Lists.GetListItemChangesSinceToken method

Article
05/27/2015

Returns changes made to the list since the date and time specified in the token.

Namespace: WebSvcLists
Assembly: STSSOAP (in STSSOAP.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetListItemChangesSinceToken", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetListItemChangesSinceToken ( _
    listName As String, _
    viewName As String, _
    query As XmlNode, _
    viewFields As XmlNode, _
    rowLimit As String, _
    queryOptions As XmlNode, _
    changeToken As String, _
    contains As XmlNode _
) As XmlNode
'Usage
Dim instance As Lists
Dim listName As String
Dim viewName As String
Dim query As XmlNode
Dim viewFields As XmlNode
Dim rowLimit As String
Dim queryOptions As XmlNode
Dim changeToken As String
Dim contains As XmlNode
Dim returnValue As XmlNode

returnValue = instance.GetListItemChangesSinceToken(listName, _
    viewName, query, viewFields, rowLimit, _
    queryOptions, changeToken, contains)

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetListItemChangesSinceToken", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetListItemChangesSinceToken(
    string listName,
    string viewName,
    XmlNode query,
    XmlNode viewFields,
    string rowLimit,
    XmlNode queryOptions,
    string changeToken,
    XmlNode contains
)

Parameters

listName
Type: System.String

A string that contains either the title or the GUID for the list. When querying the UserInfo table, the string contains UserInfo. Using the GUID results in better performance.

viewName
Type: System.String

A string that contains the GUID for the view, which determines the view to use for the default view attributes represented by the query, viewFields, and rowLimit parameters. If this argument is not supplied, the default view is assumed. If it is supplied, the value of the query, viewFields, or rowLimit parameter overrides the equivalent setting within the view. For example, if the view specified by the viewFields parameter has a row limit of 100 rows but the rowLimit parameter contains 1000, then 1,000 rows are returned in the response.

query
Type: System.Xml.XmlNode

A Query element containing the query that determines which records are returned and in what order, and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object, as in the following example.

viewFields
Type: System.Xml.XmlNode

A ViewFields element that specifies which fields to return in the query and in what order, and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object, as in the following example.

rowLimit
Type: System.String

A string that specifies the number of items, or rows, to display on a page before paging begins. If supplied, the value of this parameter overrides the row limit set in the view specified by the viewName parameter or the row limit set in the default view for the list.

queryOptions
Type: System.Xml.XmlNode

An XML fragment in the following form that contains separate nodes for the various properties of the SPQuery object, and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.

changeToken
Type: System.String

A string that contains the change token for the request. For a description of the format that is used in this string, see Overview: Change Tokens, Object Types, and Change Types. If a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed, all items in the list are returned.

contains
Type: System.Xml.XmlNode

A Contains element that defines custom filtering for the query and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object, as in the following example.

Return value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
An XML fragment in the following form that returns the last change token and item changes and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object:

<listitems MinTimeBetweenSyncs="0" RecommendedTimeBetweenSyncs="180" MaxBulkDocumentSyncSize="500" 
   AlternateUrls="http://MyServer/,http://zinzinzin/" EffectivePermMask="FullMask" 
   xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" 
   xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" 
   xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">
   <Changes LastChangeToken="1;3;b0c07dce-e4c7-45a9-8b7f-0d5339f69633;633247934080930000;70853">
   </Changes>
   <rs:data ItemCount="2">
      <z:row ows_Attachments="0" ows_LinkTitle="MyItem1" ows_MetaInfo="3;#" ows__ModerationStatus="0" 
         ows__Level="1" ows_Title="MyItem1" ows_ID="3" ows_owshiddenversion="2" 
         ows_UniqueId="3;#{9153FDD3-7C00-47E9-9194-956BB20AAA8D}" ows_FSObjType="3;#0" 
         ows_Created_x0020_Date="3;#2007-08-31T21:34:59Z" ows_Created="2007-08-31T21:34:59Z" 
         ows_FileLeafRef="3;#3_.000" ows_FileRef="3;#sites/MyWebSite/Lists/MyList/3_.000" 
         ows_ServerRedirected="0" />
      <z:row ows_Attachments="0" ows_LinkTitle="MyItem2" ows_MetaInfo="5;#" ows__ModerationStatus="0" 
         ows__Level="1" ows_Title="MyItem2" ows_ID="5" ows_owshiddenversion="3" 
         ows_UniqueId="5;#{5BDBB1C0-194D-4878-B716-E397B0C1318C}" ows_FSObjType="5;#0" 
         ows_Created_x0020_Date="5;#2007-08-31T21:43:23Z" ows_Created="2007-08-31T21:43:23Z" 
         ows_FileLeafRef="5;#5_.000" ows_FileRef="5;#sites/MyWebSite/Lists/MyList/5_.000" 
         ows_ServerRedirected="0" />
         ...
   </rs:data>
</listitems>

