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Exists

Description

The exists operation checks whether a folder or service exists in the organization. It is recommended that you run this operation before creating a folder or a service. If a folder with the same folder name, or a service with the same name and type, exists in the organization, the response will return the exists property as true. If no conflicting folder or service is found, the exists property returns as false.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails
folderName

(Optional, or required when checking for existing folders)

The name of the folder.

Example

folderName=Assessment
serviceName

(Optional, or required when checking for existing services)

The name of the service.

Example

serviceName=CommercialDamage
type

(Optional, or required when checking for existing services)

The type of service.

Example

type=FeatureServer
f

The response format. The default response is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

The following is a sample POST request for the exists operation:


POST /context/admin/services/exists HTTP/1.1
Host: organization.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

folderName=&serviceName=CommercialDamage&type=FeatureServer&f=pjson&token=Mb0ORrkLObNO2Q8FZoUCHHzSMzZi0CbhLHNRYMqqa6URG_ojQJF3rNsJAfRB23MyCrLwSmuaHPUo4AEIrUuoH1-4Ot5xh4565FtlQahXAhK2C7Sy0oydZhBwD8KdFSnVlnLr-e9uI5ovSWZ2lGNn9SwoV2MPMzeAh_5r-q-wgwF8DTT_nhuCXJGkMRy-48jjGS2aN5FI18STHZ8RAuKxGasH90SI3C7njZzlGCUrY5m6BDhCMsdpZA14GwNX8Cis

JSON Response example


{
  "folderName": "",
  "serviceName": "CommercialDamageAssessment",
  "type": "FeatureServer",
  "exists": true
}