Request Object

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Data Objects: Access - Document - EPrint - Event Queue - File - History - Import - Login Ticket - Request - Saved Search - Subject - User

The Request object encapsulates a single request for a document, which can be:

• a specific (restricted) document in the repository
• a document not in the repository (where a record has no documents attached)

Built in Fields

Field Name	Type	Description
requestid	counter field
eprintid	itemref field eprint	The ID of the record
docid	text field	The ID of the document requested
datestamp	timestamp field	When the request was made
userid	itemref field user	The ID of the user who can respond to the request (if email matches a registered user)
email	email field	The email the request was sent to
requester_email	email field	The email of the person who requested the document
reason	longtext field	The reason that the request was made, if any
expiry_date	time field	The time at which the request will expires.
code	text field	The code for this request, which can be used to created private URLs.
captcha	recaptcha field	The ReCAPTCHA field for the form for the request.