SkyPortal Web Service

SkyPortal

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GetColumnInfo

Returns column info for one column.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.

SOAP

The following is a sample SOAP request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /Sky/SkyPortal/SkyPortal.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: test.openskyquery.net
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "SkyPortal.ivoa.net/GetColumnInfo"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetColumnInfo xmlns="SkyPortal.ivoa.net">
      <node>string</node>
      <table>string</table>
      <column>string</column>
    </GetColumnInfo>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetColumnInfoResponse xmlns="SkyPortal.ivoa.net">
      <GetColumnInfoResult>
        <Name>string</Name>
        <Unit>string</Unit>
        <Description>string</Description>
        <UCD>string</UCD>
      </GetColumnInfoResult>
    </GetColumnInfoResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /Sky/SkyPortal/SkyPortal.asmx/GetColumnInfo?node=string&table=string&column=string HTTP/1.1
Host: test.openskyquery.net

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<MetaColumn xmlns="SkyPortal.ivoa.net">
  <Name>string</Name>
  <Unit>string</Unit>
  <Description>string</Description>
  <UCD>string</UCD>
</MetaColumn>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /Sky/SkyPortal/SkyPortal.asmx/GetColumnInfo HTTP/1.1
Host: test.openskyquery.net
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length
node=string&table=string&column=string

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<MetaColumn xmlns="SkyPortal.ivoa.net">
  <Name>string</Name>
  <Unit>string</Unit>
  <Description>string</Description>
  <UCD>string</UCD>
</MetaColumn>

Parameter	Value
node:
table:
column: