SPServices is the Document Checked Out SP2010

Question

I was wondering if anyone knew how to tell if an item has been checked in or out from SPServices? I am able to get all of the nodes but I do not see one which captures the checkout. Is there a way to do this with SPServices, or maybe with the client-object model?

Answer 1

You could use SP.File.checkOutType property to determine whether document is checked out of a document library

REST

$.ajax({url: "/_api/web/getFileByServerRelativeUrl('" + docUrl  + "')/checkOutType",
        headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" }, 
        success: function(data) {
                  if(data.d.CheckOutType == 0) {
                        console.log('The file is checked out');
                  }
               }
});

CSOM (JavaScript)

var context = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
var web = context.get_web();
var file = web.getFileByServerRelativeUrl(docUrl);
context.load(file);

context.executeQueryAsync(
     function(){
         if(file.get_checkOutType() == SP.CheckOutType.online) {
                        console.log('The file is checked out');
         }    
      },
      function(sender, args){    
          console.log(args.get_message());
      }
);

Answer 2

Not sure if there is any method to know file is checked out using SPServices. But still as a tweak what i can suggest is try getting value of 'CheckoutUser' column of that particular document. If value for that field is null or empty you can assume it is not checked out(ie Checked in).

document.get_item('CheckoutUser');

Here document is SPListItem object from document library.

Hope this helps..!!

Answer 3

With SPServices, you should be able to use GetListItems and ask that "CheckOutType" (I believe that the internal name) be returned in the output.