canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/connectedcommunity.org/higher-logic

# Connectedcommunity Higher Logic API

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for Higher Logic API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. Higher Logic powers professional and association communities used by trade associations, nonprofits, and member organizations. The API exposes 29 endpoints for community membership, discussion threads, blog posts, events with RSVPs, announcements, direct messaging, contact lookup, and Q&A. Authentication is a bearer token obtained from the dedicated Login endpoint and reused for subsequent calls.

## For AI agents

Read and post to Higher Logic communities, discussions, blogs, events, and direct messages. Useful for agents that automate member engagement and community moderation for associations.

## Scope

Does not handle billing, membership dues, or external CRM sync - use for Higher Logic community content and engagement only.

## Capabilities

- Authenticate against the Higher Logic Login endpoint and reuse the bearer token
- Post and reply to discussion threads inside a community on behalf of a member
- List upcoming events and RSVP to them programmatically
- Pull recent announcements and discussion threads to surface in an external dashboard
- Search for contacts and read a contact's profile and friend list
- Create or delete a blog and submit blog posts as part of a content calendar
- Send direct messages between members and read inbox messages

## Use cases

### Automated Community Digest

Generate a weekly digest of new discussions, announcements, and upcoming events for community members who do not check the portal daily. The agent calls GET `/api/v2.0/Discussions/GetRecentThreads`, GET `/api/v2.0/Announcements/GetAnnouncements`, and GET `/api/v2.0/Events/GetUpcoming`, then composes the digest as Markdown or HTML for a separate email tool to send. Member engagement metrics improve when these digests are personalized rather than the default platform email.

Example prompt: Call GET `/api/v2.0/Discussions/GetRecentThreads`, GET `/api/v2.0/Announcements/GetAnnouncements`, and GET `/api/v2.0/Events/GetUpcoming`, then format the combined output as a digest for community 1001.

### Member Self-Service Bot

Run a chatbot that lets members ask, what events are coming up?, who is on this discussion?, or RSVP me to the conference. The agent translates the request into the matching Higher Logic endpoint (GetUpcoming, GetThread, RSVPToEvent) and returns the answer or confirmation. This works for associations who want a Slack or Teams front door without rebuilding the community portal.

Example prompt: On the user message rsvp me to the spring conference, look up the event via GET `/api/v2.0/Events/GetUpcoming`, then call POST `/api/v2.0/Events/RSVPToEvent` with response yes.

### Cross-Posting and Moderation Tools

Cross-post organization announcements from a CMS into Higher Logic announcements and create blog entries from the same source. The agent calls POST `/api/v2.0/Blogs/CreateBlog` and posts content into discussions for the relevant community, ensuring the announcement reaches members who only check the community. Moderation tooling can pull GetLatestDiscussionPosts to scan for policy violations.

Example prompt: Take a CMS announcement payload and call POST `/api/v2.0/Blogs/CreateBlog` plus POST `/api/v2.0/Discussions/PostToDiscussion` in the Members Lounge community.

### AI Agent Community Operations via Jentic

Wire Higher Logic into a community manager's AI assistant. The agent searches Jentic for post to a higher logic discussion, loads the matching operation schema, and executes it with the bearer token isolated in your Jentic One instance. Because the API uses one bearer token per integration, credential isolation is especially important - the assistant never sees the raw token.

Example prompt: Through Jentic, search post to a higher logic discussion, load the POST `/api/v2.0/Discussions/PostToDiscussion` schema, and execute it for the Marketing community.

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| POST | `/api/v2.0/Authentication/Login` | Login and obtain a bearer token |
| POST | `/api/v2.0/Discussions/PostToDiscussion` | Post a message to a discussion |
| POST | `/api/v2.0/Discussions/ReplyToDiscussion` | Reply to a discussion post |
| GET | `/api/v2.0/Events/GetUpcoming` | Get upcoming events |
| POST | `/api/v2.0/Events/RSVPToEvent` | RSVP to an event |
| GET | `/api/v2.0/Announcements/GetAnnouncements` | Get announcements across communities |
| GET | `/api/v2.0/Discussions/GetRecentThreads` | Get recent discussion threads |

## Key resources

- **Authentication** — Login endpoint that issues bearer tokens for subsequent requests
- **Communities** — Look up communities, list a member's communities, join, and leave
- **Discussions** — Read recent threads and posts, post to a discussion, and reply to a thread
- **Blogs** — Create, retrieve, and delete blogs
- **Events** — List upcoming events, fetch event details, and RSVP
- **Announcements** — List announcements and read a specific announcement
- **Contacts** — Look up contacts, search, and read the current user's profile via WhoAmI
- **Messaging** — Read inbox messages and send direct messages between contacts
- **Questions** — Submit questions and read question threads

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring the Higher Logic API by hand means logging in to obtain a bearer token, refreshing it, and mapping the v2.0 discussion, event, and announcement calls yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Higher Logic API from the API Directory, store the token once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** The Higher Logic API takes its discussion, event, and announcement targets in the request body, so you limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as posting to a discussion or reading upcoming events, rather than to one community. Operations you leave out, such as replying to a discussion or RSVPing to an event, stay unavailable to the agent.
- **Credential handling:** Your Higher Logic bearer token and login credentials are stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. They never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'post to a discussion' or 'list upcoming events', and Jentic returns the matching Higher Logic operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Discourse API** — Discourse is an open-source forum platform widely used for product and developer communities
- **Circle API** — Circle hosts creator and course-led communities with built-in payments and gating
- **Mighty Networks API** — Mighty Networks is a community platform aimed at coaches and creators

## FAQ

### Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for Higher Logic API?

Higher Logic publishes endpoint reference docs but not a maintained OpenAPI 3 specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call Higher Logic API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started with Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer.

### What authentication does the Higher Logic API use?

It uses HTTP Bearer tokens obtained from POST `/api/v2.0/Authentication/Login.` The login call accepts a username and password and returns a token to send as Authorization: Bearer on subsequent requests. Through Jentic the credentials and resulting token are kept in the vault and never enter the agent's prompt.

### Can I post to a community discussion through the API?

Yes. POST `/api/v2.0/Discussions/PostToDiscussion` creates a new top-level message and POST `/api/v2.0/Discussions/ReplyToDiscussion` creates a reply on an existing thread. Both require a community key and the message body.

### How do I RSVP to an event programmatically?

Call POST `/api/v2.0/Events/RSVPToEvent` with the event identifier and a response value. Discover events first via GET `/api/v2.0/Events/GetUpcoming` or GET `/api/v2.0/Events/GetEvent` for a specific event.

### Can I send direct messages between members?

Yes. POST `/api/v2.0/Messaging/SendMessageToContact` sends a private message to another contact, and GET `/api/v2.0/Messaging/GetInboxMessages` returns the authenticated user's inbox. Messages are scoped to the calling user, so the bearer token determines what is visible.

### How do I post to a Higher Logic community through Jentic?

Run pip install jentic, then await client.search('post to a higher logic discussion'), load the matching operation schema, and execute it. The underlying call is POST `/api/v2.0/Discussions/PostToDiscussion` with the community key and message body you supply at runtime.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Higher Logic API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Higher Logic operations and credentials the agent can use, so you grant only the endpoints it needs, such as POST `/api/v2.0/Discussions/PostToDiscussion` and GET `/api/v2.0/Events/GetUpcoming.` Operations you leave out, like POST `/api/v2.0/Discussions/ReplyToDiscussion` or POST `/api/v2.0/Events/RSVPToEvent`, stay unavailable to the agent. The bearer token is injected at execution time under your control and never reaches the agent's prompt.