RefWorks REST Interface
Overview authentication Class userexists Method
userexists Method
Checks if the passed information points to a valid user account.

Note:  No session parameter is needed for this method.

www.refworks.com/api2/?class=authentication&method=userexists&<signature related parameters>
Parameters
class
Set to authentication.
method
Set to userexists.
HTTP Verbs
POST
XML to POST

XML Elements
<AcctInfo>
Contains the account login information..
AttributesValues
groupCodeSubscriber group code.
loginNameLogin name of the user's account.
passwordPassword of the user's account.
HTTP Return Status Codes
Status CodeDescription
200Success
401Invalid - groupCode, loginName or password combination
404The subscription has expired
LastBrowser element is missing
410Subscription is at a different URL such as the Toronto servers, the status message contains the correct URL
500Error updating the last login information
503This subscription is currently down for maintenance - try again later
Methods
delsess Method | newrefsharesess Method | newsess Method | newtempusersess Method | ping Method | userexists Method
See Also
Overview | Attachments Class | Authentication Class | Authors,Descriptors,Periodicals,Folders Class | Batch Class | Deleted Class | ImportFilter Class | Manuscript Class | MyList Class | OutputStyle Class | Properties Class | PubMed Class | Reference Class | Retrieve Class | RSS Class | SavedSearch Class | ShareProperties Class | Subscriber Class | SubscriberPrefs Class | User Class | Utility Class | Z39 Class
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