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    Introduction

    The HTML5 viewing REST API is used by PAS and our viewer. It is unusual for your application to need to use this REST API.

    Available URLs

    URL Description
    GET /PCCIS/V1/Document/q/Attributes Gets a page count for the source document of a viewing session.
    GET /PCCIS/V1/Page/q/{PageNumber}/Attributes Gets metadata for a page of the source document of a viewing session.
    GET /PCCIS/V1/Page/q/{PageNumber} Gets SVG or an image for a page of the source document of a viewing session.
    GET /PCCIS/V1/Page/q/{PageNumber}/Tile/{x}/{y}/{width}/{height} Gets a "tile" image, a part of a page, for a page of the source document of a viewing session.
    GET /PCCIS/V1/Page/q/{PageNumber}/{Width}x{Height} Gets a thumbnail image for a page of the source document of a viewing session.
    GET /PCCIS/V1/Document/q/{PageNumberBegin}-{PageNumberEnd}/Text Gets currently-available text and text metadata for a range of pages for the source document of a viewing session.
    GET /v2/viewingSessions/{viewingSessionId}/revisionData Gets objects which describe known changes between the two documents used as input to a comparison viewing session.

    Deprecated URLs

    URL Description
    GET /PCCIS/V1/License/ClientViewer Deprecated.

    GET /PCCIS/V1/Document/q/Attributes?DocumentID=[e,u]{ViewingSessionId}&DesiredPageCountConfidence={DesiredPageCountConfidence}

    Gets a page count for the source document of a viewing session. Also returns information about Excel worksheets (this functionality requires the Microsoft Office rendering mode to be enabled by the MSO feature in your license key).

    Request

    Query String Parameters

    Parameter Description
    DocumentID Required. The viewingSessionId which identifies the viewing session, prefixed with u if in unencoded plaintext form or prefixed with e if base-64 encoded.
    DesiredPageCountConfidence An integer from 0 and 100 inclusive which specifies the minimum required confidence in the page count before a value is returned. A value of 50 or lower is more likely to result in an estimated page count being returned. Default is 100, requiring that the actual page count be returned.

    Successful Response

    JSON metadata about the document page count (and information about Excel worksheets).

    • pageCount (Integer) - Currently determined number of pages in the document.
    • pageCountConfidence (Integer) - An integer from 0 to 100 indicating the confidence that pageCount is accurate. When less than 100, pageCount is still being determined and the current value should be considered an estimate. You can repeat the request to see if a more accurate pageCount is available. When 100, the pageCount has been finalized and the value should be considered the actual number of pages in the document.
    • sheets (Array of Objects) - The list of Excel workbook sheets. Present only for Excel workbooks and when MSO feature is enabled. Each item in this list will contain Excel worksheet attributes:
      • name (String) - Excel worksheet name.
      • firstPageIndex (Integer) - The index of the first page (zero-indexed page number) in the document that belongs to the sheet.
      • pageCount (Integer) - The total number of pages that belong to the sheet.

    Example

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/PCCIS/V1/Document/q/Attributes?DocumentID=uXYZ...
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
    
    {
        "pageCount": 3,
        "pageCountConfidence": 100,
        "sheets": [
          { "name": "Sheet1", "firstPageIndex": 0, "pageCount": 10 },
          { "name": "Sheet2", "firstPageIndex": 10, "pageCount": 14 },
          { "name": "Sheet3", "firstPageIndex": 24, "pageCount": 6 }
        ]
    }
    
    

    Error Responses

    Status Code JSON errorCode Description
    403 The session is invalid or has expired You requested a valid {viewingSessionId} but it is no longer available.
    480 "ServerContentDisabled" The source document satisfies the client-side viewing formats configured for the viewing session and the server content is disabled.
    500 Internal Server Error Can occur if you forget to prefix the {viewingSessionId} portion of the URL with u, or if you simply request an invalid {viewingSessionId}.

    GET /PCCIS/V1/Page/q/{PageNumber}/Attributes?DocumentID=[e,u]{viewingSessionId}&ContentType={ContentType}

    Gets metadata for a page of the source document of a viewing session.

    Request

    URL Parameters

    Parameter Description
    {PageNumber} Zero-indexed page number to get information about.