Remarks

The following table describes the return parameters.

Property	Definition
MinTimeBetweenSyncs	Represents the minimum amount of time between user-initiated or automatic synchronization. The value represents a time in minutes. Note Clients should respect this value even if the user initiates synchronization manually. That is, if this is set to 5 minutes, clients should only send one request per 5 minutes even if the user repeatedly clicks "send/receive".
RecommendedTimeBetweenSyncs	Represents the recommended minimum amount of time between synchronizations. This should specifically be respected for automatic syncs. Clients should never automatically synchronize more often than this. User-initiated synchronizations can override this interval.
MaxBulkDocumentSyncSize	The total size of content to be synchronized to the client. The default is 500 MB. You get the URL and metadata for each document when you call GetListItemChangesSinceToken, but you then need to do an HTTP GET to retrieve the actual document contents. Setting this value to high may degrade performance.
AlternateUrls	Alternate URLs are listed in the following zone order, delimited by commas: Intranet,Default,Extranet,Internet,Custom
EffectiveBasePermissions	The permissions on the list as returned by SPList.EffectiveBasePermissions.ToString().

Examples

The following code example uses the GetListItemChangesSinceToken method to display the current change token that results each time after subsequent updates to a list.

Dim listService As New Web_Reference_Folder.Lists()
listService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
listService.Url = "http://MyServer/MyWebSite/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx"

Dim getListName As XmlNode = listService.GetList("MyCalendar")
Dim listName As String = getListName.Attributes("Name").Value

Dim getFirstToken As XmlNode = listService.GetListItemChangesSinceToken(listName, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing)
Dim currentToken As String = getFirstToken.ChildNodes(1).Attributes("LastChangeToken").Value

label1.Text = currentToken + ControlChars.Lf

Dim strEditItemTitle As String = "My New Title"
Dim strBatchEdit As String = "<Batch OnError='Continue'><Method ID='0' Cmd='Update'>" + 
    "<Field Name='Title'>" + strEditItemTitle + "</Field>" + 
    "<Field Name='ID'>2</Field>" + 
    "<Field Name='EventDate'>2007-10-11T14:00:00Z</Field>" + 
    "<Field Name='EndDate'>2007-10-12T14:00:00Z</Field>" + 
    "</Method></Batch>"

Dim doc = New System.Xml.XmlDocument()
doc.LoadXml(strBatchEdit)
Dim editUpdates As XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement

Try
    listService.UpdateListItems(listName, editUpdates)
    Catch ex1 As System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
        MessageBox.Show((ex1.Message + ControlChars.Lf + ex1.Detail.InnerText + ControlChars.Lf + ex1.StackTrace))
End Try

Dim getSecondToken As XmlNode = listService.GetListItemChangesSinceToken(listName, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, currentToken, Nothing)

currentToken = getSecondToken.ChildNodes(1).Attributes("LastChangeToken").Value
label1.Text += currentToken + ControlChars.Lf

