DoesUserExist

The DoesUserExist method returns a Boolean value indicating whether the specified user exists.

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Usage

Privileges. This method requires Read privileges.

Parameters.

The parameters for the DoesUserExist method are described in the following table.
Parameter	Data Type	Value
sessionToken	String	Valid sessionToken returned by the general.CreateUserSession method
userName	Integer	User name to search

Output. This method returns a Boolean value. If the user exists, it is set to true, and if the user does not exist, it is set to false. If there is a failure, the API issues an exception.

Samples

Sample C# Code

bFoundFlag = accesscontrol.DoesUserExist(sSessionToken, “username”);

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/DoesUserExist"

<?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>

<sessionToken>string</sessionToken>

<userName>string</userName>

</DoesUserExist>

</soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK