This action checks the ExtraView database for the existence of an issue.
http://www.myserver.com/evj/ExtraView/ev_api.action?
user_id=username
&password=password OR [&access_token=token-value]
&statevar=item_exists
&id=nnnnn
[&strict=no | yes]
The output from the call is of the form Defect #nnnnn exists or Defect #nnnnn does not exist.
The optional parameter strict, with a value of yes, enforces the action to operate only on ALT_ID. If there is no match for the value of the ALT_ID in the specified ID parameter, then the message Invalid Id will be returned. This means that a matching ID value will be ignored.
The optional access_token parameter allows you to use a valid OAuth2 token obtained with the get_token command. If you provide the access_token parameter, then the user_id and password parameters should not be provided. This prevents the password being sent in clear text over your network connection.
