LogMeIn Rescue API User Guide

getTimeZone

Retrieves the time zone set for the report. This is calculated as the deviation, in minutes, from UTC for reporting. You can set the report time zone in the Reports tab of the Rescue Administration Center. For information on reports, see Generating Reports in the LogMeIn Rescue Administration Center User Guide.

Input Parameters

Element Description
authcode The secret authentication code that is used to authenticate the user without logging in to Rescue. Optional.

Output

OK TIMEZONE:0
TIMEZONE: The timezone calculated as the deviation, in minutes, from UTC for reporting.

Return Values

Displayed Return Value Description
ERROR An unspecified error occurred, such as timeout.
OK Retrieving the specified time zone of the report succeeded.
NOTLOGGEDIN Retrieving the specified time zone of the report failed because the current user is no longer logged in.
INVALID_SECRETAUTHCODE The secret authentication code for the user is invalid.
USER_DELETED_OR_DISABLED The user is deleted or disabled.

Sample Code

The following are examples for using the getTimeZone method that you can call in your environment.

HTTP GET

https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/getTimezone.aspx?authcode=4ahx...80u0

HTTP POST

<form method="post" action="https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/getTimezone.aspx">
        <input name="authcode" value="4ahx...80u0">
</form>

SOAP

For sample SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 request and response messages, visit https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/API.asmx?op=getTimezone.

PHP with SOAP

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

<?php
$soapclient = new SoapClient("https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/api.asmx?wsdl");

//define parameters
$loginparams = array (
'sEmail' => 'some@email.com',
'sPassword' => 'secretPassword'
);

//login
$loginResult = $soapclient->login($loginparams);

//print the result
echo "<b>Login full response.</b><br />";		//formatting
print_r($loginResult);
echo "<br /><br />";					//formatting

$sAuthCode = "4ahx...80u0";

//get current reporting timezone
$getTimeZoneParams = array(
'sAuthCode' => $sAuthCode
);

$getTimeZoneResult = $soapclient->getTimeZone($getTimeZoneParams);

//print out the crrent time zone output
print_r("<b>setTimeZone full response.</b><br />");
print_r($getTimeZoneResult);
echo "<br /><br />";					//formatting

?>

C# with HttpWebRequest

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <% 
     string sEndpoint = "https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/";  //add actionName.aspx?
 for each action called
     string sEmail = "some@email.com";
     string sPwd = "secretPassword";
     string sAuthCode = "4ahx...80u0";

     //set up the request
     HttpWebRequest oReq = (HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(sEndpoint
 + "login.aspx" + "?email=" + sEmail + "&pwd=" + sPwd);
    
     //create a cookie container to store the cookies for this session 
     oReq.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
     
     
     //get the response
     HttpWebResponse oResp = (HttpWebResponse)oReq.GetResponse();

string sResp = new StreamReader(oResp.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
Response.Write("Login result: " + sResp + "<br />");  //You can customize the response

/*
//debug cookies
foreach (Cookie cook in oResp.Cookies)
{
Response.Write("Cookie:" + "<br />");
Response.Write("Name: " + cook.Name + " " + "Value: " + cook.Value + "<br />");
Response.Write("Domain: " + cook.Domain + "<br />");
Response.Write("Path: " + cook.Path + "<br />");
Response.Write("Port: " + cook.Port + "<br />");
Response.Write("Secure: " + cook.Secure + "<br />");

Response.Write("When issued: " + cook.TimeStamp + "<br />");
Response.Write("Expires: " + cook.Expires + " " + "Expired? " + cook.Expired + "<br />");
Response.Write("Don't save: " + cook.Discard + "<br />");
Response.Write("Comment: " + cook.Comment + "<br />");
Response.Write("Uri for comments: " + cook.CommentUri + "<br />");
Response.Write("Version: RFC " + cook.Version + "<br />");
    
// Show the string representation of the cookie.
Response.Write("String: " + cook.ToString());
}*/
     
//add cookies to cookie container
CookieContainer sessioncookie = oReq.CookieContainer;

//get the Timezone info
HttpWebRequest oReqTimezone = (HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(sEndpoint
 + "getTimezone.aspx?authcode=" + sAuthCode);
oReqTimezone.CookieContainer = sessioncookie;

HttpWebResponse oRespTimezone = (HttpWebResponse)oReqTimezone.GetResponse();
string sRespTimezone = new StreamReader(oRespTimezone.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
Response.Write("getTimezone result: " + sRespTimezone + "<br />");  //You can customize
 the response


%>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Rescue API getTimezone Test</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

C# with SOAP

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using apiSamples.WebServiceClients;

namespace apiSamples
{
    public partial class SOAP : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                WebServiceClients.API proxy = new WebServiceClients.API();
                proxy.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();

                string sEmail = "some@email.com";
                string sPwd = "secretPassword";
                string sAuthCode = "4ahx...80u0";
                short sTimezone;

                WebServiceClients.loginRet oLogin = proxy.login(sEmail, sPwd);
                Response.Write(oLogin + "<br />");

                WebServiceClients.getTimezoneRet oGetTimezone = proxy.getTimezone
(sAuthCode, out sTimezone);
                Response.Write(oGetTimezone + "<br />");

                Response.Write(sTimezone);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Response.Write(ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}