Retrieve User Details

If you wish to retrieve the details for a user you will need to call the GetUserDetails method. This method is available to developers from the Users.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.

Returns

Syntax

     <GetUserDetailsResult>
        <Error>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Description>string</Description>
        </Error>
        <Success>boolean</Success>
        <UserDetails>
          <Firstname>string</Firstname>
          <Lastname>string</Lastname>
          <Nickname>string</Nickname>
          <Email>string</Email>
          <Tel>string</Tel>
          <Username>string</Username>
          <Password>string</Password>
        </UserDetails>
      </GetUserDetailsResult>

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

1022 – User not found in My Alerts database

Success

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

UserDetails

A UserDetails entry will be returned with the following entries:

Firstname

The first name for the user.

Lastname

The last name for the user.

Nickname

The nick name for the user.

Email

The email address for the user.

Username

This is the unique user name for the user as stored in the My Alerts database.

Password

The password for the user as stored in the My Alerts database.