Get Download Data Source Job Status

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Use the following URL to get the status of a download data source job.

Supported HTTP Methods

GET

URL template

Note

This template supports both HTTP and HTTPS protocols. URLs in the response use HTTPS protocol.

Get status information for a data source download job.

A status URL in the following format without the output parameter and master key is provided in the response to the URL request that you made to Create a Download Job. The status URL is specified in a link field with an attribute of self. This URL with the data source master key provides the status of the job.

http://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Dataflows/DataSourceDownload/DataSourceName?output=output&key=DataSourceMasterKey

When the download job status is set to Completed, a download URL is included in the response. For information about accessing downloaded entity data, see the Examples section below and Get Downloaded Data.

For a step-by-step description of how use the Download Data Source Dataflow, see Walkthrough.

Template Parameters

Note

Parameter names and values are not case-sensitive except for the key parameter value.

Parameter Alias Description Values
DataSourceName Required. The name of the data source. Example: MyDataSourceName
key Required. The data source master key. A Bing Maps Key that is the data source master key.

Example: key=abc123def456ghi789abc123def456ghi789
output o Optional. The output format for the response. One of the following values:

- json [default]
- xml

Example: o=xml

Response

This URL supports the following response formats.

  • JSON: application/json

  • XML: application/xml

For information about the response, see Response Data.

Examples

This example requests status information in XML format for a download job for MyDataSourceName data source. When the job status is complete, a download URL is included in the response that you can use to download data. See Get Downloaded Data for more information. The example responses are for a completed job and the download URL is highlighted.

http://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Dataflows/DataSourceDownload/MyDataSourceName?o=xml&key=DataSourceMasterKey

XML Response

This URL will return a response similar to the following example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<Response xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/search/local/ws/rest/v1">  
  <Copyright>Copyright © 2011 Microsoft and its suppliers. All rights reserved. This API cannot be accessed and the content and any results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner without express written permission from Microsoft Corporation.</Copyright>  
  <BrandLogoUri>http://spatial.virtualearth.net/Branding/logo_powered_by.png</BrandLogoUri>  
  <StatusCode>201</StatusCode>  
  <StatusDescription>Created</StatusDescription>  
  <AuthenticationResultCode>ValidCredentials</AuthenticationResultCode>  
  <TraceId>0ddc1a3bd3dc46e28c92bb01942b0812</TraceId>  
  <ResourceSets>  
    <ResourceSet>  
      <EstimatedTotal>1</EstimatedTotal>  
      <Resources>  
        <DataflowJob>  
          <Id>8ccf2a5b428d423c92759150dcddc338</Id>  
          <Link role="self">https://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/dataflows/DataSourceDownload/MyDataSourceName</Link>  
          <Status>Completed</Status>  
          <Link role="output" name="succeeded">https://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/dataflows/DataSourceDownload/MyDataSourceName/output/succeeded</Link>  
          <CreatedDate>2011-11-17T12:50:08.8179772-08:00</CreatedDate>  
          <CompletedDate xsi:nil="true" />  
          <TotalEntityCount>300</TotalEntityCount>  
          <ProcessedEntityCount></ProcessedEntityCount>  
          <FailedEntityCount>0</FailedEntityCount>  
        </DataflowJob>  
      </Resources>  
    </ResourceSet>  
  </ResourceSets>  
</Response>

JSON Response

If o=xml was not specified in the response, a JSON response similar to the following example is returned.

{  
   "authenticationResultCode":"ValidCredentials",  
   "brandLogoUri":"http:\/\/spatial.virtualearth.net\/Branding\/logo_powered_by.png",  
   "copyright":"Copyright © 2011 Microsoft and its suppliers. All rights reserved. This API cannot be accessed and the content and any results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner without express written permission from Microsoft Corporation.",  
   "resourceSets":[  
      {  
         "estimatedTotal":1,  
         "resources":[  
            {  
               "__type":"DataflowJob:http:\/\/schemas.microsoft.com\/search\/local\/ws\/rest\/v1",  
               "id":"8ccf2a5b428d423c92759150dcddc338",  
               "links":[  
                  {  
                     "role":"self",  
                     "url":"https:\/\/spatial.virtualearth.net\/REST\/v1\/dataflows\/DataSourceDownload\/MyDataSourceName"  
                  },  
                  {  
                     "role":"output",  
                     "output":"succeeded",  
                     "url":"https:\/\/spatial.virtualearth.net\/REST\/v1\/dataflows\/DataSourceDownload\/MyDataSourceName\/ouput\/succeeded"  
                  }  
  
               ],  
               "createdDate":"Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:38:31 GMT",  
               "failedEntityCount":0,  
               "processedEntityCount":0,  
               "status":"Completed",  
               "totalEntityCount":300  
            }  
         ]  
      }  
   ],  
   "statusCode":201,  
   "statusDescription":"Created",  
   "traceId":"9bc6dede6e79468ba1cc3728aa7f1cb4"  
}

HTTP Status Codes

Note

For more details about these HTTP status codes, see Status Codes and Error Handling.

When the request is successful, the following HTTP status code is returned.

  • 200

When the request is not successful, the response returns one of the following HTTP status codes.

  • 400

  • 500

  • 503