    Query String Parameters

    Parameter Description
    DocumentID Required. The viewingSessionId which identifies the viewing session, prefixed with u if in unencoded plaintext form or prefixed with e if base-64 encoded.
    ContentType Used to indicate whether you want attributes for SVG page content or raster page content. Use svg (or svga or svgb) to get page attributes for SVG content or png to get page attributes for raster content. Default is svg.

    Successful Response

    JSON metadata about the page.

    • version (String) - Deprecated. Value will always be "7.1".
    • contentType (String) - Comma-separated types of content available, hard-coded to a specific set of values depending on the requested ContentType:
      • Will be "jpeg,png,svg" when requested ContentType is svg (or svga, or svgb)
      • Will be "jpeg,png" when requested ContentType is png
    • imageBitDepth (Integer) - Bit depth of raster content. Only relevant when requested ContentType is png. When requested ContentType is svg (or svga or svgb), the value will be hard-coded to 16.
    • imageHeight (Integer) - Height of the page:
      • in pixels when requested ContentType is png
      • in unspecified units when requested ContentType is svg (or svga or svgb)
    • imageWidth (Integer) - Width of the page:
      • in pixels when requested ContentType is png
      • in unspecified units when requested ContentType is svg (or svga or svgb)
    • imageXResolution (Integer) - Relative horizontal resolution of raster content when requested ContentType is png (like pixels per inch except that the unit is unspecified and will not necessarily be inches). When requested ContentType is svg (or svga or svgb), the value will be hard-coded to 90.
    • imageYResolution (Integer) - Relative vertical resolution of raster content when requested ContentType is png (like pixels per inch except that the unit is unspecified and will not necessarily be inches). When requested ContentType is svg (or svga or svgb), the value will be hard-coded to 90.

    Examples

    Get attributes for the SVG form page 0. The two most-valuable properties are "imageHeight" and "imageWidth" which indicate the width and height of the SVG page in unspecified units. The rest are hard-coded values:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
    
    {
      "version": "7.1",
      "contentType": "jpeg,png,svg",
      "imageBitDepth": 16,
      "imageHeight": 842,
      "imageWidth": 595,
      "imageXResolution": 90,
      "imageYResolution": 90
    }
    
    

    Get attributes for the raster form of page 0:

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/PCCIS/V1/Page/q/0/Attributes?DocumentID=uXYZ...?ContentType=png
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
    
    {
      "version": "7.1",
      "contentType": "jpeg,png",
      "imageBitDepth": 8,
      "imageHeight": 1755,
      "imageWidth": 1240,
      "imageXResolution": 150,
      "imageYResolution": 150
    }
    
    

    Error Responses

    Status Code JSON errorCode Description
    403 The session is invalid or has expired You requested a valid {viewingSessionId} but it is no longer available.
    480 "ServerContentDisabled" The source document satisfies the client-side viewing formats configured for the viewing session and the server content is disabled.
    500 Internal Server Error Can occur if you forget to prefix the {viewingSessionId} portion of the URL with u, or if you simply request an invalid {viewingSessionId}.

    GET /PCCIS/V1/Page/q/{PageNumber}?DocumentID=[e,u]{ViewingSessionId}&Scale={Scale}&ContentType={ContentType}

    Gets SVG or an image for a page of the source document of a viewing session.

    Request

    Request Headers

    Name Description
    Accept-Encoding Specify gzip to allow gzip compression of the response. Gzip compression will only be applied to SVG responses (it is not used for PNG and JPEG responses) and it may be skipped if the SVG is small. If a response is compressed it will contain a Content-Encoding: gzip response header. Because all modern browsers support Content-Encoding: gzip responses, we recommend you always provide an Accept-Encoding: gzip request header.

    URL Parameters

    Parameter Description
    {PageNumber} Zero-indexed page number whose content should be returned.

