checkout document Method
Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010
Enables a user who is currently authenticated to make changes to a document under source control.
method=checkout document: server_extension_version
&service_name=/&document_name=service_relative_path/file_name
&force=(0|1)&timeout=number_of_seconds[&validateWelcomeNames=(true|false)]
Parameters
validateWelcomeNames Parameter
Decoded
POST /site_url/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll HTTP/1.0
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method=checkout+document:6.0.n.nnnn
&service_name=/
&document_name=folder_name/file_name
&force=0
&timeout=0