphrCFGZuK8S5Fk6 AUTHORS’ DETAILS BY NAME 
 Return authors' details by name. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/authors/name?author_names={author_names}&access_token={access_token}
Argument        Required    Default    Description       Exampleauthor_names    yes         -          authors' names    positivemouseaccess_token    yes         -          access token      bdQ0XiTDyR2eOsQHkCooS6CeBwgD4vAd81ux4UmTFx2qXfzeEphrCFGZuK8S5Fk6 AUTHORS’ DETAILS BY FACEBOOK ID 
 Return authors' details by facebook ids. 
https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/authors/facebook?fb_ids={fb_ids}&access_token={access_token}
Argument        Required    Default    Description     Examplefb_ids          yes         -          facebook ids    19323283access_token    yes         -          access token    bdQ0XiTDyR2eOsQHkCooS6CeBwgD4vAd81ux4UmTFx2qXfzeEphrCFGZuK8S5Fk6 OVERALL POSTS STATS 
GET https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/insights/posts/ordered?order={order}&period={period}&limit={limit}&offset={offset}&access_token={access_token}
Argument        Required    Description                               Restrictions                                                                       Exampleorder           yes         The field for results to be ordered by    Only "total_views" value is valid for now                                          total_viewsperiod          yes         Period which ends now                     Only "1h", "6h", "12h", "24h", "7d", "30d", "lifetime" values are valid for now    7dlimit           yes         Number of records to return               Positive integer, Max value = 30                                                   10offset          yes         Number of records to skip                 Non-negative integer                                                               5access_token    yes         Access token for the roar                 String                                                                             bdQ0XiTDyR2eOsQHkCooS6CeBwgD4vAd81ux4UmTFx2qXfzeEphrCFGZuK8S5Fk6 Respons: 
{    "status": {        "code": 0,        "messages": []    },    "data": {        "report": {            "records": [{                "post_id": 12312321,                "total_views": 1234            }, {                "post_id": 4859674589,                "total_views": 4321            },            ...            ]        }    }} INDIVIDUAL POSTS STATS 
GET https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/insights/posts/details?period={period}&ids={ids}&access_token={access_token}
Argument        Required    Description                  Restrictions                                                                       Exampleperiod          yes         Period which ends now        Only "1h", "6h", "12h", "24h", "7d", "30d", "lifetime" values are valid for now    7dids             yes         List of post IDs             Positive long numbers separated by comma, Max number = 30                          12312321,4859674589access_token    yes         Access token for the roar    String                                                                             bdQ0XiTDyR2eOsQHkCooS6CeBwgD4vAd81ux4UmTFx2qXfzeEphrCFGZuK8S5Fk6 Respons: 
{    "status": {        "code": 0,        "messages": []    },    "data": {        "report": {            "records": [{                "post_id": 12312321,                "total_views": 1234            }, {                "post_id": 4859674589,                "total_views": 4321            },            ...            ]        }    }} FACEBOOK WINS 
GET https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/insights/posts/wins/facebook?period={period}&ids={ids}&access_token={access_token}
Argument        Required    Description                  Restrictions                                                               Exampleperiod          yes         Period which ends now        Only "1h", "6h", "12h", "24h", "7d", "30d", "lifetime" values are valid    7dids             yes         List of post IDs             Positive long numbers separated by comma, Max number = 30                  12312321,4859674589access_token    yes         Access token for the roar    String                                                                     bdQ0XiTDyR2eOsQHkCooS6CeBwgD4vAd81ux4UmTFx2qXfzeEphrCFGZuK8S5Fk6 Respons: 
{    "status": {        "code": 0,        "messages": []    },    "data": {        "report": {            "records": [{                "post_id": 567,                "page_fans": 84872,                "page_name": "HOT 107.9",                "page_logo": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hprofile-xpt1/v/t1.0-1/p50x50/1509847_10152819708755859_1441502743297395555_n.png?oh=909b90499656ccd816f5d9202526d5ff&oe=57549D5A",                "page_url": "https://www.facebook.com/56194705858",                "post_created_at": 1456822800,                "post_likes": 5,                "post_shares": 0,                "post_comments": 0,                "post_url": "https://www.facebook.com/Hot107.9/posts/10153962058115859"            },            ...            ]        }    }} TWITTER WINS 
GET https://{roar_domain}/api/1.1/insights/posts/wins/twitter?period={period}&ids={ids}&access_token={access_token}
Argument        Required    Description                  Restrictions                                                               Exampleperiod          yes         Period which ends now        Only "1h", "6h", "12h", "24h", "7d", "30d", "lifetime" values are valid    7dids             yes         List of post IDs             Positive long numbers separated by comma, Max number = 30                  12312321,4859674589access_token    yes         Access token for the roar    String                                                                     bdQ0XiTDyR2eOsQHkCooS6CeBwgD4vAd81ux4UmTFx2qXfzeEphrCFGZuK8S5Fk6 Respons: 
{    "status": {        "code": 0,        "messages": []    },    "data": {        "report": {            "records": [{                "post_id": 234,                "account_fans": 63500,                "account_logo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/706968590717681664/MfcERn0d_normal.jpg",                "account_name": "The Dodo",                "account_url: "https://www.twitter.com/statuses/708080524666007552",                "tweet_created_at" :1457654527,                "tweet_likes": 328,                "tweet_retweets": 328,                "tweet_url": "https://twitter.com/dodo/status/708080524666007552"            },            ...            ]        }    }}

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From web.dev.
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From Google
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Now that you're well up to speed on how Google's measures site experience, let'ss take a look at some of our performance scores:

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	The search engine announced a global Journalism Emergency Relief Fund through the Google News Initiative to support journalism during the crisis. Funds will range from the low thousands to tens of thousands depending on the size of the newsroom, according to Google.

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        RebelMouse’s 2020 Page Speed Promise
    
    Score 90 or higher on Google's PageSpeed Insights tool

		It has been more than a year since Google 
	drastically changed how they measure page speed. Since then, it's been our top priority to optimize every site we power with unparalleled load times that are far ahead of industry leaders.

	This means a promise of a score of 90 or higher on PageSpeed Insights. Full stop.

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