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Developers ›  Knowledge Bank ›  Technical Reference ›  ScriptX.Services ›  Web ServiceAPI Reference ›  Licensing ›  licensing/ping (GET)

licensing/ping (GET)

{server}/api/v1/licensing/ping[?licenseGuid={guid}]

Description

Used to check if ScriptX.Services is available (the call will succeed whether or not the licenseGuid parameter is specified). If licenseGuid is specified and matches an installed license (ScriptX.Services for Windows PC) or valid subscription identifier (ScriptX.Services for Cloud) the options enabled for the license/subscription are returned.

No authorization header is required for this API call.

Applies to:

  • ScriptX.Services for Cloud
  • ScriptX.Services for On-Premise Devices (licenseGuid parameter is ignored)
  • ScriptX.Services for Windows PC

Response model


LicenseOptions {
    basicHtmlPrinting (boolean, optional),
    advancedPrinting (boolean, optional),
    enhancedFormatting (boolean, optional),
    printPdf (boolean, optional),
    printRaw (boolean, optional)
}

LicenseOptions:
basicHtmlPrinting (boolean, optional)
Indicates whether the license (as specified in the optional licenseGuid parameter) is valid for basic HTML printing.
advancedPrinting (boolean, optional)
Indicates whether the license (as specified in the optional licenseGuid parameter) is valid for advanced printing options.
enhancedFormatting (boolean, optional)
Indicates whether the license (as specified in the optional licenseGuid parameter) is valid for enhanced formatting options.
printPdf (boolean, optional)
Indicates whether the license (as specified in the optional licenseGuid parameter) is valid for printing PDF documents.
printRaw (boolean, optional)
Indicates whether the license (as specified in the optional licenseGuid parameter) is valid for direct (RAW) printing.

Example usage



Request

<h5>Response <span id="response-status"></span></h5>
<textarea id="response" readonly="readonly" rows="3" class="codefont"></textarea>
<h5>Response headers</h5>
<textarea id="headers" readonly="readonly" rows="3" class="codefont"></textarea>


document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
    document.getElementById('btn_runcode').addEventListener('click', function() { callServer(); });
});

function callServer() {

    document.getElementById('response-status').textContent = "(waiting)";
    const apiUrl = "/api/v1/licensing/ping";

    const headers = new Headers({
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    });
    
    fetch(apiUrl, { method: "GET", headers: headers })
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error('Network response was not ok: ' + response.statusText);
        }
        document.getElementById('response-status').textContent = 
            '(status: ' + response.status + ' ' + response.statusText + ')';
        return response.json().then(data => {
            // show JSON response in textarea element
            document.getElementById('response').value = JSON.stringify(data, null, "  ");

              // do something with the license information
              var isEnabledForAdvancedPrinting = data.advancedPrinting;
              var isEnabledForEnhancedFormatting = data.enhancedFormatting;
            return response.headers;
        });
    })
    .then(headers => {
        // show response headers in textarea element
        let headersText = "";
        for (let pair of headers.entries()) {
            headersText += `${pair[0]}: ${pair[1]}\n`;
        }
        document.getElementById('headers').value = headersText;
    })
    .catch(error => {
        document.getElementById('response-status').textContent = '(error: ' + error.message + ')';
        document.getElementById('response').value = "Failed to fetch data.";
    });

