Web service content methods

The following operations are used to transfer content for fields and Document Manager objects in the Connector for Business Applications web service.

  • The Document object stores content as a Large Object Binary (LOB). Binary, note, and image field types are used to help store content as an LOB. These field types also use binary transfers.
  • In all operations, content cannot be created or updated without a valid relative smart object reference. The reference is appropriated by setting the record ID of the SmartObject that contains the content in the Content object.
  • The only operation that returns content is the download operation.
  • Content being uploaded to a Document object does not create a new revision of the smart object record and instead overwrites the latest revision. Workflows and actions are not called when content is uploaded, deleted, copied, or downloaded. Revisions and action calls are handled through the record and not the content.