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>