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Objective-C

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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Objective-C
#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoHttpRequest.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>
#import <CkoXml.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

//  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 = YES;

//  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

CkoHttpRequest *req = [[CkoHttpRequest alloc] init];
req.HttpVerb = @"POST";
req.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" value: @"SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST"];

//  Send the HTTPS POST.
BOOL bUseTls = YES;
CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpSReq: @"SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 443] ssl: bUseTls request: req response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  If failed, the response body contains XML 
CkoXml *xml = [[CkoXml alloc] init];
[xml LoadXml: resp.BodyStr];

if ([resp.StatusCode intValue] != 200) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response status code = ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@",[xml GetXml]);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed");
    return;
}

//  If successful, the response body is empty.
NSLog(@"%@",@"Success.");