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Specifying URL Attachments

Web Services also supports the exchange of URL attachments as well as file attachments.

The handling of URL attachments differs from file attachments in the following ways:

• The FileNameOrURL field must specify the actual URL. The URL must begin with one of the following: HTTP, HTTPS, FTP or WWW (case-insensitive).
• The FileNameOrURL and FileExtension fields form a user key for Attachment child objects, however, FileExtension is not a required field for URL attachments and is ignored.

The <Attachment> element is not required to have any content, and any content is ignored if provided.

The following example SOAP request shows a URL attachment.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<soap:Body>

<AccountWS_AccountInsert_Input xmlns="urn:crmondemand/ws/account/10/2004">

<ListOfAccount>

<Account>

   <Description>Account with URL attachment</Description>

   <Location>Bangalore</Location>

   <AccountName>Atach URL</AccountName>

   <NumberEmployees>300</NumberEmployees>

   <ListOfAttachment>

      <Attachment>

         <FileNameOrURL>www.pingpong.com</FileNameOrURL>

      </Attachment>

   </ListOfAttachment>

</Account>

</ListOfAccount>

</AccountWS_AccountInsert_Input>

</soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>