    Query String Parameters

    Parameter Description
    DocumentID Required. The viewingSessionId which identifies the viewing session, prefixed with u if in unencoded plaintext form or prefixed with e if base-64 encoded.
    ContentType Type of content to be returned. Default is png. Possible values:
    • svgb - Fully-optimized SVG (uses a unicode inline font to store glyph definitions). Smallest possible SVG, but may not be compatible with some browsers. Recommended whenever possible.
    • svga - Partially-optimized SVG (uses a non-unicode inline font to store only the most frequently-occurring glyph definitions). May not be compatible with some browsers. Use only if svgb content is not compatible with the target browser.
      NOTE: PrizmDoc ViewerControl falls back to svga Content-Type if svgb content is not compatible with the browser.
    • svg - Unoptimized SVG (no font is used; glyph definitions are expressed as SVG path operations). Broadest compatibility with browsers but typically much larger, so it renders and scrolls much slower than svgb and svga. Not recommended. Use only as a fallback if both svgb and svga are not compatible with the target browser, or the use of webfonts is disabled in the target browser.
      NOTE: PrizmDoc ViewerControl falls back to svg Content-Type if both svgb and svga are not compatible with the browser or the use of webfonts is disabled.
    • png - PNG image.
    • jpeg - JPEG image.
    Scale Scaling factor to apply when returning a PNG or JPEG image. The image will be resized by multiplying its width and height by this value. A value of 1.0 leaves the image unscaled, values less than 1.0 make the image smaller, and values greater than 1.0 make the image larger. For example, a value of 2.0 would return an image whose width and height have been doubled. A value of 0.5 would return an image whose width and height have been halved. Only applies when ContentType is png or jpeg, ignored otherwise. Default is 1.0 (no scaling applied).

    Successful Response with Page Content

    Response Headers

    Name Description
    Content-Type The type of content returned. Possible values:
    • image/svg+xml - When the request query string parameter ContentType was svg, svga, or svgb.
    • image/png - When the request query string parameter ContentType was png.
    • image/jpeg - When the request query string parameter ContentType was jpeg.
    Content-Encoding May be set to gzip if the request used Accept-Encoding: gzip.
    Accusoft-Data-Encrypted Indicates whether or not page content has been encrypted. true when page content is encrypted, false otherwise. See Enabling Content Encryption.

    Response Body

    SVG, PNG, or JPEG for the requested page.

    Examples

    Get page 0 as SVG

    Request:

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/PCCIS/V1/Page/q/0?DocumentID=uXYZ...&ContentType=svgb
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    Response:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: image/svg+xml
    Content-Encoding: gzip
    Accusoft-Data-Encrypted: false
    
    <svg height="842" style="font-family:qsnvcgduoqekywbefqyyjjhodpw;font-size:12px;" version="1.2" viewBox="0 0 595 842" width="595"
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
      xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
      ...
    </svg>
    
    
    Get page 0 as a PNG
    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/PCCIS/V1/Page/q/0?DocumentID=uXYZ...&ContentType=png
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    Response:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: image/png
    Accusoft-Data-Encrypted: false
    
    <<PNG bytes>>
    
    

    Response When SVG Content is Not Available

    SVG content is typically preferred but not always available. For example, if the source document is raster (such as a TIFF), then only raster page content (PNG and JPEG) will be available. It is common for a client viewer to always try and request SVG content first. Then, once it becomes clear SVG is not available, the client viewer can fallback to only requesting PNG or JPEG page content.

    For this reason, if SVG is requested but is not available, we respond with a successful HTTP 200 but with a JSON body indicating that SVG is not available. Additionally, we include raster page attributes metadata in the JSON so that the viewer does not need to issue an additional request for page attributes.

    Example

    Request:

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/PCCIS/V1/Page/q/0?DocumentID=uXYZ...&ContentType=svgb
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    Response when SVG is not available:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
    
    {
      "errorCode": "SvgNotAvailable",
      "pageAttributes": {
        "version": "7.1",
        "contentType": "jpeg,png",
        "imageBitDepth": 8,
        "imageHeight": 280,
        "imageWidth": 593,
        "imageXResolution": 72,
        "imageYResolution": 72
      }
    }
    
    

    Error Responses

    Status Code JSON errorCode Description
    403 The session is invalid or has expired You requested a valid {viewingSessionId} but it is no longer available.
    480 "ServerContentDisabled" The source document satisfies the client-side viewing formats configured for the viewing session and the server content is disabled.
    500 Internal Server Error Can occur if you forget to prefix the {viewingSessionId} portion of the URL with u, or if you simply request an invalid {viewingSessionId}.

