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ListSUTs
NAME
ListSUTs - LUMP CGI XML API to return a list of available Structural
Unit Types
DESCRIPTION
The ListSUTs CGI script is designed to list Structural Units Types held
in a LUMP database in an XML container format.
PARAMETERS
Standard
*username* - Name of user running this CGI script. Required unless web
server authentication is in use (when it is, the web server
authenticated user is used instead).
*password* - Password for the user. This is only required if the web
server is not handling the user authentication and if no security hash
parameter is being given.
*security_hash* - An opaque value used to authenticate the user without
requiring the password to be sent. This value is generated by a previous
execution of a LUMP API script and may well be time limited. It is only
required if no password or webserver authentication is done.
*act_as* - Users in the SysAdmins group can elect to act on the behalf
of other users once they are themselves authenticated. If this parameter
is present it should contain the username of the user that should be
switched to if this option is available and the real user has been
authenticated successfully. Optional.
*session_id* - An opaque string as far as the server is concerned that
is intended solely to allow async clients to differentiate different
results more easily. Optional.
Specific for this script
*suid* - The ID of a structural unit. Optional.
*sutid* - The ID of a structural unit type. Optional.
RESULTS
The script returns an XML document in the standard LUMP response format
(as documented in LUMP-XML-Response). The <returns> section's contains
the XML structure following this DTD fragment:
<!ELEMENT returns (sut+)>
<!ELEMENT sut (id|name|child_structural_unit_type)>
<!ELEMENT child_structural_unit_type (id|name)>
<!ELEMENT id (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)>
For example:
<response>
<returns>
<sut>
<id>11</id>
<name>Institution</name>
<child_structural_unit_type>
<id>9</id>
<name>Faculty</name>
</child_structural_unit_type>
</sut>
</returns>
<session>
<security_hash>1248086710:a615619fd3d278c8a15154afade9ccec</security_hash>
<lump_version>1</lump_version>
<acting_as></acting_as>
</session>
<error>
<error_message>Success</error_message>
<error_code>SUCCESS</error_code>
</error>
</response>
The <error> section contains SUCCESS in the <error_code> if the
operation finishes successfully, or a failure error code if it doesn't.
The <error_message> element contains a human readable message that can
be used to inform the user of problems if desired.
SEE ALSO
FindSuid GetStructuralUnit
LUMP-XML-Response
COPYRIGHT
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