(Delphi ActiveX) SharePoint -- Download a Text File into a String Variable

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Demonstrates how to download a text file from SharePoint into a string variable.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
http: TChilkatHttp;
url: WideString;
strCsv: WideString;
bd: TChilkatBinData;
success: Integer;
sb: TChilkatStringBuilder;

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

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The following comments apply to SharePoint Windows classic authentication.
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// For example, imagine our SharePoint endpoint is https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/
// The SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN would be "mycompany.com"
// The SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN would be "xyzoffice.mycompany.com"
// Also, the SHAREPOINT_USERNAME would be just the name, not a full email address.
// for example, "chilkat" instead of "chilkat@mycompany.com"

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

// If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
// Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
http.Login := 'SHAREPOINT_USERNAME';
http.Password := 'SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD';
http.LoginDomain := 'SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN';
http.NtlmAuth := 1;

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 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 downloads a CSV file that is utf-8 and contains Japanese characters.

url := 'https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(''/Documents/ChilkatTest/japanese.csv'')/$value';

http.AcceptCharset := 'utf-8';

strCsv := http.QuickGetStr(url);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// The CSV file is contained in strCsv.
Memo1.Lines.Add('CSV:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(strCsv);

// Note: The HTTP response hopefully indicates the charset of the response,
// and Chilkat should receive the string correctly.  If the response sent by
// SharePoint does not indicate a charset, or indicates an incorrect charset,
// then we can instead download the text file as binary data and interpret the
// bytes ourselves correctly.  For example:  

bd := TChilkatBinData.Create(Self);
success := http.QuickGetBd(url,bd.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Interpret the bytes correctly as utf-8
sb := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
sb.AppendBd(bd.ControlInterface,'utf-8',0,0);
Memo1.Lines.Add('CSV:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(sb.GetAsString());
end;