Identifiers

The identifiers fetch action retrieves a list of documents that are present in the repository and generates an identifier for each document. This action might be used by front end applications for providing an interface to browse a repository.

The action returns identifiers for only those documents that meet the requirements defined in the task configuration. For example, if you use configuration parameters to exclude certain Web pages, the connector does not return identifiers for those Web pages.

Tip: The identifiers fetch action does not expand container files, and does not provide identifiers for sub-files.

Type: Asynchronous

Parameter Name Description Required
Config

A base-64 encoded configuration. The configuration parameters that are set override the same parameters in the connector's configuration file.

No
ConfigSection The name of the configuration file section that contains the task settings. Yes
ContainersOnly A Boolean value (default false) that specifies whether to return only those items that represent containers. No
IdentifiersAction The name of an action to perform on the returned identifiers. Currently only the collect fetch action is available. If the action you specify would require additional parameters, specify them as parameters to this action. No
ParentIdentifiers A comma-separated list of identifiers. The action returns identifiers for items that exist below these identifiers in the repository. To specify the root of the repository, set this parameter to ROOT. Yes
ShowAttributes A Boolean value (default true) that specifies whether to show attributes in the response. The possible attributes are determined by the type of repository that you are connecting to. No
ShowNames A Boolean value (default true) that specifies whether the response shows the URL for each item. No
ShowTypes A Boolean value (default true) that specifies whether the response shows the type of item that each identifier represents. The possible types are determined by the type of repository that you are connecting to. No
Override_Config_Parameters

Any other action parameters that you set override settings in the connector's configuration file. For example:

/action=fetch&fetchaction=...
&[Section]Parameter=Value

where [Section] (optional) is the name of a configuration file section, Parameter is the name of a configuration parameter, and Value is the parameter value.

No

Example

The following example sends the identifiers fetch action to the connector. The connector returns the items that it finds by crawling the site from the URL specified in the task configuration:

http://localhost:1234/action=Fetch&FetchAction=Identifiers
                                  &ConfigSection=MyTask
                                  &ParentIdentifiers=ROOT

Response

The fetch action is asynchronous, so it returns a token:

<autnresponse>
  <action>FETCH</action>
  <response>SUCCESS</response>
  <responsedata>
    <token>MTYuMjguOTQuMTcyOjEyMzQ6RkVUQ0g6MTQzOTgyOTY0OTQ2NjAxMjY4ODQ1NTM2</token>
  </responsedata>
</autnresponse>

You can use the token with the QueueInfo action to retrieve the response.

<autnresponse>
  <action>QUEUEINFO</action>
  <response>SUCCESS</response>
  <responsedata>
    <actions>
      <action>
        <status>Finished</status>
        <queued_time>2015-Aug-17 17:40:49</queued_time>
        <time_in_queue>1</time_in_queue>
        <process_start_time>2015-Aug-17 17:40:50</process_start_time>
        <time_processing>2</time_processing>
        <process_end_time>2015-Aug-17 17:40:52</process_end_time>
        <documentcounts> 
          <documentcount task="MyTask" errors="0" seen="108" /> 
        </documentcounts>
        <fetchaction>IDENTIFIERS</fetchaction> 
        <identifiers parent_identifier="[identifier1]"> 
          <identifier name="http://hp.com/example/012345" type="Page" attributes="container,document">[identifier2]</identifier> 
          <identifier name="http://hp.com/example/012346" type="Page" attributes="container,document">[identifier3]</identifier> 
          <identifier name="http://hp.com/example/012347" type="Page" attributes="container,document">[identifier4]</identifier> 
          <identifier name="http://hp.com/example/012348" type="Page" attributes="container,document">[identifier5]</identifier> 
          <identifier name="http://hp.com/example/012349" type="Page" attributes="container,document">[identifier6]</identifier> 
          ... 
        </identifiers> 
        <token>
          MTYuMjguOTQuMTcyOjEyMzQ6RkVUQ0g6MTQzOTgyOTY0OTQ2NjAxMjY4ODQ1NTM2
        </token>
      </action>
    </actions>
  </responsedata>
</autnresponse>

The following information is available for each item:


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