Command service

For the interaction with the document command service the POST requests are used. The request parameters are entered in JSON format in the request body. The requests are sent to the https://documentserver/coauthoring/CommandService.ashx address where the documentserver is the name of the server with the ONLYOFFICE Document Server installed.

In ONLYOFFICE Document Server prior to version 4.2 the GET request with the parameters in the QueryString were used.

Parameters and their description:

Parameter	Description	Type	Presence
c	Defined the type of command. Supported values: drop - disconnect the users with the identifiers present in the users parameter from the document editing service (these users will be able to view the document, but will not be allowed to make changes to it); forcesave - force saving the document being edited without closing it (the document editing might be continued after this command, so this will not be the final saved document version); info - receive a document status and the list of the identifiers of the users who opened the document for editing; meta - update the meta information of the document for all collaborative editors; version - receive the current version number of Document Server.	string	required
key	Defines the document identifier used to unambiguously identify the document file.	string	required
meta	Defines the new meta information of the document (used for the c=meta parameter value).	string	required
meta.title	Defines the new name of the document (used for the c=meta parameter value).	string	required
token	Defines the encrypted signature added to the Document Server config in the form of a token.	string	required by configuration
userdata	Defines some custom identifier which will help distinguish the specific request in case there were more than one.	string	optional
users	Defines the list of the user identifiers (used for the c=drop parameter value).	array of strings	optional

Sample of JSON object sent to document command service used to disconnect the user with the 6d5a81d0 identifier from the document editing service

{
    "c": "drop",
    "key": "Khirz6zTPdfd7",
    "users": [ "6d5a81d0" ]
}

The request result is returned in JSON form.

Sample of the response

{
    "error": 0,
    "key": "Khirz6zTPdfd7"
}

Sample of JSON object sent to document command service used for force saving the document with the 6d5a81d0 identifier being edited without closing it

{
    "c": "forcesave",
    "key": "Khirz6zTPdfd7",
    "userdata": "sample userdata"
}

The request result is returned in JSON form.

Sample of the response

{
    "error": 0,
    "key": "Khirz6zTPdfd7"
}

Sample of JSON object sent to document command service used to receive the status of the document with the Khirz6zTPdfd7 identifier

{
    "c": "info",
    "key": "Khirz6zTPdfd7"
}

The request result is returned in JSON form.

Sample of the response

{
    "error": 0,
    "key": "Khirz6zTPdfd7"
}

Sample of JSON object sent to document command service used to update the name of the document with the Khirz6zTPdfd7 identifier

{
    "c": "meta",
    "key": "Khirz6zTPdfd7",
    "meta": {
        "title": "Example Document Title.docx"
    }
}

The request result is returned in JSON form.

Sample of the response

{
    "error": 0,
    "key": "Khirz6zTPdfd7"
}

Sample of JSON object sent to document command service used to receive the current version number of Document Server

{
    "c": "version"
}

The request result of version is returned in JSON form.

Sample of the response

{
    "error": 0,
    "version": "4.3.1.4"
}

Sample of JSON object contains the JSON Web Token sent to document command service used to receive the status of the document with the Khirz6zTPdfd7 identifier

{
    "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJjIjoiaW5mbyIsImtleSI6IktoaXJ6NnpUUGRmZDcifQ.r_6sThjFABsHMNHhkVdHDSz4jwkbXRQNYdvawkBGJgg"
}

The document editing service informs the document storage service about the result caused by command using the callback handler.

Possible error codes and their description

Error code	Description
0	No errors.
1	Document key is missing or no document with such key could be found.
2	Callback url not correct.
3	Internal server error.
4	No changes were applied to the document before the forcesave command was received.
5	Command not correct.
6	Invalid token.