LegislativeDocumentService


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GetDocumentClasses

Returns available bill family document types for the given biennium.
Exception thrown for invalid biennium.
Expects biennium to be in the format: 2005-06. Information is available back to 1991-92.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.
Parameter Value
biennium:

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /LegislativeDocumentService.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/GetDocumentClasses"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetDocumentClasses xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
    </GetDocumentClasses>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetDocumentClassesResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetDocumentClassesResult>
        <anyType />
        <anyType />
      </GetDocumentClassesResult>
    </GetDocumentClassesResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /LegislativeDocumentService.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetDocumentClasses xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
    </GetDocumentClasses>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetDocumentClassesResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetDocumentClassesResult>
        <anyType />
        <anyType />
      </GetDocumentClassesResult>
    </GetDocumentClassesResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /LegislativeDocumentService.asmx/GetDocumentClasses?biennium=string HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfAnyType xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <anyType />
  <anyType />
</ArrayOfAnyType>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /LegislativeDocumentService.asmx/GetDocumentClasses HTTP/1.1
Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

biennium=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfAnyType xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <anyType />
  <anyType />
</ArrayOfAnyType>