add API commands to view a single Channel

app/assets/stylesheets/sidebar.css

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 }
 
 #bootstrap-sidebar li a {
-  padding: 1px 8px;
+  padding: 0 8px;
   font-size: 15px;
 }
 

app/controllers/channels_controller.rb

@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class ChannelsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def show
-
     @channel = Channel.find(params[:id]) if params[:id]
 
     @title = @channel.name
@@ -164,6 +163,15 @@ class ChannelsController < ApplicationController
     api_index @channel.id
     # if owner of channel
     get_channel_data if @mychannel
+
+    # if a json or xml request
+    if request.format == :json || request.format == :xml
+      # authenticate the channel if the user owns the channel
+      authenticated = (@mychannel) || (User.find_by_api_key(get_apikey) == @channel.user)
+      # set options correctly
+      options = authenticated ? Channel.private_options : Channel.public_options
+    end
+
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html do
         if @mychannel
@@ -174,7 +182,8 @@ class ChannelsController < ApplicationController
           session[:errors] = nil
         end
       end
-      format.json { render :json => @channel.as_json(Channel.public_options) }
+      format.json { render :json => @channel.as_json(options) }
+      format.xml { render :xml => @channel.to_xml(options) }
     end
   end
 

app/views/docs/_sidebar.html.erb

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <li class="subitem"><a href="#get_field">Get Channel Field Feed</a></li>
     <li class="subitem"><a href="#get_status">Get Status Updates</a></li>
     <li class="subitem"><a href="#index">List Channels</a></li>
+    <li class="subitem"><a href="#show">View a Channel</a></li>
     <li class="subitem"><a href="#create">Create a Channel</a></li>
     <li class="subitem"><a href="#update">Update a Channel</a></li>
     <li class="subitem"><a href="#clear">Clear a Channel</a></li>

app/views/docs/channels.html.erb

@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@
     <hr />
     <%= render 'docs/channels/index' %>
 
+    <hr />
+    <%= render 'docs/channels/show' %>
+
     <hr />
     <%= render 'docs/channels/create' %>
 

app/views/docs/channels/_show.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<div>
+  <%= render 'response' %>
+  <h2 id="show">View a Channel</h2>
+</div>
+
+<br>
+To view a specific Channel, send an HTTP GET to
+<br>
+<code><%= @ssl_api_domain %>channels/<span class="customcode">CHANNEL_ID</span><span class="format format-json">.json</span><span class="format format-xml">.xml</span></code> .
+
+<br><br>
+Valid parameters:
+<ul>
+  <li><b>api_key</b> (string) - User's API Key; please note that this is different than a Channel API key, and can be found in <a href="/account">your account details</a>.  If this key is provided, the Channel's private details (such as the Channel's API keys) will also be shown. (optional).</li>
+</ul>
+
+<br>
+Example GET:
+
+<pre>GET <span class="str"><%= @ssl_api_domain %>channels/1417<span class="format format-json">.json</span><span class="format format-xml">.xml</span></span></pre>
+
+<br>
+
+<div class="format format-block-xxxl format-text">
+  The response will be a webpage that shows the Channel.
+</div>
+
+<div class="format format-block-xxxl format-json">
+  The response will be a JSON object of the Channel, for example:
+
+<pre class="prettyprint">
+{
+  "id": 4,
+  "name": "My New Channel",
+  "description": null,
+  "metadata": null,
+  "latitude": null,
+  "longitude": null,
+  "created_at": "2014-03-25T13:12:50-04:00",
+  "elevation": null,
+  "last_entry_id": null,
+  "ranking": 15,
+  "username": "hans",
+  "tags": []
+}
+</pre>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="format format-block-xxxl format-xml">
+  The response will be an XML object of public Channels, for example:
+
+<pre class="prettyprint">
+&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+&lt;channel>
+    &lt;id type="integer">4&lt;/id>
+    &lt;name>My New Channel&lt;/name>
+    &lt;description nil="true" />
+    &lt;metadata nil="true" />
+    &lt;latitude type="decimal" nil="true" />
+    &lt;longitude type="decimal" nil="true" />
+    &lt;created-at type="dateTime">2014-03-25T20:17:44-04:00&lt;/created-at>
+    &lt;elevation nil="true" />
+    &lt;last-entry-id type="integer" nil="true" />
+    &lt;ranking type="integer">15&lt;/ranking>
+    &lt;username>hans&lt;/username>
+    &lt;tags type="array" />
+&lt;/channel>
+</pre>
+
+</div>
+