RemoveAssociation API¶

Removes an existing association between two infoRouter items (documents or folders). The source item can be a document or a folder; the target item can likewise be a document or a folder. Use this API to clean up stale cross-references or to undo an association created by AssociateDocument or AssociateFolder.

Endpoint¶

/srv.asmx/RemoveAssociation

Methods¶

GET /srv.asmx/RemoveAssociation?AuthenticationTicket=...&ItemPath=...&AssociationWith_ItemPath=...&IsReverseAssociation=...
POST /srv.asmx/RemoveAssociation (form data)
SOAP Action: http://tempuri.org/RemoveAssociation

Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`AuthenticationTicket`	string	Yes	Authentication ticket obtained from `AuthenticateUser`.
`ItemPath`	string	Yes	Full infoRouter path to the first item in the association (e.g. `/Finance/Reports/Q1-Report.pdf`). When `IsReverseAssociation` is `false` this is the source item; when `IsReverseAssociation` is `true` this is the target item.
`AssociationWith_ItemPath`	string	Yes	Full infoRouter path to the second item in the association. When `IsReverseAssociation` is `false` this is the target item; when `IsReverseAssociation` is `true` this is the source item.
`IsReverseAssociation`	bool	Yes	Determines which item is treated as the source (the owner of the association record). Pass `false` when `ItemPath` is the source and `AssociationWith_ItemPath` is the target. Pass `true` to swap the roles so that `AssociationWith_ItemPath` is the source and `ItemPath` is the target. This must match the direction used when the association was originally created.

Response¶

Success Response¶

<response success="true" />

Error Response¶

<response success="false" error="Insufficient rights." />

Required Permissions¶

The calling user must have the DocumentPropertyChange permission on the source item (i.e. the item that owns the association record). For documents this is typically the document owner, the domain manager, or a user with Edit access. Read-only users cannot remove associations.

Example¶

GET Request¶

GET /srv.asmx/RemoveAssociation
  ?AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
  &ItemPath=/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report.pdf
  &AssociationWith_ItemPath=/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report-Final.pdf
  &IsReverseAssociation=false
HTTP/1.1

POST Request¶

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

AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
&ItemPath=/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report.pdf
&AssociationWith_ItemPath=/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report-Final.pdf
&IsReverseAssociation=false

SOAP Request¶

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

Notes¶

Direction matters: The IsReverseAssociation flag determines which item is the source (the item that owns the association record in the database). You must pass the same direction that was used when the association was created, otherwise the association will not be found and the call will fail.
Mixed types supported: The source can be a document or a folder, and the target can be a document or a folder -" all four combinations are handled.
Path resolution order: For each item the API first tries to resolve the path as a document; if no document is found it then tries to resolve it as a folder. If neither is found the call fails.
Idempotent on missing association: If the two items exist but the specified association between them does not exist, the underlying remove call will return an error message. The API propagates this as success="false".
No notification sent: Removing an association does not trigger subscriber notifications.

AssociateDocument - Create an association between a document and another document or folder
AssociateFolder - Create an association between a folder and another document or folder
AssociatedDocuments - Get the list of documents associated with a document or folder
AssociatedFolders - Get the list of folders associated with a document or folder
AssociatedFoldersAndDocuments - Get all associated items of a document or folder
AssociationTypes - Get the list of configured association types

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 calling user does not have the required permission on the source item.
`[error from path resolution]`	One or both of the supplied paths could not be resolved to an existing document or folder.
`SystemError:...`	An unexpected server-side error occurred.