GetDownloadInfoByVersion API

Returns download metadata for a specific version of a document — file size, MIME content type, modification date, suggested download file name, and CRC32 checksum — without staging the file on the server or creating a download handler. This is the version-aware counterpart to GetDownloadInfo, which always queries the latest version.

To download the actual file content, use GetDownloadHandlerByVersion (chunked) or DownloadDocumentVersion (single call). To query the latest version without specifying a version number, use GetDownloadInfo.

Endpoint

/srv.asmx/GetDownloadInfoByVersion

Methods

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

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	Internal version number of the version to query, as returned in the `Number` attribute of `GetDocumentVersions` (e.g. `1000000` for version 1, `2000000` for version 2). Values between 1 and 999,999 are invalid and will return an error. Pass `0` to query the latest version (equivalent to `GetDownloadInfo`).

Version Number Format

infoRouter stores version numbers internally as multiples of 1,000,000:

User-visible version	VersionNumber to pass
Version 1	`1000000`
Version 2	`2000000`
Version 3	`3000000`
Latest version	`0`

Always use the Number attribute from GetDocumentVersions to obtain the correct value.

Response

Success Response

Returns file metadata for the specified version. No temporary file is created on the server and no handler GUID is issued.

<response success="true"
          Size="102400"
          ContentType="application/pdf"
          ModificationDate="2024-03-10"
          VersionNumber="1000000"
          AlterDocumentName="Q1-Report.pdf"
          RenderedContent="false"
          CRC32="a3f1c29d" />

Response Attributes

Attribute	Description
`success`	`true` if the metadata was retrieved successfully.
`Size`	Total file size of the specified version in bytes.
`ContentType`	MIME type of the document version (e.g. `application/pdf`).
`ModificationDate`	Modification date of the specified version in `yyyy-MM-dd` format.
`VersionNumber`	The internal version number that was queried, echoed from the request parameter.
`AlterDocumentName`	The file name to use when saving a downloaded copy on the client side.
`RenderedContent`	`true` if the file would be served as a server-rendered temporary representation; `false` if the original stored file would be served.
`CRC32`	CRC32 checksum of the version file for integrity verification. Empty string when `RenderedContent` is `true`.

Note: This response never contains ChunkSize or downloadhandler attributes because no file is staged and no handler is created.

Error Response

<response success="false" error="[901] Session expired or Invalid ticket" />

Required Permissions

The calling user must have at least read access to the document. Offline (archived) documents cannot be queried and return an error.

Example

GET Request

GET /srv.asmx/GetDownloadInfoByVersion
  ?AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
  &Path=/Finance/Reports/Q1-Report.pdf
  &VersionNumber=1000000
HTTP/1.1

POST Request

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

AuthenticationTicket=3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301
&Path=/Finance/Reports/Q1-Report.pdf
&VersionNumber=1000000

SOAP Request

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
               xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/">
  <soap:Body>
    <tns:GetDownloadInfoByVersion>
      <tns:AuthenticationTicket>3f2504e0-4f89-11d3-9a0c-0305e82c3301</tns:AuthenticationTicket>
      <tns:Path>/Finance/Reports/Q1-Report.pdf</tns:Path>
      <tns:VersionNumber>1000000</tns:VersionNumber>
    </tns:GetDownloadInfoByVersion>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Notes

This API is a metadata-only call. No file is read from disk, no temporary file is created, and no download handler GUID is issued.
VersionNumber must be in the internal format (a multiple of 1,000,000). Use the Number attribute from GetDocumentVersions to obtain the correct value. Values between 1 and 999,999 are explicitly rejected and will return an error.
Passing VersionNumber=0 queries the latest version, which is equivalent to calling GetDownloadInfo.
Both full infoRouter paths and short document ID paths (~D{id} or ~D{id}.ext) are accepted for the Path parameter.
Offline (archived) documents cannot be queried and will return an error.
When RenderedContent is true, the CRC32 attribute will be an empty string.

GetDownloadInfo - Get download metadata for the latest version of a document
GetDocumentVersions - Get the version list to obtain valid VersionNumber values
GetDownloadHandlerByVersion - Stage a specific version and return a handler GUID for chunked download
DownloadDocumentVersion - Download a specific version as a raw byte array in a single call
GetDocument - Get the full metadata properties of 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 (not a valid internal version number).
Offline document error	The document is in an archived/offline library and cannot be queried.
`SystemError:...`	An unexpected server-side error occurred.

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