Webs.GetWeb Method

Returns properties of a site (for example, name, description, and theme).

Namespace:  [Webs Web service]
Web service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/Webs.asmx

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetWeb", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetWeb ( _
    webUrl As String _
) As XmlNode
'Usage
Dim instance As Webs
Dim webUrl As String
Dim returnValue As XmlNode

returnValue = instance.GetWeb(webUrl)

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetWeb", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetWeb(
    string webUrl
)

Parameters

• webUrl
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the absolute URL of the site. To return information about the current site, a period (".") can be passed as the value of this parameter.

Return Value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.

<Web Title="Site_Name" Url=
   "http://Server_Name/sites/Site_Name/Subsite_Name" 
   Description="Description" Language="1033" Theme="Theme" 
   xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" />

Examples

The following code example displays the title of the specified site. This example requires that a using (Visual C#) or Imports (Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Dim websService As New Web_Reference_Folder_Name.Webs()
websService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Dim myNode As XmlNode = websService.GetWeb("http://Server_Name/sites/Site_Name/Subsite_Name")

Dim strMessage As String = myNode.Attributes("Title").Value

MessageBox.Show(strMessage)

Web_Reference_Folder_Name.Webs websService = new Web_Reference_Folder_Name.Webs();
websService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

XmlNode myNode = websService.GetWeb("http://Server_Name/sites/Site_Name/Subsite_Name");

string strMessage = myNode.Attributes["Title"].Value;

MessageBox.Show(strMessage);

See Also

Reference

Webs Class

Webs Members

Webs Web Service