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Download a File from a SharePoint Documents Library

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This example shows how to use Chilkat's HttpCurl class to download a file from the root of a SharePoint Documents document library. The example demonstrates how HttpCurl automatically resolves the SharePoint site name to a site ID, finds the drive ID for the Documents library, locates the file by name, and then downloads the file content using Microsoft Graph.

Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example downloads a file named "hamlet.json" from the root of the SharePoint
# Documents document library.
# 
# The example demonstrates how HttpCurl can automatically resolve all of the
# information needed to locate and download a file:
# 
#   site_name            -> site_id
#   site_id              -> document_library_id
#   document_library_id  -> file_id
#   file_id              -> file content
# 
# The application only provides the SharePoint site name and the desired
# filename.  HttpCurl automatically executes the required Microsoft Graph
# requests to obtain the remaining values.

$success = 0;

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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.
$jsonAuth = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();

# 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->put_EnableSecrets(1);

$success = $jsonAuth->UpdateString("oauth2.client_id","!!sharepoint|oauth2|client_id");
if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $jsonAuth->UpdateString("oauth2.client_secret","!!sharepoint|oauth2|client_secret");
}

if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $jsonAuth->UpdateString("oauth2.token_endpoint","!!sharepoint|oauth2|token_endpoint");
}

if ($success == 0) {
    print $jsonAuth->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Request Microsoft Graph permissions that were granted to the application.
$jsonAuth->UpdateString("oauth2.scope","https://graph.microsoft.com/.default");

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$curl = chilkat::CkHttpCurl->new();

# 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 values that are already known.
# 
# These variables are referenced in curl commands using
# {{variable_name}} substitution syntax.
$curl->SetVar("sharepoint_hostname","example.sharepoint.com");
$curl->SetVar("site_name","test");

# The first step is to obtain the Microsoft Graph site ID.
# 
# The application only knows the SharePoint site name, so define
# a function that can retrieve the site information.
$curl->AddFunction("getSite","GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root:/sites/{{site_name}}");

# Extract the site's ID and store it in the HttpCurl variable named site_id.
$curl->AddOutput("getSite","id","site_id");

# The next step is to find the Documents document library.
# 
# Microsoft Graph refers to document libraries as "drives".
$curl->AddFunction("getDrives","GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives");

# Search the returned drives for the one named "Documents"
# and save its drive ID in the document_library_id variable.
$curl->AddOutput2("getDrives","value","name","Documents",1,"id","document_library_id");

# Now list the contents of the Documents document library.
$curl->AddFunction("getFiles","GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives/{{document_library_id}}/root/children");

# Search the returned files for an item named "hamlet.json"
# and save its Microsoft Graph item ID in the file_id variable.
$curl->AddOutput2("getFiles","value","name","hamlet.json",1,"id","file_id");

# This is the target request.
# 
# GET -L https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/{{document_library_id}}/items/{{file_id}}/content
# 
# The /content endpoint returns the actual contents of the file.
# 
# The -L option instructs HttpCurl to follow the redirect returned by
# Microsoft Graph.  The Graph API typically responds with a redirect
# to the actual file download URL.
$curlCommand = "GET -L https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/{{document_library_id}}/items/{{file_id}}/content";

# Execute the request.
# 
# HttpCurl examines the target request and determines that both
# document_library_id and file_id are required.
# 
# To obtain these values, it automatically builds and executes
# the following dependency chain:
# 
#   1) getSite      -> site_id
#   2) getDrives    -> document_library_id
#   3) getFiles     -> file_id
#   4) download     -> file content
# 
# The final response returned by DoYourThing is the downloaded
# file content from the target request.
$success = $curl->DoYourThing($curlCommand);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $curl->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# A successful Graph response should return HTTP 200.
# Any other status code typically indicates an authentication,
# permission, site lookup, document library lookup, or file lookup error.
$statusCode = $curl->get_StatusCode();
if ($statusCode != 200) {
    print $curl->responseBodyStr() . "\r\n";
    print "status code = " . $statusCode . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The response body contains the contents of the downloaded file.
$sbFileContents = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$curl->GetResponseSb($sbFileContents);

# Optionally save the downloaded content to a local file.
# 
# The third argument controls whether the file is appended.
# Passing ckfalse causes the file to be overwritten if it already exists.
$success = $sbFileContents->WriteFile("c:/temp/hamlet.json","utf-8",0);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $sbFileContents->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success." . "\r\n";