GetFormInstanceData

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The GetFormInstanceData method returns a form instance’s content in XML format.

 

Send Params

Return Params
•formId – This is the form id obtained from the form’s API reference link

Send Param formID - form ID From API Ref Link

•instanceid – This is the form’s instance number (incrementing integer, starting at 1 for the first instance of the form)
•tokenIn – This is the security token that is obtained by the previous API call. See API Security for more details.
•data – This is the form instance’s content in XML format.
•GetFormInstanceDataResult – This is the integer result indicating success ( = 0 ) or an error (<> 0).
•tokenOut – This is the new security token that should be used for the next Web service call after this one. See the API Security topic for more details.

 

 

Test

The test form is only available for requests from the local machine.

 

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

 

POST /api/API.asmx HTTP/1.1

Host: testing.perfectforms.com

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

Content-Length: length

SOAPAction: "http://www.PerfectForms.com/API/GetFormInstanceData"

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

  <soap:Body>

    <GetFormInstanceData xmlns="http://www.PerfectForms.com/API">

      <tokenIn>string</tokenIn>

      <formId>string</formId>

      <instanceId>int</instanceId>

    </GetFormInstanceData>

  </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

Content-Length: length

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

  <soap:Body>

    <GetFormInstanceDataResponse xmlns="http://www.PerfectForms.com/API">

      <GetFormInstanceDataResult>int</GetFormInstanceDataResult>

      <tokenOut>string</tokenOut>

      <data>string</data>

    </GetFormInstanceDataResponse>

  </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

 

 

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

 

POST /api/API.asmx HTTP/1.1

Host: testing.perfectforms.com

Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8

Content-Length: length

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">

  <soap12:Body>

    <GetFormInstanceData xmlns="http://www.PerfectForms.com/API">

      <tokenIn>string</tokenIn>

      <formId>string</formId>

      <instanceId>int</instanceId>

    </GetFormInstanceData>

  </soap12:Body>

</soap12:Envelope>

 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8

Content-Length: length

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">

  <soap12:Body>

    <GetFormInstanceDataResponse xmlns="http://www.PerfectForms.com/API">

      <GetFormInstanceDataResult>int</GetFormInstanceDataResult>

      <tokenOut>string</tokenOut>

      <data>string</data>

    </GetFormInstanceDataResponse>

  </soap12:Body>

</soap12:Envelope>

 

Updated: 06/12/2011  Page url: http://www.perfectforms.com/Documentation/manual/html/?fg_getforminstancedata.htm
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