    GET /PCCIS/V1/Page/q/{PageNumber}/Tile/{X}/{Y}/{Width}/{Height}?DocumentID=[e,u]{ViewingSessionId}&ContentType={ContentType}&Scale={Scale}

    Gets a "tile" image, a part of a page, for a page of the source document of a viewing session.

    Request

    URL Parameters

    Parameter Description
    {PageNumber} Zero-indexed page number to extract a tile from.
    {X} Where the left edge of the tile should begin, expressed as the number of pixels from the left edge of the page. Must be less than the pixel width of the (scaled) page.
    {Y} Where the top of the tile should begin, expressed as the number of pixels from the top edge of the page. Must be less than the pixel height of the (scaled) page.
    {Width} Width of the tile in pixels, extended right from {X}. If the right edge of the tile extends beyond the right edge of the page then the tile will be trimmed so that only actual page content is returned. You can safely use a {Width} value that goes beyond the right edge of the page, but note that the actual width of the returned image may be different than what you requested.
    {Height} Height of the tile in pixels, extended down from {Y}. If the bottom edge of the tile extends beyond the bottom edge of the page then the tile will be trimmed so that only actual page content is returned. You can safely use a {Height} value that goes beyond the bottom edge of the page, but note that the actual height of the returned image may be different than what you requested.

    Query String Parameters

    Parameter Description
    DocumentID Required. The viewingSessionId which identifies the viewing session, prefixed with u if in unencoded plaintext form or prefixed with e if base-64 encoded.
    ContentType Type of image to be returned. Default is png. Possible values:
    • png
    • jpeg - Not recommended if you are requesting multiple tiles to be "stitched" together due to alignment artifacts that will occur at tile boundaries.
    Scale Scaling factor to apply to the entire page before cropping to the specified tile region. The full page image will be resized by multiplying its width and height by this value. A value of 1.0 leaves the page unscaled, values less than 1.0 make the page smaller, and values greater than 1.0 make the page larger. Default is 1.0 (no scaling applied).

    Successful Response

    Response Headers

    Name Description
    Content-Type The type of content returned. Possible values:
    • image/png - When the request query string parameter ContentType was png.
    • image/jpeg - When the request query string parameter ContentType was jpeg.
    Accusoft-Data-Encrypted Indicates whether or not page content has been encrypted. true when page content is encrypted, false otherwise. See Enabling Content Encryption.

    Response Body

    Tile image.

    Example

    Request a 512x512 PNG tile for page 0 starting at x-position 1024 (from left) and y-position 1536 (from top):

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/PCCIS/V1/Page/q/0/Tile/1024/1536/512/512?DocumentID=uXYZ...
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: image/png
    
    <<PNG bytes>>
    
    

    Error Responses

    Status Code JSON errorCode Description
    403 The session is invalid or has expired You requested a valid {viewingSessionId} but it is no longer available.
    480 "ServerContentDisabled" The source document satisfies the client-side viewing formats configured for the viewing session and the server content is disabled.
    500 Internal Server Error Can occur if you forget to prefix the {viewingSessionId} portion of the URL with u, or if you simply request an invalid {viewingSessionId}.

    GET /PCCIS/V1/Page/q/{PageNumber}/{Width}x{Height}?DocumentID=[e,u]{ViewingSessionId}&ContentType={ContentType}

    Gets a thumbnail image for a page of the source document of a viewing session.

    The page will be resized, maintaining aspect ratio, to fit within the {Width} and {Height} specified in the URL.

    Request

    URL Parameters

    Parameter Description
    {PageNumber} Zero-indexed page number to create a thumbnail image for.
    {Width} Maximum allowed width, in pixels, of the thumbnail. Must be an integer greater than 0.
    {Height} Maximum allowed height, in pixels, of the thumbnail. Must be an integer greater than 0.

    Query String Parameters

    Parameter Description
    DocumentID Required. The viewingSessionId which identifies the viewing session, prefixed with u if in unencoded plaintext form or prefixed with e if base-64 encoded.
    ContentType Type of image to be returned. Default is png. Possible values:
    • png
    • jpeg

    Successful Response

    Response Headers

    Name Description
    Content-Type The type of content returned. Possible values:
    • image/png - When the request query string parameter ContentType was png.
    • image/jpeg - When the request query string parameter ContentType was jpeg.

