Lists.GetListItemChanges Method

Returns changes made to the list since the specified date and time.

Web Service: ListsWeb Reference: http://<Site>/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx

Syntax

<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetListItemChanges", RequestNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", ResponseNamespace:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", Use:=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle:=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetListItemChanges ( _
    listName As String, _
    viewFields As XmlNode, _
    since As String, _
    contains As XmlNode _
) As XmlNode

Dim instance As Lists
Dim listName As String
Dim viewFields As XmlNode
Dim since As String
Dim contains As XmlNode
Dim returnValue As XmlNode

returnValue = instance.GetListItemChanges(listName, viewFields, since, contains)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetListItemChanges", RequestNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", ResponseNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", Use=SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle=SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)] 
public XmlNode GetListItemChanges (
    string listName,
    XmlNode viewFields,
    string since,
    XmlNode contains
)

Parameters

  • listName
    A string that contains either the title or GUID for the list. When querying the UserInfo table, the string contains "UserInfo".
  • viewFields
    A ViewFields element that specifies which fields to return in the query and in what order, and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object, as in the following example.

    <ViewFields><FieldRef Name="ID" />
    <FieldRef Name="Title" /></ViewFields>
    
  • since
    A string that contains the date and time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ISO8601 format from which to start retrieving changes in the list. The value of this parameter is typically retrieved from a prior SOAP response. If this value is null, the query returns all items in the list.
  • contains
    A Contains element that defines custom filtering for the query and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object, as in the following example.

    <Contains>
       <FieldRef Name="Status"/>
       <Value Type="Text">Complete</Value>
    </Contains>
    

    This parameter can contain null.

Return Value

An XML fragment in the following form that contains the changes and that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object:

<listitems xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" 
  xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" 
  xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" 
  xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" 
  TimeStamp="2007-03-23T22:23:18Z" 
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/">
  <rs:data ItemCount="2">
    <z:row ows_Attachments="0" 
      ows_LinkTitle="Title1" 
      ows_Modified="2007-03-08T23:01:48Z" 
      ows_MetaInfo="24;#" 
      ows__ModerationStatus="0" 
      ows__Level="1" 
      ows_Title="Title1" 
      ows_ID="24" 
      ows_owshiddenversion="1" 
      ows_UniqueId="24;#{1C6F4446-9D98-49F5-9A1C-17B0FDEA8558}" 
      ows_FSObjType="24;#0" 
      ows_Created_x0020_Date="24;#2007-03-08T23:01:48Z" 
      ows_Created="2007-03-08T23:01:48Z" 
      ows_FileLeafRef="24;#24_.000" 
      ows_FileRef="24;#Lists/Announcements/24_.000" />
    <z:row ows_Attachments="0" 
      ows_LinkTitle="Title2" 
      ows_Modified="2007-03-23T22:24:40Z" 
      ows_MetaInfo="27;#" 
      ows__ModerationStatus="0" 
      ows__Level="1" 
      ows_Title="Title2" 
      ows_ID="27" 
      ows_owshiddenversion="1" 
      ows_UniqueId="27;#{D589D857-391B-43BD-A1E9-2C36D718BB82}" 
      ows_FSObjType="27;#0" 
      ows_Created_x0020_Date="27;#2007-03-23T22:24:40Z" 
      ows_Created="2007-03-23T22:24:40Z" 
      ows_FileLeafRef="27;#27_.000" 
      ows_FileRef="27;#Lists/Announcements/27_.000" />
      ...
  </rs:data>
</listitems>

Example

The following code example displays information about items in a list that have been changed after a specified date. The example uses an XmlDocument object to create XmlNode objects for parameters.

This example requires that a using (Visual C#) or Imports (Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Dim listService As New Web_Reference_Folder.Lists()
listService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Dim xmlDoc = New System.Xml.XmlDocument()

Dim ndViewFields As XmlNode = 
    xmlDoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "ViewFields", "")
Dim ndContains As XmlNode = 
    xmlDoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "Contains", "")

ndViewFields.InnerXml = "<FieldRef Name='Field1'/>" + _
    "<FieldRef Name='Field2'/><FieldRef Name='Field3' />"
ndContains.InnerXml = "<FieldRef Name='Field'/>" + _
    "<Value Type='Number'>Number</Value>"

Try

    Dim ndListChanges As XmlNode = 
            listService.GetListItemChanges("List_Name", _
        ndViewFields, "2003-06-18T00:00:00Z", ndContains)

    MessageBox.Show(ndListChanges.OuterXml)

    Catch ex As System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException

        MessageBox.Show("Message:" + ControlChars.Lf + ex.Message + 
                ControlChars.Lf + _
            "Detail:" + ControlChars.Lf + ex.Detail.InnerText + 
                ControlChars.Lf + _
            "StackTrace:" + ControlChars.Lf + ex.StackTrace)

End Try
Web_Reference_Folder.Lists listService = new Web_Reference_Folder.Lists();
listService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();

XmlNode ndViewFields = xmlDoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element,"ViewFields","");
XmlNode ndContains = xmlDoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element,"Contains","");

ndViewFields.InnerXml = "<FieldRef Name='Field1'/>" + 
    "<FieldRef Name='Field2'/><FieldRef Name='Field3' />";
ndContains.InnerXml = "<FieldRef Name='Field'/>" + 
    "<Value Type='Number'>Number</Value>";

try
{
   XmlNode ndListChanges = listService.GetListItemChanges("List_Name", 
       ndViewFields, "2003-06-18T00:00:00Z", ndContains);
   MessageBox.Show(ndListChanges.OuterXml);
}

catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException ex)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Message:\n" + ex.Message + "\nDetail:\n" + 
            ex.Detail.InnerText + 
        "\nStackTrace:\n" + ex.StackTrace);
}

See Also

Reference

Lists Class
Lists Members
Lists Web Service