GetDocumentAbstract API

OBSOLETE — This API is retained for backward compatibility only. Use GetDocumentAbstract1 for new integrations. GetDocumentAbstract1 returns a consistent XML structure for both success and error cases; this API does not.

Returns the full-text abstract (indexed text content) of a specified version of a document.

Endpoint

/srv.asmx/GetDocumentAbstract

Methods

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

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`).
`VersionNumber`	int	Yes	Version number to retrieve the abstract for. Pass `0` to retrieve the abstract for the latest published version. Must be `0` or a version number in the modern format (≥ 1,000,000). Values between `1` and `999,999` are rejected with an error.

Version Number Format

infoRouter uses a large-integer version numbering scheme where version 1 = 1000000, version 2 = 2000000, etc. Pass 0 to always get the latest published version's abstract.

Response

Warning: The success and error responses use different XML structures — this inconsistency is the primary reason this API is considered obsolete. See GetDocumentAbstract1 for a consistent response format.

Success Response

On success, the abstract text is returned inside an <abstract> child element:

<response success="true" error="">
  <abstract>This document covers the Q1 2024 financial results including
revenue figures, expense breakdowns, and year-over-year comparisons...</abstract>
</response>

Element / Attribute	Description
`success`	`"true"` on success.
`error`	Empty string on success.
`<abstract>`	Child element containing the full-text abstract (indexed content) of the requested document version.

Error Response

On any error, a flat <response> element is returned without the <abstract> child:

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

This structural difference between success (has <abstract> child) and error (flat element with only attributes) is what the obsolete warning refers to.

Required Permissions

The calling user must have at least read access to the document. The abstract is extracted from the full-text search index; if the document has not been indexed, the returned abstract may be empty.

Example

GET Request

GET /srv.asmx/GetDocumentAbstract
  ?AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
  &Path=/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report.pdf
  &VersionNumber=0
HTTP/1.1

POST Request

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

AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
&Path=/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report.pdf
&VersionNumber=0

SOAP Request

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
               xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/">
  <soap:Body>
    <tns:GetDocumentAbstract>
      <tns:AuthenticationTicket>3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301</tns:AuthenticationTicket>
      <tns:Path>/Finance/Reports/Q1-2024-Report.pdf</tns:Path>
      <tns:VersionNumber>0</tns:VersionNumber>
    </tns:GetDocumentAbstract>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Notes

This API is obsolete. Use GetDocumentAbstract1 for all new integrations.
The abstract text is sourced from the full-text search index. If the document has not been indexed, the abstract may be empty.
VersionNumber=0 retrieves the abstract for the latest published version of the document.
Version numbers between 1 and 999,999 are rejected. Use 0 or the modern format (e.g. 1000000 for version 1, 2000000 for version 2).
Both full infoRouter paths and short document ID paths (~D{id} or ~D{id}.ext) are accepted for the Path parameter.

GetDocumentAbstract1 - Preferred replacement with consistent XML response structure
GetDocument - Get full document metadata and properties
GetDocumentVersions - Get the version history list for a document

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.
Invalid version number	`VersionNumber` is between 1 and 999,999 (must be 0 or ≥ 1,000,000).
`SystemError:...`	An unexpected server-side error occurred.

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