DocumentExists1 API¶

Checks whether a named document exists within a specified folder and returns CRC32 checksums for the latest version and the published version. This is an alternative to DocumentExists that accepts the folder path and document name as separate parameters instead of a combined full path.

Endpoint¶

/srv.asmx/DocumentExists1

Methods¶

• GET /srv.asmx/DocumentExists1?authenticationTicket=...&FolderPath=...&DocumentName=...

• POST /srv.asmx/DocumentExists1 (form data)

• SOAP Action: http://tempuri.org/DocumentExists1

Parameters¶

Response¶

Success Response¶

<response success="true" CRC32LASTVERSION="a3f1c29d" CRC32="b7e4d80c" />

Error Response¶

<response success="false" error="Error message" />

Required Permissions¶

Any authenticated user may call this API. The folder and document must be accessible to the authenticated user.

Example¶

GET Request¶

GET /srv.asmx/DocumentExists1

  ?authenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301

  &FolderPath=/MyLibrary/Reports

  &DocumentName=Report.pdf

HTTP/1.1

POST Request¶

POST /srv.asmx/DocumentExists1 HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

authenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301

&FolderPath=/MyLibrary/Reports

&DocumentName=Report.pdf

SOAP Request¶

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

               xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/">

  <soap:Body>

    <tns:DocumentExists1>

      <tns:authenticationTicket>3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301</tns:authenticationTicket>

      <tns:FolderPath>/MyLibrary/Reports</tns:FolderPath>

      <tns:DocumentName>Report.pdf</tns:DocumentName>

    </tns:DocumentExists1>

  </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

JavaScript¶

Every call answers XML with HTTP 200, success or not, so success is the thing to branch on and errorCode is the number to report.

async function call(action, params) {
  const response = await fetch(`/srv.asmx/${action}?${new URLSearchParams(params)}`);
  const root = new DOMParser()
    .parseFromString(await response.text(), 'text/xml')
    .documentElement;

  if (root.getAttribute('success') !== 'true') {
    throw new Error(`${root.getAttribute('errorCode')}: ${root.getAttribute('error')}`);
  }
  return root;
}

The same question as DocumentExists, asked as a folder and a name, and answering with the same checksums.

const response = await fetch('/srv.asmx/DocumentExists1?' + new URLSearchParams({
  authenticationTicket: ticket, FolderPath: '/Finance/Reports', DocumentName: 'Q1.pdf'
}));
const root = new DOMParser().parseFromString(await response.text(), 'text/xml').documentElement;
const exists = root.getAttribute('success') === 'true';

DocumentName is matched whole, not as a filter, and an empty one is refused by model binding with HTTP 400 rather than reaching the operation.

Notes¶

• Unlike DocumentExists, this variant does not accept short document paths (~D{id}.{ext}). Both FolderPath and DocumentName must be plain string values.

• The lookup resolves the folder first, then searches for the document by name within that folder. If either step fails, an error is returned.

• The CRC32 attribute (published version checksum) is an empty string when no version of the document has been published.

• Use the returned CRC32 checksums to verify document content integrity without downloading the file.

Related APIs¶

• DocumentExists - Check document existence using a single combined path (also supports short ~D paths)

• GetDocument - Get full document properties

• FolderExists - Check whether a folder exists at a given path

Error Codes¶

The errorCode values this operation returns, checked against a running server: