# IRPCObjectOperations.GetExternalEditingDetails

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Badges: `Vault API / core` `read` `session or assertion` `idempotent`

Gets the information a client needs to open a file in an external editing system (SharePoint
Embedded).

- **Service:** [Objects, versions, properties and files](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetExternalEditingDetails`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/get-external-editing-details`
- **Request:** [`GetExternalEditingDetailsRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetExternalEditingDetails/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`GetExternalEditingDetailsResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetExternalEditingDetails/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Vault API, core
- **Kind:** read
- **Session:** Required: a session (mfiles-session-id-bin metadata) or a session assertion (x-mf-session-assertion metadata).
- **Idempotent:** yes
- **Returns metadata structure version:** no
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

Used by M-Files clients with SharePoint Embedded storage.

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## Request: GetExternalEditingDetailsRequest

> Nested message fields are expanded to depth 3; follow a type link for deeper levels and for the type's own page.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `obj_ver` | [`ObjVer`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjVer/index.md) | The object whose file's authoring details you want. |
| `obj_ver.obj_id` | [`ObjID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjID/index.md) | The object. |
| `obj_ver.obj_id.type` | `int32` | The object type ID, for example 0 for documents. In a lookup value, the value list ID (for a lookup to objects, the object type ID). |
| `obj_ver.obj_id.item_id` | [`ItemID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ItemID/index.md) | The ID of the object within its type, in `item_id.internal_id`. |
| `obj_ver.version` | [`ObjVerVersion`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjVerVersion/index.md) | The version. Usually `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_SPECIFIC` with `internal_version`. |
| `obj_ver.version.type` | [`ObjVerVersionType`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/MFiles.ObjVerVersionType/index.md) | What `internal_version` means. `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_SPECIFIC` for a version number. Values: `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_UNINITIALIZED` (0), `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_LATEST` (1), `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_ANY` (2), `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_ALL` (3), `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_SPECIFIC` (4), `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_VALUE_LIST_ITEM` (6), `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_OBJECT_LEVEL_REFERENCE` (7). |
| `obj_ver.version.internal_version` | `int32` | The version number, starting from 1, when `type` is `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_SPECIFIC`. The server returns -1 with `OBJ_VER_VERSION_TYPE_LATEST`. |
| `obj_ver.version.external_repository_version` | `string` | Used only for objects in external repositories. Leave empty. |
| `obj_ver.version.external_repository_sort_key` | `int64` | Used only for objects in external repositories. Leave 0. |
| `file_ver` | [`FileVer`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.FileVer/index.md) | The file version whose authoring details you want. |
| `file_ver.file_id` | [`FileID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.FileID/index.md) | The file. |
| `file_ver.file_id.type` | [`FileIDType`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/MFiles.FileIDType/index.md) | `FILE_IDTYPE_SPECIFIC` for one file. Values: `FILE_IDTYPE_UNINITIALIZED` (0), `FILE_IDTYPE_ALL` (1), `FILE_IDTYPE_ANY` (2), `FILE_IDTYPE_SPECIFIC` (3). |
| `file_ver.file_id.internal_id` | `int32` | The file ID. |
| `file_ver.file_id.external_repository_id` | `string` | Used only for files in external repositories. Leave empty. |
| `file_ver.type` | [`FileVerType`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/MFiles.FileVerType/index.md) | `FILE_VER_TYPE_SPECIFIC` for a file version number. Values: `FILE_VER_TYPE_UNINITIALIZED` (0), `FILE_VER_TYPE_LATEST` (1), `FILE_VER_TYPE_ANY` (2), `FILE_VER_TYPE_SPECIFIC` (3). |
| `file_ver.internal_version` | `int32` | The file version number. |
| `file_ver.external_repository_version` | `string` | Used only for files in external repositories. Leave empty. |
| `file_ver.external_repository_sort_key` | `int64` | Used only for files in external repositories. Leave 0. |

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## Response: GetExternalEditingDetailsResponse

> Nested message fields are expanded to depth 3; follow a type link for deeper levels and for the type's own page.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `external_type` | `string` | Specifies the system used to edit the file. Opaque to the server, tells the client how the data can be used. eg. "SharePointEmbedded" |
| `external_data` | `string` | Data the client can use to open the document. Interpretation depends on externalType. eg. in SharePointEmbedded this is the url of the document. |
| `external_preview_data` | `string` | Data the client can use to preview the document. Interpretation depends on externalType. eg. in SharePointEmbedded this is the preview url of the document. |
| `has_unversioned_changes` | `bool` | Indicates if the external file has changes which are not versioned in M-Files. |
| `last_modified_of_latest_change` | `string` | The last modified timestamp of the latest external version. |