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SharePoint -- Rename File (or Move a File)

Demonstrates how to rename (or move) a SharePoint file.

See FileMoveTo for more details.

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkXml.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http;

    //  If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    //  Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    http.put_Login("SHAREPOINT_USERNAME");
    http.put_Password("SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD");
    http.put_LoginDomain("SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN");
    http.put_NtlmAuth(true);

    //  The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
    //  If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
    //  establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication

    //  This example will both move and rename /Documents/starfish.jpg to /Documents/ChilkatTest/starfish2.jpg

    CkHttpRequest req;
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_Path("/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/starfish.jpg')/MoveTo(newurl='/Documents/ChilkatTest/starfish2.jpg',flags=1)");

    //  We need to add a form digest value in the X-RequestDigest header field.
    //  See this example for details on
    //  how to get (and cache) a form digest value
    req.AddHeader("X-RequestDigest","SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST");

    //  Send the HTTPS POST.
    bool bUseTls = true;
    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpSReq("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  If failed, the response body contains XML 
    CkXml xml;
    xml.LoadXml(resp.bodyStr());

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        std::cout << "Response status code = " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << xml.getXml() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Failed" << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  If successful, the response body is empty.
    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }