LegislativeDocumentService
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GetDocumentsByClass
Lists legislative documents of the given document class with names starting with the namedlike value.
Exception thrown for invalid biennium, documentClass 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.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/GetDocumentsByClass" <?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> <GetDocumentsByClass xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <biennium>string</biennium> <documentClass>string</documentClass> <namedLike>string</namedLike> </GetDocumentsByClass> </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> <GetDocumentsByClassResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <GetDocumentsByClassResult> <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> </GetDocumentsByClassResult> </GetDocumentsByClassResponse> </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> <GetDocumentsByClass xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <biennium>string</biennium> <documentClass>string</documentClass> <namedLike>string</namedLike> </GetDocumentsByClass> </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> <GetDocumentsByClassResponse xmlns="http://WSLWebServices.leg.wa.gov/"> <GetDocumentsByClassResult> <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> </GetDocumentsByClassResult> </GetDocumentsByClassResponse> </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/GetDocumentsByClass?biennium=string&documentClass=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/GetDocumentsByClass HTTP/1.1 Host: wslwebservices.leg.wa.gov Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-Length: length biennium=string&documentClass=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>