put documents Method

Writes files to a directory in an existing Web site.

This method is used when you save a document that contains other files such as graphic files from an application such as Microsoft Word directly to a directory in an existing Web site.

Syntax

method=put documents:server_extension_version
&service_name=/&put_option=(edit|overwrite,createdir,migrationsemantics)&listFiles=(true|false)
&listLinkInfo=(true|false)

Parameters

service name

put_option

listFiles

listLinkInfo

Decoded

POST /site_url/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll HTTP/1.0
.
.
.
method=put+documents:6.0.n.nnnn
&service_name=/
&put_option=overwrite
&listFiles=true
&listLinkInfo=true

Remarks

Each file is put into the specified Web directory as a full binary file (octet-stream) that begins with a MIMEboundary statement. The first file begins at the end of the method statement. Note that each file is preceded by its meta-information.

Return Value

Success

successfully put documents

Error

Returns an error message in standard format. For more information, see Error Message Format for FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions from Microsoft.

Sample Return Code