How to find a document in a document library using jquery

Question

I have a requirement to check for duplicate documents in the document library. How can i implement this using jquery. Please share the code.

Answer 1

Code to check if the document exists in the doc lib using jquery

function findDocument(fileName, docLibName) {
        var optValue = "0";
        var query = "<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='FileLeafRef' /><Value Type='File'>" + fileName + "</Value></Eq></Where></Query>";

        $().SPServices({
            operation: "GetListItems",
            listName: docLibName,
            CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields><FieldRef Name='ID' /></ViewFields>",
            CAMLQuery: query,
            async: false,

            completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
                    optValue = $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("rs:data").attr("ItemCount");
            }
        });
        return optValue;
    }