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GetDocumentsOwnedByUser API

Returns a paged list of documents owned by the specified user, sorted by document name ascending. Supports offset-based paging via startingRow and rowCount.

Endpoint

/srv.asmx/GetDocumentsOwnedByUser

Methods

  • GET /srv.asmx/GetDocumentsOwnedByUser?authenticationTicket=...&userName=...&startingRow=...&rowCount=...
  • POST /srv.asmx/GetDocumentsOwnedByUser (form data)
  • SOAP Action: http://tempuri.org/GetDocumentsOwnedByUser

Parameters

Parameter Type Required Description
authenticationTicket string Yes Authentication ticket obtained from AuthenticateUser.
userName string Yes The username whose owned documents are to be retrieved.
startingRow int Yes Zero-based row offset. Pass 0 to start from the first result. Pass 100 to skip the first 100 results.
rowCount int Yes Number of rows to return (page size).

Required Permissions

Scenario Required permission
Caller queries their own documents None — authenticated user only
Caller queries another user's documents ListingAuditLogOfUser admin permission for the target user

Response

Success Response

Returns a <response> element with success="true" containing zero or more <document> child elements. Results are sorted by document name ascending.

<response success="true">
  <document id="1234" name="AnnualReport.docx" size="245760"
            modificationDate="2026-02-01T14:30:00"
            publishedVersionAuthorName="John Smith"
            path="\MyLibrary\Reports" domainid="1" ... />
  <document id="1235" name="Invoice_001.pdf" size="102400"
            modificationDate="2026-01-15T09:00:00"
            publishedVersionAuthorName="John Smith"
            path="\MyLibrary\Finance" domainid="1" ... />
</response>

Document Attribute Reference

Attribute Type Description
id int Unique document identifier.
name string Document file name.
size long Document size in bytes.
modificationDate DateTime Date and time of last modification.
publishedVersionAuthorName string Full name of the published version author.
path string Full parent path of the document.
domainid int Internal ID of the library the document belongs to.

| UserViewStatus | int | Integer indicating whether the current user has viewed the document. 0 = NoView (never viewed), 1 = Changed (viewed but the published version has since changed), 2 = Viewed (viewed the current published version). |

Additional standard document attributes are included based on document type and system configuration.

Empty Result

<response success="true" />

Error Response

<response success="false" error="[ErrorCode] Error message" />

Paging

Use startingRow and rowCount to page through large result sets.

Goal startingRow rowCount
First page of 50 0 50
Second page of 50 50 50
Rows 1001–1100 1000 100

startingRow is the number of records to skip. rowCount is the number of records to return. The total number of owned documents can be retrieved separately to calculate the total page count.

Example Requests

GET — first page

GET /srv.asmx/GetDocumentsOwnedByUser?authenticationTicket=abc123-def456&userName=jsmith&startingRow=0&rowCount=50 HTTP/1.1
Host: server.example.com

GET — second page

GET /srv.asmx/GetDocumentsOwnedByUser?authenticationTicket=abc123-def456&userName=jsmith&startingRow=50&rowCount=50 HTTP/1.1
Host: server.example.com

POST

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

authenticationTicket=abc123-def456&userName=jsmith&startingRow=0&rowCount=50

SOAP 1.1

POST /srv.asmx HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "http://tempuri.org/GetDocumentsOwnedByUser"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetDocumentsOwnedByUser xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
      <authenticationTicket>abc123-def456</authenticationTicket>
      <userName>jsmith</userName>
      <startingRow>0</startingRow>
      <rowCount>50</rowCount>
    </GetDocumentsOwnedByUser>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Notes

  • Results are always sorted by document name ascending regardless of paging parameters.
  • startingRow is zero-based: startingRow=0 returns from the first record, startingRow=50 skips the first 50.
  • To retrieve all documents without paging, pass startingRow=0 and a sufficiently large rowCount.
  • Ownership is determined by the document owner field, not the author (creator). See GetAuthoredDocuments for author-based retrieval.

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.
Insufficient rights. The caller does not have ListingAuditLogOfUser permission for the target user.
User not found The specified userName does not exist.
SystemError:... An unexpected server-side error occurred.