Exists

URL:
https://<root>/services/exists
Methods:
POST
Required Capability:
Access allowed with any authorized privilege

Description

The exists operation checks if a folder or service already exists on the server.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails

folderName

The name of the folder.

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folderName=Maps

serviceName

The name of the service.

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serviceName=Test

type

The type of the service.

f

The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

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

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

folderName=Maps&serviceName=Test&type=MapServer&f=json

JSON Response example

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{"exists": true}

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