}





Response 
Response headers
  • Knowledge Bank
  • 'How To' Guides
    • ScriptX.Services
      • Introduction
      • Getting started
      • Evaluate with modern code
      • Maintaining investment in current code
        • Stage 1: Adding UI
        • Stage 2: Printing with ScriptX.Services
        • Stage 3: Summary and review
        • Stage 4: Error reporting
        • Stage 5: Prompted printing
        • Stage 6: Preparing for advanced uses
        • Stage 7: WaitForSpoolingComplete
        • Stage 8: Recommendations for some common issues
      • Printing with the API
      • MeadCoScriptXJS Library
      • Installing ScriptX.Services
        • For Windows PC
        • For On Premise Devices hosted on Windows Server
        • For On Premise Devices hosted on Windows 10/11
        • Configure options For On Premise Devices
        • Cloud
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      • Debugging
      • License deployment
        • For Windows PC
        • For On Premise Devices
      • Samples
        • Configure for Windows PC
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    • Security Manager
      • Deploying a license or revision
    • ScriptX.Add-on
      • Introduction
      • Installing ScriptX on client PCs
      • Basic printing with ScriptX
      • Advanced printing features
      • Backwards compatibility
      • How to check if ScriptX is installed
      • License deployment
      • Quick start with Visual Studio
        • ASP.NET MVC
        • ASP.NET Web Forms
      • Nuget Packages
        • MeadCoScriptXJS Library
        • Installer helpers
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        • Helpers for ASP.NET MVC
      • Client-side printing samples
  • Technical Reference
    • ScriptX.Services
      • Web service API
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          • (GET)
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          • licensing (GET)
          • licensing (POST)
          • licensing/ping (GET)
        • Printer
          • settings (GET)
          • current (GET)
          • current (PUT)
          • connection (PUT)
          • connection (DELETE)
        • PrintHtml
          • settings (GET)
          • deviceinfo (GET)
          • htmlPrintDefaults (GET)
          • print (POST)
          • status (GET)
          • download (GET)
          • canceljob (PUT)
        • PrintPdf
          • print (POST)
          • status (GET)
          • download (GET)
        • PrintDirect
          • print (POST)
      • Orchestrator API
        • v1
          • GET
        • v2
          • PUT
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    • Security Manager
      • How it works
      • License Expiry
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      • About the license file (.mlf)
        • LICENSE
        • APPLICENSE
        • TITLE
        • DOMAINS
        • DOMAIN
        • PERMISSION
      • API
        • Apply
        • License
        • result
        • validLicense
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        • ComponentVersionString
        • IsUniqueIDAvailable
        • OnDocumentComplete
        • relativeUrl
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      • printing
        • AddPrinterConnection
        • BatchPrintPDF
        • BatchPrintPDFEx
        • bottomMargin
        • collate
        • copies
        • currentPrinter
        • DefaultPrinter
        • disableUI
        • duplex
        • duplex2
        • EnumJobs
        • EnumPrinters
        • footer
        • GetJobsCount
        • GetMarginMeasure
        • header
        • headerFooterFont
        • IsSpooling
        • IsTemplateSupported
        • leftMargin
        • onafterprint
        • onbeforeprint
        • onbeforeunload
        • onpagesetup
        • onuserpagesetup
        • onuserprint
        • onuserprintpreview
        • orientation
        • OwnQueue
        • pageHeight
        • PageSetup
        • pageWidth
        • paperSize
        • paperSource
        • paperSource2
        • portrait
        • Preview
        • Print
        • printBackground
        • printer
        • PrintHTML
        • PrintHTMLEx
        • PrintPDF
        • PrintSetup
        • printToFileName
        • RemovePrinterConnection
        • rightMargin
        • SetMarginMeasure
        • SetPageRange
        • SetPreviewZoom
        • SetPrintScale
        • Sleep
        • templateURL
        • topMargin
        • TotalPrintPages
        • unprintableBottom
        • unprintableLeft
        • unprintableRight
        • unprintableTop
        • WaitForSpoolingComplete
      • printerControl
        • attributes
        • Bins
        • Forms
        • isLocal
        • isNetwork
        • isShared
        • Jobs
        • location
        • name
        • Pause
        • port
        • Purge
        • Resume
        • serverName
        • shareName
        • status
      • Job
        • Delete
        • Pause
        • Restart
        • Resume
      • enhancedFormatting
        • allFooterHeight
        • allHeaderHeight
        • allPagesFooter
        • allPagesHeader
        • extraFirstFooterHeight
        • extraFirstPageFooter
        • firstFooterHeight
        • firstHeaderHeight
        • firstPageFooter
        • firstPageHeader
        • pageRange
        • printingPass
      • rawPrinting
        • printer
        • printDocument
        • printString
    • Change and history logs
    • Articles
      • v1.15.x ScriptX Client Library
      • Dialogs with ScriptX.Services
      • Accessing protected content
      • Long term servicing (LTS)
 
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