Unable to pull data even after successful login

Question

I am uisng libRETS client library to pull data from a RETS server. Sample application provided with libRETS is not working for me. Login to RETS Server is succcessful and it returns following response to me.<?xml version="1.0"?> -<RETS ReplyText="Operation Successful" ReplyCode="0"> <RETS-RESPONSE> MemberName=INTERNAL RETS User=***** Broker=***** MetadataVersion=1.00.00025 MetadataTimestamp=2012-05-30T21:36:03 MinMetadataTimestamp=2012-05-30T21:36:03 TimeoutSeconds=1800000 Login=/rets/login Logout=/rets/logout X-Selector=/rets/logselector </RETS-RESPONSE> </RETS> But when I try to search any thing i received following error

Invalid operation: null URL. Check login capability URL list.

I checked the capability list and it give empty string for search url. Am I missing something or the RETS server does not allow searching through my account as it is clear from the login response where search url node is missing.

thanx.

Answer 1

Finally,tech guys on MLS confirmed that my client's account does not have privileges to search data.

Answer 2

You need to consult the RETS specification here: http://rets.org/documentation.

The two commands you'll mostly likely use are Search (for property data) and GetObject (for pictures)

An example query to get property data for all residential homes with a listing status of active: (Your RETS server will have different field names than these)

query = (LIST_STATUS=ACT) PropertyClass = RES

{RETS Server URL} + /Search.asmx/Search?SearchType=Property&Class= + {PropertyClass} + &QueryType=DMQL2&Query= + {query} + &Format=COMPACT-DECODED&Limit=50