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wget -O- \
  --header 'x-user:x' \
  --header 'x-password: y' \
'http://cdws.ificlaims.com/attachment/list?ucid=US-20100077592-A1'

 

Response XML

 

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<response method="attachment/list" status="success" time="0.652126">
  <attachments>
    <attachment pkey="EP-0700000-B1-20001004"
                size="22886"
                media="image/tiff"
                path="/EP/20001004/B1/000000/70/00/00/00360001.tif"
                filename="00360001.tif" />
    <!-- further attachment elements -->
  </attachments>
</response>

 


Response JSON

 

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{
   "status" : "success",
   "time" : "0.076931"
   "count" : 6,
   "attachments" : [
      {
         "path" : "/EP/20001004/B1/000000/70/00/00/00360001.tif",
         "filename" : "00360001.tif",
         "media" : "image/tiff",
         "pkey" : "EP-0700000-B1-20001004",
         "size" : 22886
      },
      /* further attachment array members */
   ],
}

 

In the event that the ucid has no attachments, HTTP 204 (Not Found) will be returned. The returned JSON is an array containing anonymous structures. The keys to the anonymous structure, i.e., media, path and size, correspond identically with that of the XML response. Please see below for details.

The attribute @count is the total number of attachments residing in the data store for the corresponding ucid. If @count > 0, a list of attachment elements follows. The attributes are described below.

 

@media

Internet media type i.e., text/xml and image/tiff. There are other types of attachments, e.g., ChemDraw, Chemical Expression and Mathmatica but there are currently no standard internet media types and hence, this attribute will be populated with non-standard media types. The following attachments, corresponding file name extension and internet media types are available.

File

Extension

@media

ChemDraw

CDX

application/chemdraw

Chemical Expression

MOL

application/chemexpres

Mathmatica

NB

application/mathmatica

Tagged Image

TIF

image/tiff

Extensible Markup

XML

text/xml

Portable Document Format

PDF

application/pdf

@pathThe relative path by which the attachment can be retrieved in a subsequent call using /attachment/fetch
@sizeSize, in bytes, of attachment

 

/attachment/fetch

MethodGET
Path/attachment/fetch
Parameters ValuesDescription
 @path

String: ex. /b4knn/vj86f\

/v01zz/lt6r6\

/US-20100077592-A1-20100401\

/US20100077592A1-20100401-D00000.TIF

This attribute will have been returned in a call to /attachment/list.

 

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Code Block
wget -O- \
  --header 'x-user:x' \
  --header 'x-password: y' \
'http://cdws.ificlaims.com/attachment/fetch?\
path=/b4knn/vj86f/v01zz/lt6r6/US-20100077592-A1-20100401/US20100077592A1-20100401-D00000.TIF'

 

Response

The request headers Accept and content-type is are irrelevant with regard to response format. In the event of a system failure involving attachment availability between calls to /attachment/list and /attachment/fetch, the HTTP response code 404 Not Found will be returned. If this rare situation arises, it is advised to call list to retrieve valid @path attributes.