Dim strNewItemTitle As String = "My New Item"

Dim strBatchNew As String = "<Batch OnError='Continue'><Method ID='0' Cmd='New'>" + 
    "<Field Name='ID'>New</Field>" + 
    "<Field Name='Title'>" + strNewItemTitle + "</Field>" + 
    "<Field Name='EventDate'>2007-10-2T14:00:00Z</Field>" + 
    "<Field Name='EndDate'>2007-10-3T14:00:00Z</Field>" + 
    "</Method></Batch>"

doc = New System.Xml.XmlDocument()
doc.LoadXml(strBatchNew)
Dim addUpdates As XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement

Try
    listService.UpdateListItems(listName, addUpdates)
    Catch ex2 As System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
        MessageBox.Show((ex2.Message + ControlChars.Lf + ex2.Detail.InnerText + ControlChars.Lf + ex2.StackTrace))
End Try

Dim getThirdToken As XmlNode = listService.GetListItemChangesSinceToken(listName, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, currentToken, Nothing)

currentToken = getThirdToken.ChildNodes(1).Attributes("LastChangeToken").Value
label1.Text += currentToken

Web_Reference_Folder.Lists listService = new Web_Reference_Folder.Lists();
listService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
listService.Url = "http://MyServer/MyWebSite/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx";

XmlNode getListName = listService.GetList("MyCalendar");
string listName = getListName.Attributes["Name"].Value;

XmlNode getFirstToken = listService.GetListItemChangesSinceToken(listName, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
string currentToken = getFirstToken.ChildNodes[1].Attributes["LastChangeToken"].Value;

label1.Text = currentToken + "\n";

string strEditItemTitle = "My New Title";
string strBatchEdit = "<Batch OnError='Continue'><Method ID='0' Cmd='Update'>" +
    "<Field Name='Title'>" + strEditItemTitle + "</Field>" +
    "<Field Name='ID'>2</Field>" +
    "<Field Name='EventDate'>2007-10-11T14:00:00Z</Field>" +
    "<Field Name='EndDate'>2007-10-12T14:00:00Z</Field>" +
    "</Method></Batch>";

XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(strBatchEdit);
XmlNode editUpdates = doc.DocumentElement;

try
{
    listService.UpdateListItems(listName, editUpdates);
}
catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException ex1)
{
    MessageBox.Show(ex1.Message + "\n" + ex1.Detail.InnerText + "\n" + ex1.StackTrace);
}

XmlNode getSecondToken = listService.GetListItemChangesSinceToken(listName, null, null, null, null, null, currentToken, null);

currentToken = getSecondToken.ChildNodes[1].Attributes["LastChangeToken"].Value;
label1.Text += currentToken + "\n";

string strNewItemTitle = "My New Item";

string strBatchNew = "<Batch OnError='Continue'><Method ID='0' Cmd='New'>" +
    "<Field Name='ID'>New</Field>" +
    "<Field Name='Title'>" + strNewItemTitle + "</Field>" +
    "<Field Name='EventDate'>2007-10-2T14:00:00Z</Field>" +
    "<Field Name='EndDate'>2007-10-3T14:00:00Z</Field>" +
    "</Method></Batch>";

doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(strBatchNew);
XmlNode addUpdates = doc.DocumentElement;

try
{
    listService.UpdateListItems(listName, addUpdates);
}
catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException ex2)
{
    MessageBox.Show(ex2.Message + "\n" + ex2.Detail.InnerText + "\n" + ex2.StackTrace);
}

XmlNode getThirdToken = listService.GetListItemChangesSinceToken(listName, null, null, null, null, null, currentToken, null);

currentToken = getThirdToken.ChildNodes[1].Attributes["LastChangeToken"].Value;
label1.Text += currentToken;

Lists.GetListItemChangesSinceToken method

Syntax

Parameters

Return value

Remarks

Examples

See also

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