Check the existence of a User Location

Owned by Kim Stimpson
Last updated: 22 Jan, 2015
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If you wish to check the existence of a Location for a user to the MyAlerts database you will need to call the UserLocationExist 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.

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)"

UniqueId

mandatory

This corresponds with the UniqueId on the AstunLocationLookup table.

Returns

Syntax
<UserLocationExistResult>
	<Error>
		<Code>string</Code>
		<Description>string</Description>
	</Error>
	<Success>boolean</Success>
	<LocationExist>boolean</LocationExist>
	<UserLocation>
		<LocationId>string</LocationId>
		<LocationName>string</LocationName>
		<TypeId>int</TypeId>
		<Geography>string</Geography>
		<UniqueId>string</UniqueId>
		<Distance>double</Distance>
		<Active>boolean</Active>
	</UserLocation>
</UserLocationExistResult>

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 UserLocation information will be provided.

LocationExist

This will be either True or False depending upon whether the Location exists or not respectively.

UserLocation

A UserLocation entry will be returned for each Location with the following details:

LocationId

This is the unique id for the Location.

LocationName

This is a text field, usually containing the address - for example "22, TANGLEWOOD CLOSE, WOKING, SURREY, GU22 8LG"

TypeId

This is always set to 1.

Geography

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)"

UniqueID

This corresponds with the UniqueId on the AstunLocationLookup table.

Distance

This is the distance in metres.  If a change falls within this range, a user will receive an alert.

Active

Sets the record as 1=Active or 0=Inactive.