Retrieve "documentInfo" in a Map Service

[ArgoonChuang]

Hi,

I would like to retrieve the â??documentInfoâ?? properties of a map service. In its JSON I can see these values, i.e. author, keywords, credits etc (see below for example). How can I get these properties through the Flex API ?

Iâ??ve looked through the packages below but couldn't find it. I am expecting something like "(_layer as ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer).copyright" for the "service" level instead of "serviceLayer" level. Or I need to use the URL to get the JSON and then parse it anyway ?
- com.esri.ags.layers
- com.esri.ags.layers.supportClasses

Many thanks,
AG

{
  "currentVersion" : 10.03, 
  "serviceDescription" : null, 
  "mapName" : "Layers", 
  "description" : "", 
  "copyrightText" : "", 
  "layers" : [
    {
      "id" : 0, 
      "name" : "Borehole", 
      "parentLayerId" : -1, 
      "defaultVisibility" : true, 
      "subLayerIds" : null, 
      "minScale" : 25000, 
      "maxScale" : 15000
    }, 
    {
      "id" : 1, 
      "name" : "Borehole", 
      "parentLayerId" : -1, 
      "defaultVisibility" : true, 
      "subLayerIds" : null, 
      "minScale" : 15000, 
      "maxScale" : 6000
    }, 
  ], 
  "tables" : [
    
  ], 
  "spatialReference" : {
    "wkid" : 102100
  }, 
  "singleFusedMapCache" : false, 
  "initialExtent" : {
    "xmin" : 12708816.0155975, 
    "ymin" : 2548059.09125177, 
    "xmax" : 12712094.2096539, 
    "ymax" : 2550095.06407371, 
    "spatialReference" : {
      "wkid" : 102100
    }
  }, 
  "fullExtent" : {
    "xmin" : 12703415.4431405, 
    "ymin" : 2540388.24401408, 
    "xmax" : 12714214.9151815, 
    "ymax" : 2556966.94286627, 
    "spatialReference" : {
      "wkid" : 102100
    }
  }, 
  "units" : "esriMeters", 
  "supportedImageFormatTypes" : "PNG32,PNG24,PNG,JPG,DIB,TIFF,EMF,PS,PDF,GIF,SVG,SVGZ,BMP", 
  "documentInfo" : {
    "Title" : "title", 
    "Author" : "author", 
    "Comments" : "description", 
    "Subject" : "summary", 
    "Category" : "", 
    "Keywords" : "tag", 
    "Credits" : "credit", 
    "AntialiasingMode" : "None", 
    "TextAntialiasingMode" : "Force"
  }, 
  "capabilities" : "Map,Query,Data"
}

[MarkHoyland]

Looks as though those details are not available from the api.
I think you would have to parse the json.

API reference:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/layers/ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer.html

[CalvinDwight]

I think you would have to parse the json.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP · Accepted solution]

Argoon,

   So here is a sample of how you have a call using httpService and parse the JSON results.  Maybe this will get you started.

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/1974-How-do-you-determine-supported-operations-for-a-service-in-cod...

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[ArgoonChuang]

Excellent! Exactly what I need.
Thanks so much Robert, as well as others confirmed my guess.

Got another question here related to "documentInfo", nothing about codes this time...

For the "documentInfo" in MapService, I understand it can be defined via the published MXD in the �??Map Document Properties�?� as shown below (though not perfectly match).

[ATTACH=CONFIG]12435[/ATTACH]  [ATTACH=CONFIG]12436[/ATTACH]

What about �??Description�?� and �?�Copyright Text�?� shown in the REST? Where/how can I set these properties ?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]12437[/ATTACH]

Many Thanks,
AG

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Argoon,


   The "Description" is coming from the Description block of the Data Frame Properties in ArcMap and the Copyright comes from the Credits in the Data Frame Properties.

[ArgoonChuang]

Brilliant! Cheers Robert.