    Response Body

    Thumbnail image.

    Example

    Request a thumbnail image of page 0 that fits within a 200x200 square:

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/PCCIS/V1/Page/q/0/200x200?DocumentID=uXYZ...
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: image/png
    
    <<PNG bytes>>
    
    

    Error Responses

    Status Code JSON errorCode Description
    403 The session is invalid or has expired You requested a valid {viewingSessionId} but it is no longer available.
    480 "ServerContentDisabled" The source document satisfies the client-side viewing formats configured for the viewing session and the server content is disabled.
    500 Internal Server Error Can occur if you forget to prefix the {viewingSessionId} portion of the URL with u, or if you simply request an invalid {viewingSessionId}.

    GET /PCCIS/V1/Document/q/{PageNumberBegin}-{PageNumberEnd}/Text?DocumentID=[e,u]{ViewingSessionId}

    Gets currently-available text and text metadata for a range of pages for the source document of a viewing session.

    NOTE: This URL is designed to support our viewer. If you want to simply programmatically extract text from a document, use the Search Contexts API instead, specifically POST /v2/searchContexts and GET /v2/searchContexts/{contextId}/records.

    Request

    URL Parameters

    Parameter Description
    {PageNumberBegin} Zero-indexed page number of the first page in the range.
    {PageNumberEnd} Zero-indexed page number of the last page in the range.

    Query String Parameters

    Parameter Description
    DocumentID Required. The viewingSessionId which identifies the viewing session, prefixed with u if in unencoded plaintext form or prefixed with e if base-64 encoded.

    Request Headers

    Name Description
    Accept-Encoding Specify gzip to allow gzip compression of the response. Gzip compression may be skipped if the overall response size is small. If a response is compressed it will contain a Content-Encoding: gzip response header. Because all modern browsers support Content-Encoding: gzip responses, we recommend you always provide an Accept-Encoding: gzip request header.

    Successful Response

    Response Headers

    Name Description
    Content-Encoding May be set to gzip if the request used Accept-Encoding: gzip.
    Accusoft-Data-Encrypted Indicates whether or not page content has been encrypted. true when page content is encrypted, false otherwise. See Enabling Content Encryption.

    Response Body

    JSON containing page text and text positioning metadata.

    • pages[] (Array of Objects) Always present in case of success. Optional in case of failure. Will contain an array of objects, each containing text data for a page, for pages where text has been successfully extracted. Note, however, that text extraction takes time and text may not yet be available for the range of pages requested. If the array is empty or contains fewer items than the number of pages included in your page range, then the text for the requested page range has not been fully extracted. Repeating the request should eventually produce an array with the expected number of items. Note also that the order of the records is not guaranteed; you must use the number property of each returned item to know its page index. Items may contain:
      • number (Integer) Always present. Page index (zero-indexed page number). The property is named simply number for backwards compatibility reasons.
      • text (String) Page text.
      • errorCode (Integer) When text cannot be extracted for this page, present with a value of 1.
      • errorDescription (String) When text cannot be extracted for this page, a descriptive error message explaining why (such as "No page data was found.") or an empty string if the cause of the error is unknown.
      • width (Number) Page width.
      • height (Number) Page height.
      • rectangles[] (Array of Arrays) Bounding boxes for individual glyphs on the page. Each item will contain four numbers:
        • [0] (Number) Distance from the left edge of the page to the left edge of the glyph bounding box.
        • [1] (Number) Distance from the top edge of the page to the top edge of the glyph bounding box.
        • [2] (Number) Width of the glyph bounding box.
        • [3] (Number) Height of the glyph bounding box.
      • markup[] (Array of Objects) Objects describing hyperlinks, if any. Each item may contain:
        • changeType (String) Value will always be "Add".
        • markType (String) Value will always be "DocumentHyperlink".
        • properties (Object) Properties of the hyperlink.
          • href (String) Destination URL.
          • rectangle (Object) Dimensions of the hyperlink bounding box on the page.
            • x (Number) Distance from the left edge of the page to the left edge of the hyperlink bounding box.
            • y (Number) Distance from the top edge of the page to the top edge of the hyperlink bounding box.
            • width (Number) Width of the hyperlink bounding box.
            • height (Number) Height of the hyperlink bounding box.
          • borderThickness (Number) Border thickness which should be applied.
          • borderHorizontalRadius (Number) Horizontal border radius which should be applied.
          • borderVerticalRadius (Number) Vertical border radius which should be applied.
          • borderOpacity (Integer) Border opacity which should be applied. Value will be from 0 to 255, where 0 represents fully transparent and 255 represents fully opaque.
    • errorCode (Integer) Might be present in case of failure and missing pages[] object. When text cannot be extracted for this page, present with a value of 1.
    • errorDescription (String) Might be present in case of failure and missing pages[] object. When text cannot be extracted for this page, a descriptive error message explaining why (such as "No page data was found.") or an empty string if the cause of the error is unknown.

