Use the CHECKIN_NEW service in the browser url

Question

Hi,
I use UCM 10gR3.
I am wondering if it is possible to use the CHECKIN_NEW service by just entering a url into the http path. I was checking the postCheckInStandard() function that is being called when the user is clicking the checkin button in the ucm administration webpage. All it does is checking the input values and setting the IdcService to "CHECKIN_NEW" and then submitting the form. So from my understanding I should also be able to use the CHECKIN_NEW service in my browser url which would make a GET request instead of a POST request.
So what I did was that I entered the following URL in my browser
http://<serverName>/<instanceName>/idcplg?IdcService=CHECKIN_NEW&dDocType=Picture&dDocTitle=TestCheckin&dDocAuthor=http_checkin&dSecurityGroup=Secure&primaryFile=C:/Work/Chrysanthemum.jpg&IsJava=1Why is this not working? Is this not working because the input type of the primaryFile is 'file' instead of 'text'?
Greetings
Bodhy

Answer 1

You should see some sort of error on either the page or Server Output or Server logs. That would help narrow this down.
From the Services Guide:
If you attempt to set the author (dDocAuthor) to someone other than the currently
logged in user, you must have Admin permission to the security attributes being
assigned to the document.
If the content uses entity security, the user must have at least Write permission
granted by the entities, unless the user has Admin rights to the security group
being assigned to the document.
The most likely error is when the content item was not properly defined.
This service executes the subservice CHECKIN_NEW_SUB. This subservice
checks in a new content item revision.
Additional Required Service Parameters
dDocName: The Content ID for the content item. If Content ID auto generation is enabled, this parameter is not required. If dDocName is defined, it overrides the auto generated Content ID. The Content ID cannot contain spaces or invalid characters ;/ \?:@&=+"#%<>*~|[ ].
dDocAuthor: The content item author (contributor).
dDocTitle: The content item title.
dDocType: The content item Type.
dSecurityGroup: The security group such as Public or Secure.
dDocAccount: The account for the content item. Required only if accounts are
enabled.
primaryFile: The absolute path to the location of the file as seen from the server. Use the slash as the file separator. A primary file must be specified unless checking in metadata only. If an alternate
file is specified with the primary file, the content refinery converts the alternate
file. Otherwise, the primary file is converted.
Required custom fields: Custom metadata fields that are required must also be
specified.
Example
IdcService=CHECKIN_NEW
dDocName=test1111
dDocTitle=test information
dDocAuthor=john
dSecurityGroup=public
primaryFile=c:/test.txt
doFileCopy=1
doFileCopy: 1 (true): The file is not deleted from the hard drive after checkin.