LegislativeDocumentService


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GetDocuments

Lists legislative documents with names starting with the namedlike value.
Exception thrown for invalid biennium or namedLike or when no documents found.
Expects the biennium in the format: 2005-06. Information is available back to 1991-92.For Initiatives to the Legislature, enter the following in namedLike: Initiative.
The results will include URLs to PDF and HTM versions of each document.

Test

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

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/GetDocuments"

<?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>
    <GetDocuments xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <namedLike>string</namedLike>
    </GetDocuments>
  </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>
    <GetDocumentsResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetDocumentsResult>
        <LegislativeDocument>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <ShortFriendlyName>string</ShortFriendlyName>
          <Biennium>string</Biennium>
          <LongFriendlyName>string</LongFriendlyName>
          <Description>string</Description>
          <Type>string</Type>
          <Class>string</Class>
          <HtmUrl>string</HtmUrl>
          <HtmCreateDate>dateTime</HtmCreateDate>
          <HtmLastModifiedDate>dateTime</HtmLastModifiedDate>
          <PdfUrl>string</PdfUrl>
          <PdfCreateDate>dateTime</PdfCreateDate>
          <PdfLastModifiedDate>dateTime</PdfLastModifiedDate>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
        </LegislativeDocument>
        <LegislativeDocument>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <ShortFriendlyName>string</ShortFriendlyName>
          <Biennium>string</Biennium>
          <LongFriendlyName>string</LongFriendlyName>
          <Description>string</Description>
          <Type>string</Type>
          <Class>string</Class>
          <HtmUrl>string</HtmUrl>
          <HtmCreateDate>dateTime</HtmCreateDate>
          <HtmLastModifiedDate>dateTime</HtmLastModifiedDate>
          <PdfUrl>string</PdfUrl>
          <PdfCreateDate>dateTime</PdfCreateDate>
          <PdfLastModifiedDate>dateTime</PdfLastModifiedDate>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
        </LegislativeDocument>
      </GetDocumentsResult>
    </GetDocumentsResponse>
  </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>
    <GetDocuments xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <biennium>string</biennium>
      <namedLike>string</namedLike>
    </GetDocuments>
  </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>
    <GetDocumentsResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
      <GetDocumentsResult>
        <LegislativeDocument>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <ShortFriendlyName>string</ShortFriendlyName>
          <Biennium>string</Biennium>
          <LongFriendlyName>string</LongFriendlyName>
          <Description>string</Description>
          <Type>string</Type>
          <Class>string</Class>
          <HtmUrl>string</HtmUrl>
          <HtmCreateDate>dateTime</HtmCreateDate>
          <HtmLastModifiedDate>dateTime</HtmLastModifiedDate>
          <PdfUrl>string</PdfUrl>
          <PdfCreateDate>dateTime</PdfCreateDate>
          <PdfLastModifiedDate>dateTime</PdfLastModifiedDate>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
        </LegislativeDocument>
        <LegislativeDocument>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <ShortFriendlyName>string</ShortFriendlyName>
          <Biennium>string</Biennium>
          <LongFriendlyName>string</LongFriendlyName>
          <Description>string</Description>
          <Type>string</Type>
          <Class>string</Class>
          <HtmUrl>string</HtmUrl>
          <HtmCreateDate>dateTime</HtmCreateDate>
          <HtmLastModifiedDate>dateTime</HtmLastModifiedDate>
          <PdfUrl>string</PdfUrl>
          <PdfCreateDate>dateTime</PdfCreateDate>
          <PdfLastModifiedDate>dateTime</PdfLastModifiedDate>
          <BillId>string</BillId>
        </LegislativeDocument>
      </GetDocumentsResult>
    </GetDocumentsResponse>
  </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/GetDocuments?biennium=string&namedLike=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"?>
<ArrayOfLegislativeDocument xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <LegislativeDocument>
    <Name>string</Name>
    <ShortFriendlyName>string</ShortFriendlyName>
    <Biennium>string</Biennium>
    <LongFriendlyName>string</LongFriendlyName>
    <Description>string</Description>
    <Type>string</Type>
    <Class>string</Class>
    <HtmUrl>string</HtmUrl>
    <HtmCreateDate>dateTime</HtmCreateDate>
    <HtmLastModifiedDate>dateTime</HtmLastModifiedDate>
    <PdfUrl>string</PdfUrl>
    <PdfCreateDate>dateTime</PdfCreateDate>
    <PdfLastModifiedDate>dateTime</PdfLastModifiedDate>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
  </LegislativeDocument>
  <LegislativeDocument>
    <Name>string</Name>
    <ShortFriendlyName>string</ShortFriendlyName>
    <Biennium>string</Biennium>
    <LongFriendlyName>string</LongFriendlyName>
    <Description>string</Description>
    <Type>string</Type>
    <Class>string</Class>
    <HtmUrl>string</HtmUrl>
    <HtmCreateDate>dateTime</HtmCreateDate>
    <HtmLastModifiedDate>dateTime</HtmLastModifiedDate>
    <PdfUrl>string</PdfUrl>
    <PdfCreateDate>dateTime</PdfCreateDate>
    <PdfLastModifiedDate>dateTime</PdfLastModifiedDate>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
  </LegislativeDocument>
</ArrayOfLegislativeDocument>

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

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

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfLegislativeDocument xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/">
  <LegislativeDocument>
    <Name>string</Name>
    <ShortFriendlyName>string</ShortFriendlyName>
    <Biennium>string</Biennium>
    <LongFriendlyName>string</LongFriendlyName>
    <Description>string</Description>
    <Type>string</Type>
    <Class>string</Class>
    <HtmUrl>string</HtmUrl>
    <HtmCreateDate>dateTime</HtmCreateDate>
    <HtmLastModifiedDate>dateTime</HtmLastModifiedDate>
    <PdfUrl>string</PdfUrl>
    <PdfCreateDate>dateTime</PdfCreateDate>
    <PdfLastModifiedDate>dateTime</PdfLastModifiedDate>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
  </LegislativeDocument>
  <LegislativeDocument>
    <Name>string</Name>
    <ShortFriendlyName>string</ShortFriendlyName>
    <Biennium>string</Biennium>
    <LongFriendlyName>string</LongFriendlyName>
    <Description>string</Description>
    <Type>string</Type>
    <Class>string</Class>
    <HtmUrl>string</HtmUrl>
    <HtmCreateDate>dateTime</HtmCreateDate>
    <HtmLastModifiedDate>dateTime</HtmLastModifiedDate>
    <PdfUrl>string</PdfUrl>
    <PdfCreateDate>dateTime</PdfCreateDate>
    <PdfLastModifiedDate>dateTime</PdfLastModifiedDate>
    <BillId>string</BillId>
  </LegislativeDocument>
</ArrayOfLegislativeDocument>