LookupUserByLastName

The LookupUserByLastName method returns a list of users with the specified last name.

Note: This query attaches a wildcard to the end of the keyword, for example, "John" returns both Johnson and Johnston.

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Usage

Privileges. This method requires Read privileges.

Parameters.

The parameters for the LookupUserByLastName method are described in the following table.

Parameter

Data Type

Value

sessionToken

String

Valid sessionToken returned by the general.CreateUserSession method

keyword

String

Name or first part of a name for which you can search

Output. This method returns a string. If the method is successful, the value is an XML string that contains the properties of each user whose last name meets the search criteria. If there is a failure, the API issues an exception.

Samples

Sample C# Call

sUserList = accesscontrol.LookupUserByLastName(sSessionToken, “lastname”);

Sample Request

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown would be replaced with actual values. SOAP 1.2 also is supported.

POST /archer/ws/accesscontrol.asmx HTTP/1.1

Host: staging

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

Content-Length: length

SOAPAction: "http://archer-tech.com/webservices/LookupUserByLastName"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

    <soap:Body>

      <LookupUserByLastName xmlns="http://archer-tech.com/webservices/">

        <sessionToken>string</sessionToken>

        <keyword>string</keyword>

      </LookupUserByLastName>

    </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

    <soap:Body>

      <LookupUserByLastNameResponse xmlns="http://archer-tech.com/webservices/">

        <LookupUserByLastNameResult>string</LookupUserByLastNameResult>

      </LookupUserByLastNameResponse>

    </soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

Sample String in the Response

<Return>

    <User>

      <row_num>1</row_num>

      <ID>3</ID>

      <LastName>Miller</LastName>

      <FirstName>Jake</FirstName>

      <AccountStatus>Active</AccountStatus>

      <ParamName>General User Parameter</ParamName>

      <SecurityID>1</SecurityID>

      <LoggedIn>true</LoggedIn>

      <username>jmiller</username>

    </User>

</Return>