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writer.saveDocument - Edit & Save an existing document

Arguments

1. [struct] - required*

Containing Keys:

Field	Description
documentname	[scalar] - required* - Specify the name of the document to be edited & saved.
content	[scalar] - required* - Add/Edit contents to the existing document before saving.
documentid	[scalar] - required* - Sets the unique document id for the particular document currently working on.
version	[scalar] - required* - Specify the version of the document being currently worked upon.

Sample call to writer.saveDocument

POST /interface/xmlrpc HTTP/1.0
Host: http://www.writer.zoho.com/
Content-Type: text/xml
Content-Length:

<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>

<methodCall>

<methodName>writer.saveDocument</methodName>
<params>
<param>
<value>
<struct>
<member>
<name>documentname</name>
<value><string>test</string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>content</name>
<value><string><![CDATA[hi have a nice day - some new lines are added to the existing document]]></string></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>documentid</name>
<value><long>6000000057003</long></value>
</member>
<member>
<name>version</name>
<value><double>1.1</double></value>
</member>
</struct>
</value>
</param>
</params>

</methodCall>

Response

1. [methodResponse] - required*

Containing Keys:

document_name -

[scalar] - Name of one of the document currently being edited/saved.

document_id -

[scalar] - Unique ID associated with the saved document.

version -

[scalar] - Specifies the last saved version of the document.

document_name_url -

[scalar] - Unique document url to differentiate multiple documents having similar name.

author_name -

[scalar] - Displays the email ID of the document owner.

created_date -

[date] - Displays the created date of the document. E.g. Thu, Sep 28, 2006.

document_trashed -

[boolean] - Checks whether the document was trashed & restored in the list. Takes any one of the values - True or False.

lastmodifiedby -

[scalar] - Specifies the Email ID of the person who has last edited the document. In case the document is shared & it is edited by one of the invitees, then the Email ID will be different from that of the author_name's ID.

shared_users -

[scalar] - Displays the list of email addresses to whom the document has been shared. Shows blank in cases sharing access is disabled.

document_locked -

[boolean] - Checks whether the document has been locked exclusively for editing in a shared environment. True means the lock is enabled.

document_blogged -

[boolean] - Checks whether the document has been posted to any of the blog services. False status indicates that the document is not posted to any of the blog service.

info -

[scalar] - Displays information whether the document is saved successfully or not.

Sample return value for writer.saveDocument

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: close
Content-Length:
Content-Type: text/xml
Date: Wed 01 Nov 2006 23:45:59 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.4 (Unix)

<methodResponse>

<Save>
<document_name>testt</document_name>
<document_id>6000000046043</document_id>
<version>-1.0</version>
<document_name_url>hi</document_name_url>
<author_name>troycooley</author_name>
<created_date>Mon, Sep 25, 2006</created_date>
<document_trashed>false</document_trashed>
<lastmodifiedby>kevinshine</lastmodifiedby>
<shared_users>[]</shared_users>
<document_locked>false</document_locked>
<document_blogged>false</document_blogged>
<info>The document is saved successfully</info>
</Save>

</methodResponse>