Add a Location for a User

If you wish to add a Location for a user to the MyAlerts database you will need to call the AddLocation method. This method is available to developers from the UserManager.asmx Web Service.

Parameters

Name	Requirement	Description
ClientId	mandatory	This is the id for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method.
SessionKey	mandatory	This is the SessionKey for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method.
UserId	mandatory	This is the unique user id for the user as stored in the My Alerts database.
TypeId	mandatory	This is always set to 1.
Geography	mandatory	This is the X & Y coordinates for the location - These can be derived from the AstunLocationLookup table and take the form "POINT( 502582.58412372 159186.49997736)" Note: Must include leading space before X coordinate.
UniqueId	mandatory	This corresponds with the UniqueId on the AstunLocationLookup table.

Returns

Syntax

      <AddLocationResult>
        <Error>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Description>string</Description>
        </Error>
        <Success>boolean</Success>
        <LocationId>string</LocationId>
      </AddLocationResult>

Error- Code / Description

An error code and description if the call to the web service is unsuccessful and the Success if False.

1001 – Invalid Session key provided

Success

This will be either True or False. If False an error message will be provided in the Error result, if True the LocationId will be provided.

LocationId

This is the Location ID that has been generated in the MyAlerts database and will only be returned if the Success is True. This is useful for subsequent calls such as SetLocationValues and SetUserLayerGroup

Code Examples

C#

Add a web reference to the usermanager.asmx web service using the Visual Studio IDE.

C# Example

 
// Explanation of webservice parameters
// [ClientId] and [SessionKey] are returned from the CreateSessionKey method
// [TypeId] - This is always set to 1
// [Geography] - X,Y points - These can be derived from the AstunLocationLookup table and 
//    take the form "POINT( 502582.58412372 159186.49997736)"
// [UniqueId] - This corresponds with the UniqueId on the AstunLocationLookup table
UserManager.LocationAddResult res = umws.AddLocation(	[ClientId],
														"[SessionKey]",
														[UserId], 
														[TypeId], 
														"[Geography],
														[UniqueId]);
// LocationId is useful for subsequent calls such as SetLocationValues and SetUserLayerGroup
string loc = res.LocationId;
            
if (res.Success)
    Response.Write("Success");
else
    Response.Write("Fail");

Python

Python Example

# Requires SUDS library to be installed
import suds
url = "http://[PATH TO WEBSERVICE]/usermanager.asmx?wsdl"
client = suds.client.Client(url)
result = client.service.AddLocation(, 
							[ClientId],
							"[SessionKey]" ,
							[UserId],
							[TypeId],
							[Geography],
							[UniqueId])
loc = result.LocationId

if result.Success:
  print "Success"
else:
  print "Fail"