    Examples

    Request text for pages 0 through 9:

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/PCCIS/V1/Document/q/0-9/Text?DocumentID=xXYZ...
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    Response when text is not yet available:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
    Accusoft-Data-Encrypted: false
    
    {
      "pages": []
    }
    
    

    Response when text is available (where ... indicates that data has been omitted for brevity):

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    
    {
      "pages": [
        {
          "number": 0,
          "text": "the page text",
          "width": 648.00,
          "height": 828.00,
          "rectangles": [
            [
              202.25,
              135.05,
              27.00,
              73.26
            ],
            [
              229.25,
              135.05,
              30.00,
              73.26
            ],
            ...
          ]
          "markup": [
            {
              "changeType": "Add",
              "markType": "DocumentHyperlink",
              "properties": {
                "rectangle": {
                  "height": 14.71,
                  "width": 86.20,
                  "y": 73.50,
                  "x": 71.31
                },
                "borderHorizontalRadius": 0.0,
                "borderVerticalRadius": 0.0,
                "borderThickness": 0.0,
                "href": "http://www.google.com/",
                "borderOpacity": 255
              }
            },
            ...
          ]
        },
        ...
      ]
    }
    
    

    Error Responses

    Status Code JSON errorCode Description
    403 The session is invalid or has expired You requested a valid {viewingSessionId} but it is no longer available.
    480 "ServerContentDisabled" The source document satisfies the client-side viewing formats configured for the viewing session and the server content is disabled.
    500 Internal Server Error Can occur if you forget to prefix the {viewingSessionId} portion of the URL with u, or if you simply request an invalid {viewingSessionId}.

    GET /v2/viewingSessions/{viewingSessionId}/revisionData?limit={limit}&continueToken={continueToken}

    Gets objects which describe known changes between the two documents used as input to a comparison viewing session.

    This URL is designed to give you an array of changes in chunks as the individual changes become available. Each GET request will return the currently-known changes up to a limit (default is 100). If a response contains a continueToken, it indicates that additional changes may be available and that you should issue another GET request using that continueToken as a query string parameter to skip the changes you have already received. As long as a response contains a continueToken, use it to issue a subsequent GET for more changes. When you encounter a response which does not have a continueToken, you have received all of the changes and no more GET requests are necessary.

    In order to optimize the number of network requests you make, any response which contains a continueToken will also contain a continueAfter value with a recommended number of milliseconds you should wait before sending the next GET request.

    Request

    URL Parameters

    Parameter Description
    {limit} The maximum number of changes to return for this HTTP request. Must be an integer greater than 0. Default is 100.
    {continueToken} Used to continue getting changes from the point where a previous GET request left off.

    Request Headers

    Name Description
    Accept-Encoding Set to gzip to get a gzipped response body.

    Successful Response

    Response Headers

    Name Description
    Content-Encoding Will be set to gzip if the request used Accept-Encoding: gzip

    Response Body

    JSON with any available changes.

