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URL:
https://<root>/services/isServiceNameAvailable
Methods:
POST
Version Introduced:
12.0

Description

The isServiceNameAvailable operation queries existing services to determine if a service name is available or if it is already in use. Video services cannot have duplicate names.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails

serviceName

(Required)

The requested name of the service, formatted as a string.

f

(Required)

The output format for this operation. The default value is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

token

(Required)

Users interacting programmatically with this endpoint must generate a token that must be included as a request parameter. A token can be obtained using the Generate Token operation.

Example usage

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

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POST /arcgis/rest/services/sampleService/VideoServer/layerId/update/poster HTTP/1.1
Host: organization.example.com:21443
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

serviceName=testService&f=pjson&token=<token>

JSON Response syntax

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{
    "available": <true | false>
}

JSON Response example

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{
    "available": true
}

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