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A created Competitions example

Created by Margarita Bernotaite
Last updated Mar 20, 2020

A created Competition is always put in the Ready state sub menu that you can find in the CompetitionLabs platform as shown in the example below. 

What can you do with a created Competition?

Navigate to Competitions → Ready and press on the created Competitions Id. Inspecting the competition shows you information about the competition.


1.
Competitions State

Ready, Active, Cancelled or Finished

2.
Competition manual 
state change 
active action buttons

It is possible to manually Start or Cancel a competition

3.
Contests preview screen

You can preview all the contests that are created.

4.
Entrants preview screen
Within Entrants section you can see who is eligible to participate in the Competition.
5.
Translations preview screen
Within translations you can see the details that were translated within the competition.
6.
Metadata preview screen
Metadata information for clients reference.
7.
Competition Leaderboard
You can check the Competition leaderboard.
8.
Contest creation 
action button

Create Contests within a Competition. Within each round many Contests can be created.

Via API you can create a Competition, delete a Competition, preview the created competition and so on. You can read more about the Competitions available API resources here.

Basic Competitions APP API resources

GET /api/:space/competitions

GET /api/:space/competitions/:id

PUT /api/:space/competitions/:id/manage/Ready

PUT /api/:space/competitions/:id/manage/Start

PUT /api/:space/competitions/:id/manage/Cancel

PUT /api/:space/competitions/:id/manage/Finish

DELETE /api/:space/competitions/:id

POST /api/:space/competitions

The buttons that are shown in the screen above are used as follows:

  •  - Launch Competition is an icon button that lets you manually start the competition. When the competition is manually started it is automatically moved to the Active sub menu of the CompetitionLabs platform.
  •  - Cancel Competition is an icon button that lets you manually cancel the competition. When the competition is manually cancelled it is automatically moved to the Cancelled sub menu of the CompetitionLabs platform.
  •  - Competition Leaderboard is an icon button that lets you preview the members that participated in the competition.
  •  - Add contest is an icon button that lets you create a Contest within a Competition. You can read about contest creation in the Contest section.
  •  - Contest Preview lets you look at all the contests you have created.
  •  - Entrants lets you view all the members that are legible to participate in the Competition.
  •  - Translations lets you view all the languages added and translated details in the created Competition.
  •  - Metadata shows the metadata added for clients reference.

Next: Competition Leaderboard