(Delphi DLL) SharePoint -- Check In a File

In SharePoint, you can check out a file to make sure nobody can change it before you update it. After updating, you can check in the file. This example shows how to check in a SharePoint file.

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

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Http, HttpRequest, Xml, HttpResponse;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
http: HCkHttp;
req: HCkHttpRequest;
bUseTls: Boolean;
resp: HCkHttpResponse;
xml: HCkXml;

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

http := CkHttp_Create();

// If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
// Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
CkHttp_putLogin(http,'SHAREPOINT_USERNAME');
CkHttp_putPassword(http,'SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD');
CkHttp_putLoginDomain(http,'SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN');
CkHttp_putNtlmAuth(http,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 check in the file named "penguins2.jpg" 
// which is located in the "/Documents" folder.

req := CkHttpRequest_Create();
CkHttpRequest_putHttpVerb(req,'POST');
// Note that our path uses GetFileByServerRelativeUrl and not GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl
// Also, if your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, the URL is formatted like this (where "teamA" is the name of the site)
// /sites/teamA/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/teamA/Documents/penguins2.jpg')/CheckIn(comment='Comment',checkintype=0)
CkHttpRequest_putPath(req,'/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(''/Documents/penguins2.jpg'')/CheckIn(comment=''Comment'',checkintype=0)');

// 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
CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,'X-RequestDigest','SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST');

// Send the POST using HTTPS (TLS). Port 443 is the default port for https.
bUseTls := True;
resp := CkHttp_SynchronousRequest(http,'SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN',443,bUseTls,req);
if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

// The response body contains XML.
xml := CkXml_Create();
CkXml_LoadXml(xml,CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));

if (CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code = ' + IntToStr(CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkXml__getXml(xml));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed');
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
    Exit;
  end;

CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

// Show the successful XML response.
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkXml__getXml(xml));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');

// A successful XML response looks like this:
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// <d:CheckIn xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" 	
// 	xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"
// 	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" 
// 	xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" m:null="true" />
// 

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
CkXml_Dispose(xml);

end;