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# GetLink

Retrieves a subdocument of a document that has been displayed with the View action, formats it as HTML, then returns the HTML for display.

## Example

    http://12.3.4.56:4000/action=GetLink&NoACI=True&LinkSpec=somedata

This action uses port `4000` to request a subdocument from IDOL Server, which is situated on a machine with the IP address `12.3.4.56`. IDOL Server resolves the `LinkSpec` and returns the subdocument.

## Parameters

Parameter | Description | Required
--- | --- | ---
Boolean | Whether to use phrases and query text for highlighting. |
ConversionTimeoutSeconds | The maximum number of seconds for a HTML conversion. |
Cookie | A cookie to forward. |
DeleteOriginal | Whether to delete the original document after converting it. |
EndTag | The tag to use to mark the end of a highlighted term. | See Comments
HighlightTagTerm | Adds an attribute to the StartTag to indicate the term that is highlighted. |
IgnoreCache | Whether to convert the document again, even if it exists in the cache. |
LanguageType | The language type of the Links parameter. |
Links | Terms to highlight. |
LinkSpec | The link specification that references the subdocument to view. | Yes
MultiHighlight | Highlight multiple link terms with different HTML tags. | See Comments
NoACI | Whether to format the results for display in a Web browser. |
OEMEncryption | Whether to use OEM encryption for results. |
OutputType | How to process the document content during conversion. |
Page | The page of the document to display. |
StartTag | The tag to use to mark the beginning of a document. | See Comments
UrlPrefix | The prefix to apply to links to subdocuments. |
UseReferencePrefix | Whether to use the configured ReferencePrefix. |
ViewTemplate | The template to use when converting the document content to HTML. |

This action accepts the following standard ACI action parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ActionID | A string to use to identify an ACI action.
EncryptResponse | Encrypt the output.
FileName | The file to write output to.
Output | Writes output to a file.
ResponseFormat | The format of the action output.

## Comments

If you set MultiHighlight to `True`, you must set the StartTag and EndTag for each link term.

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