GetFormInstanceMetaData

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The GetFormInstanceMetaData method returns a variety of detailed information about an instance.

int GetFormInstanceMetaData(string tokenIn, string formId, int instanceId, out string tokenOut, out string

formInstanceName, out int formInstanceNumber, out string link, out string stageId, out string stageName, 

out short majorVersion, out short minorVersion)

 

 

Send Params

Return Params

formId
formInstanceName
formInstanceNumber
instanceId
link
majorVersion
minorVersion
stageId
stageName
tokenIn - This is the security token that is obtained by the previous API call. See the API Security topic for more details.

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/GetFormInstanceMetaData"

 

<?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>

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

      <tokenIn>string</tokenIn>

      <formId>string</formId>

      <instanceId>int</instanceId>

    </GetFormInstanceMetaData>

  </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>

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

      <GetFormInstanceMetaDataResult>int</GetFormInstanceMetaDataResult>

      <tokenOut>string</tokenOut>

      <formInstanceName>string</formInstanceName>

      <formInstanceNumber>int</formInstanceNumber>

      <link>string</link>

      <stageId>string</stageId>

      <stageName>string</stageName>

      <majorVersion>short</majorVersion>

      <minorVersion>short</minorVersion>

    </GetFormInstanceMetaDataResponse>

  </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>

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

      <tokenIn>string</tokenIn>

      <formId>string</formId>

      <instanceId>int</instanceId>

    </GetFormInstanceMetaData>

  </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>

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

      <GetFormInstanceMetaDataResult>int</GetFormInstanceMetaDataResult>

      <tokenOut>string</tokenOut>

      <formInstanceName>string</formInstanceName>

      <formInstanceNumber>int</formInstanceNumber>

      <link>string</link>

      <stageId>string</stageId>

      <stageName>string</stageName>

      <majorVersion>short</majorVersion>

      <minorVersion>short</minorVersion>

    </GetFormInstanceMetaDataResponse>

  </soap12:Body>

</soap12:Envelope>

 

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