    • changes (Array of Objects) Always present. Array of newly-available changes, objects which each describe a difference between the two documents being compared. If no new changes are available, this array will be empty.
      • id (Integer) Unique number assigned to this change.
      • endPageIndex (Integer) Zero-indexed page number where this change ends in the document.
      • type (String) Type of the change. Will be one of the following:
        • "contentInserted"
        • "contentDeleted"
        • "propertyChanged"
        • "paragraphNumberChanged"
        • "paragraphPropertyChanged"
        • "tablePropertyChanged"
        • "sectionPropertyChanged"
        • "styleDefinitionChanged"
        • "contentMovedFrom"
        • "contentMovedTo"
        • "tableCellInserted"
        • "tableCellDeleted"
        • "tableCellsMerged"
    • continueToken (String) When present, indicates that more changes may be available. An additional GET request should be made for more changes using this value as the continueToken query string parameter. When not present, indicates that all changes have been obtained and no further changes will be available.
    • continueAfter (Number) Recommended milliseconds to delay before issuing the next GET request for more changes.

    Error Responses

    Status Code JSON errorCode Description
    404 - No viewing session with the provided viewingSessionId could be found.
    480 "ServerContentDisabled" The source document satisfies the client-side viewing formats configured for the viewing session and the server content is disabled.
    480 "InvalidInput" An invalid input value was used. See errorDetails in the response body.
    580 "InternalError" The server encountered an internal error when handling the request.

    Example

    Here is an example sequence of requests and responses illustrating how you would acquire the full set of changes for a comparison viewing session (for brevity, the total number of changes in this example is small).

    You would start with an initial GET:

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/v2/viewingSessions/luMJZGIeGQr20veYl5JQwsv77iIvaFsvHAW4x1L88lkBs8mk63aArufxZ9jaXZ0ykG5LsMlWorI6u3Ui6YApkw/revisionData
    Accept-Encoding: gzip
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Encoding: gzip
    
    {
      "changes": [],
      "continueToken": "luMJZGIeGQr20veYl5JQwsv77iIvaFsvHAW4x1L88lmZwRo30ojTLjaT0J2D2f8D",
      "continueAfter": 500
    }
    
    

    In this case, the initial response did not return any changes at all (the changes array is empty), but the presence of a continueToken indicates they may simply not have been available yet. We should issue another GET request after waiting 500 milliseconds (the amount of time recommended by continueAfter).

    So, half a second later, we issue a follow-up request with the continueToken passed in as a query string parameter:

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/v2/viewingSessions/luMJZGIeGQr20veYl5JQwsv77iIvaFsvHAW4x1L88lkBs8mk63aArufxZ9jaXZ0ykG5LsMlWorI6u3Ui6YApkw/revisionData?continueToken=luMJZGIeGQr20veYl5JQwsv77iIvaFsvHAW4x1L88lmZwRo30ojTLjaT0J2D2f8D
    Accept-Encoding: gzip
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Encoding: gzip
    
    {
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": 0,
          "endPageIndex": 0,
          "type": "contentInserted"
        },
        {
          "id": 1,
          "endPageIndex": 0,
          "type": "contentDeleted"
        }
      ],
      "continueToken": "luMJZGIeGQr20veYl5JQwsv77iIvaFsvHAW4x1L88lklhqP2L79Yero0nM9aoZ9r",
      "continueAfter": 500
    }
    
    

    This time we receive two changes. The presence of a new continueToken tells us there may be more, so we submit another request with the new continueToken.

    Notice in the next response that the changes which have already been given to us are not repeated:

    GET prizmdoc_server_base_url/v2/viewingSessions/luMJZGIeGQr20veYl5JQwsv77iIvaFsvHAW4x1L88lkBs8mk63aArufxZ9jaXZ0ykG5LsMlWorI6u3Ui6YApkw/revisionData?continueToken=luMJZGIeGQr20veYl5JQwsv77iIvaFsvHAW4x1L88lklhqP2L79Yero0nM9aoZ9r
    Accept-Encoding: gzip
    
    

    NOTE: See the Base URL for PrizmDoc Server topic for more information.

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Encoding: gzip
    
    {
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": 2,
          "endPageIndex": 5,
          "type": "styleChanged"
        }
      ]
    }
    
    

    This time we get a new change, and the lack of a continueToken tells us we have received all of the changes, so there are no more GET requests to make.

    GET /PCCIS/V1/License/ClientViewer

    NOTE: This URL has been deprecated and will be removed from the public API in a future release. It no longer functions and returns HTTP 500 Internal Server Error.