(Delphi ActiveX) SharePoint -- Get File Metadata (File Size, Last-Modified Date/Time, etc.)

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Demonstrates how to get a file's metdata, which includes the file size, last-modified date/time, name, server relative URL, etc.

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

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
http: TChilkatHttp;
url: WideString;
jsonReply: WideString;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
fileSize: Integer;
lastmod: TCkDateTime;
bLocalTime: Integer;
unixTime: Integer;
dtObj: IDtObj;

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

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

// Indicate that we want a JSON reply
http.Accept := 'application/json;odata=verbose';
http.AcceptCharset := 'utf-8';

url := 'https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(''/Documents/VCAC-document.docx'')';

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

// Examine the file's metadata in JSON format.
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.Load(jsonReply);
json.EmitCompact := 0;

// Make sure it was a success response, and that we really have metadata.
// If it was an error response, then the JSON is error information..
if (http.LastStatus <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed.');
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());

Memo1.Lines.Add('--------');
Memo1.Lines.Add('Server relative URL: ' + json.StringOf('d.ServerRelativeUrl'));

fileSize := json.IntOf('d.Length');
Memo1.Lines.Add('File Size = ' + IntToStr(fileSize));

lastmod := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
lastmod.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf('d.TimeLastModified'));

// Once we have the CkDateTime object, we can get the date/time in all sorts of formats:

// Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
bLocalTime := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(lastmod.GetAsRfc822(bLocalTime));

// Get as an RFC822 string in the local timezone.
// (remember, the daylight savings that existed at the given time in the past is applied)
bLocalTime := 1;
Memo1.Lines.Add(lastmod.GetAsRfc822(bLocalTime));

// Get as a 32-bit UNIX time (local or GMT..)
// The Unix time is number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). 
unixTime := lastmod.GetAsUnixTime(bLocalTime);
Memo1.Lines.Add('Unix time: ' + IntToStr(unixTime));

// One can also get the as a "DtObj" object for accessing the individual
// parts of the date/time, such as month, day, year, hour, minute, etc.
// The DtObj can be obtained in the GMT or local timezone:
dtObj := lastmod.GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
if (lastmod.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('This should never really happen!');
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(dtObj.Day) + '-' + IntToStr(dtObj.Month) + '-' + IntToStr(dtObj.Year) + ' ' + IntToStr(dtObj.Hour)
     + ':' + IntToStr(dtObj.Minute) + ':' + IntToStr(dtObj.Second));

// -------------------------------------------------
// The file's metadata look like this:

// { 
//   "d": { 
//     "__metadata": { 
//       "id": "Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')",
//       "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')",
//       "type": "SP.File"
//     },
//     "Author": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/Author"
//       }
//     },
//     "CheckedOutByUser": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/CheckedOutByUser"
//       }
//     },
//     "ListItemAllFields": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/ListItemAllFields"
//       }
//     },
//     "LockedByUser": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/LockedByUser"
//       }
//     },
//     "ModifiedBy": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/ModifiedBy"
//       }
//     },
//     "Versions": { 
//       "__deferred": { 
//         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/VCAC-document.docx')/Versions"
//       }
//     },
//     "CheckInComment": "",
//     "CheckOutType": 2,
//     "ContentTag": "{E2F05E75-B3EF-4826-8284-E572D3628A7D},9,10",
//     "CustomizedPageStatus": 0,
//     "ETag": "\"{E2F05E75-B3EF-4826-8284-E572D3628A7D},9\"",
//     "Exists": true,
//     "Length": "21082",
//     "Level": 2,
//     "MajorVersion": 0,
//     "MinorVersion": 3,
//     "Name": "VCAC-document.docx",
//     "ServerRelativeUrl": "/Documents/VCAC-document.docx",
//     "TimeCreated": "2016-03-04T12:38:01Z",
//     "TimeLastModified": "2017-01-16T04:44:31Z",
//     "Title": "",
//     "UIVersion": 3,
//     "UIVersionLabel": "0.3"
//   }
// }
// 
end;