The Edmunds review submission and verification process does not require a user to create an account or password. We validate legitimacy via a verification email sent to the reviewer. A review may not be published until it is confirmed via this email.
POST http://api.edmunds.com/api/dealerreviews/v2?api_key={api key}
{
"dealerId": 838870,
"stateCode": "AK",
"publishingSource": "EDMUNDS_REST_API",
"title": "test",
"text": "test",
"authorName": "John",
"email": "John@edmunds.com",
"overallRating": "5",
"reviewType": "sales",
"dealerRecommended": true,
"carBought": true,
"ipAddress": "111.11.11.11"
}
You need the Javascript SDK to run this example.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8>
<title>Edmunds API Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="results-body"></div>
<script>
window.sdkAsyncInit = function() {
// Instantiate the SDK
var res = new EDMUNDSAPI('YOUR API KEY');
// Optional parameters
var options = {
"dealerId": 838870,
"stateCode": "AK",
"publishingSource": "EDMUNDS_REST_API",
"title": "test",
"text": "test",
"authorName": "John",
"email": "John@edmunds.com",
"overallRating": "5",
"reviewType": "sales",
"dealerRecommended": true,
"carBought": true,
"ipAddress": "111.11.11.11"
};
// Callback function to be called when the API response is returned
function success(res) {
var body = document.getElementById('results-body');
body.innerHTML = "This dealer's name is : " + res.dealerName;
}
// Oops, Houston we have a problem!
function fail(data) {
console.log(data);
}
// Fire the API call
res.api('/api/dealerreviews/v2', options, success, fail);
// Additional initialization code such as adding Event Listeners goes here
};
// Load the SDK asynchronously
(function(d, s, id){
var js, sdkjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = "path/to/sdk/file";
sdkjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, sdkjs);
}(document, 'script', 'edmunds-jssdk'));
</script>
</body>
</html>