(Objective-C) List Files and Folders in a SharePoint Documents Library

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This example shows how to use Chilkat's HttpCurl class to list the files and folders in the root of a SharePoint Documents document library. In Microsoft Graph, a SharePoint document library is represented as a drive. The example demonstrates how HttpCurl automatically resolves the SharePoint site name to a site ID, finds the drive ID for the Documents library, and then retrieves the children of the library's root folder.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttpCurl.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

// This example lists the files and folders in the root of the SharePoint
// Documents document library.
// 
// In Microsoft Graph terminology, a SharePoint document library is represented
// as a "drive".  The default document library is commonly named "Documents".
// This example shows how HttpCurl can automatically resolve the needed values:
// 
//   site_name  ->  site_id
//   site_id    ->  document_library_id
// 
// After those values are known, the final request lists the children of the
// root folder in the Documents document library.

success = NO;

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Before running this example, create an Azure App Registration and grant it
// the Microsoft Graph permissions required to access SharePoint.
// 
// The application will authenticate using OAuth2 Client Credentials.
// See:
// How to Create SharePoint App Registration for OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Build a JSON authentication configuration.
// HttpCurl will use this information to automatically obtain OAuth2 access tokens.
CkoJsonObject *jsonAuth = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];

// Enable secret lookup.
// 
// Instead of hard-coding sensitive values such as the client ID,
// client secret, and token endpoint, secret specification strings
// are used.  Chilkat automatically retrieves the actual values from
// Windows Credential Manager (Windows) or Apple Keychain (macOS).
// 
// See:
// Secret Specification Strings
jsonAuth.EnableSecrets = YES;

success = [jsonAuth UpdateString: @"oauth2.client_id" value: @"!!sharepoint|oauth2|client_id"];
if (success == YES) {
    success = [jsonAuth UpdateString: @"oauth2.client_secret" value: @"!!sharepoint|oauth2|client_secret"];
}

if (success == YES) {
    success = [jsonAuth UpdateString: @"oauth2.token_endpoint" value: @"!!sharepoint|oauth2|token_endpoint"];
}

if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",jsonAuth.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Request Microsoft Graph permissions that were granted to the application.
[jsonAuth UpdateString: @"oauth2.scope" value: @"https://graph.microsoft.com/.default"];

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CkoHttpCurl *curl = [[CkoHttpCurl alloc] init];

// Associate the OAuth2 configuration with HttpCurl.
// 
// When the request is executed, Chilkat automatically obtains an access token
// if needed and adds the Authorization: Bearer header to the HTTP request.
[curl SetAuth: jsonAuth];

// Define variables whose values are already known.
// 
// These variables are referenced in curl commands using
// {{variable_name}} substitution syntax.
[curl SetVar: @"sharepoint_hostname" varValue: @"example.sharepoint.com"];
[curl SetVar: @"site_name" varValue: @"test"];

// The final request needs a Microsoft Graph site ID.
// 
// Because the application only knows the SharePoint site name,
// define a helper function that can retrieve the site record.
// HttpCurl can execute this function automatically when it needs
// to resolve the site_id variable.
[curl AddFunction: @"getSite" curl: @"GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root:/sites/{{site_name}}"];

// Extract the "id" field from the getSite response and store it
// in the HttpCurl variable named "site_id".
[curl AddOutput: @"getSite" jsonPath: @"id" varName: @"site_id"];

// The next value needed is the drive ID for the Documents document library.
// 
// This function lists the drives, also known as document libraries,
// belonging to the SharePoint site.
[curl AddFunction: @"getDrives" curl: @"GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives"];

// Extract the ID of the drive whose name is "Documents".
// 
// AddOutput2 searches an array in the JSON response.  In this case:
// 
//   response array: value
//   match field:    name
//   match value:    Documents
//   case-sensitive: true
//   output field:   id
//   variable name:  document_library_id
// 
// The result is that document_library_id will contain the drive ID
// for the Documents document library.
[curl AddOutput2: @"getDrives" arrayPath: @"value" wherePath: @"name" whereValue: @"Documents" caseSensitive: YES subPath: @"id" varName: @"document_library_id"];

// The target Microsoft Graph request:
// 
// GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives/{{document_library_id}}/root/children
// 
// This lists the files and folders in the root folder of the Documents
// document library.
// 
// The {{site_id}} and {{document_library_id}} variables are not set directly
// by this program.  HttpCurl resolves them automatically by running the
// helper functions defined above.
NSString *curlCommand = @"GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives/{{document_library_id}}/root/children";

// Execute the request.
// 
// HttpCurl examines the target request and determines that it requires
// both site_id and document_library_id.
// 
// The execution plan becomes:
// 
//   1) Execute getSite to obtain site_id.
//   2) Execute getDrives to obtain document_library_id.
//   3) Substitute both variables into the target request.
//   4) Execute the root/children request.
// 
// The final HTTP response returned by DoYourThing is always the response
// from the target request, which is the last step in the plan.
success = [curl DoYourThing: curlCommand];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",curl.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// A successful Graph response should return HTTP 200.
// Any other status code typically indicates an authentication,
// permission, site lookup, or document library lookup error.
int statusCode = [curl.StatusCode intValue];
if (statusCode != 200) {
    NSLog(@"%@",curl.ResponseBodyStr);
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"status code = ",statusCode);
    return;
}

// The response body contains a JSON array named "value".
// Each element represents one file or folder in the root of the
// Documents document library.
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
json.EmitCompact = NO;
[curl GetResponseJson: json];
NSLog(@"%@",[json Emit]);
NSLog(@"%@",@"");

// Count the number of items returned in the "value" array.
// 
// This includes both files and folders.
int numFiles = [[json SizeOfArray: @"value"] intValue];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Number of files: ",numFiles);
NSLog(@"%@",@"");

// Iterate over the files and folders returned by Microsoft Graph
// and display selected properties for each item.
int i = 0;
while (i < numFiles) {
    json.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];

    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"name: ",[json StringOf: @"value[i].name"]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"webUrl: ",[json StringOf: @"value[i].webUrl"]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"size: ",[json StringOf: @"value[i].size"]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"id: ",[json StringOf: @"value[i].id"]);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"-");
    i = i + 1;
}