GetDocumentComments

# GetDocumentComments API

Returns all comments attached to a document. Each comment includes the author's user ID, login name, timestamp, and text content.

Endpoint¶

/srv.asmx/GetDocumentComments

Methods¶

GET /srv.asmx/GetDocumentComments?AuthenticationTicket=...&Path=...
POST /srv.asmx/GetDocumentComments (form data)
SOAP Action: http://tempuri.org/GetDocumentComments

Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`AuthenticationTicket`	string	Yes	Authentication ticket obtained from `AuthenticateUser`.
`Path`	string	Yes	Full infoRouter path to the document (e.g. `/Finance/Reports/Q1-Report.pdf`), or a short document ID path (`~D{id}` or `~D{id}.ext`).

Response¶

Success Response¶

Returns a <response> root element containing a <Comments> child element with one <Comment> element per comment. If the document has no comments, <Comments> is present but empty.

<response success="true" error="">
  <Comments>
    <Comment AuthorID="7"
             AuthorName="jsmith"
             CommentDate="2024-03-15T14:30:00.000Z">This report looks good. Approved for distribution.</Comment>
    <Comment AuthorID="12"
             AuthorName="mwilliams"
             CommentDate="2024-04-01T09:15:22.500Z">Please update the executive summary section before the next review.</Comment>
  </Comments>
</response>

Comment Element Attributes¶

Attribute	Description
`AuthorID`	Integer user ID of the comment author.
`AuthorName`	Login name of the comment author.
`CommentDate`	UTC timestamp when the comment was posted, in ISO 8601 format (`yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ`). Empty string if the date is not set.

The text content of each <Comment> element is the comment body.

No Comments Response¶

When the document exists but has no comments:

<response success="true" error="">
  <Comments />
</response>

Error Response¶

<response success="false" error="[900] Authentication failed" />

Required Permissions¶

The calling user must have at least read access to the document.

Example¶

GET Request¶

GET /srv.asmx/GetDocumentComments
  ?AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
  &Path=/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report.pdf
HTTP/1.1

GET Request (short ID path)¶

GET /srv.asmx/GetDocumentComments
  ?AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
  &Path=~D1051
HTTP/1.1

POST Request¶

POST /srv.asmx/GetDocumentComments HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
&Path=/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report.pdf

SOAP Request¶

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
               xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/">
  <soap:Body>
    <tns:GetDocumentComments>
      <tns:AuthenticationTicket>3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301</tns:AuthenticationTicket>
      <tns:Path>/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report.pdf</tns:Path>
    </tns:GetDocumentComments>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Notes¶

All comments for the document are returned; there is no filtering or pagination.
CommentDate values are always in UTC and formatted as yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ.
Both full infoRouter paths and short document ID paths (~D{id} or ~D{id}.ext) are accepted for the Path parameter.
To add a comment, use AddDocumentComment. To delete a specific comment, use DeleteDocumentComment.

AddDocumentComment - Add a new comment to a document
DeleteDocumentComment - Delete a specific comment from a document
GetDocument - Get full document metadata and properties

Error Codes¶

Error	Description
`[900] Authentication failed`	Invalid or missing authentication ticket.
`[901] Session expired or Invalid ticket`	The ticket has expired or does not exist.
Document not found	The specified path does not resolve to an existing document.
`SystemError:...`	An unexpected server-side error occurred.

For detailed documentation visit: https://support.inforouter.com/api-docs/GetDocumentComments