(PHP ActiveX) SharePoint List Document Libraries

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This example shows how to use Chilkat's HttpCurl class to list the document libraries in a SharePoint site. In Microsoft Graph, SharePoint document libraries are represented as drives. The example demonstrates how HttpCurl can automatically resolve a SharePoint site name to its Microsoft Graph site ID, then use that ID to retrieve and display the site's document libraries.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.5.0 or greater.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// This example retrieves the document libraries for a SharePoint site.
// 
// In Microsoft Graph terminology, a document library is represented as a "drive".
// The example demonstrates how HttpCurl can automatically resolve a SharePoint
// site name to a site ID before requesting the site's document libraries.

$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 = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");

// 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 = 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 . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

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

$curl = new COM("Chilkat.HttpCurl");

// 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 the curl command using
// {{variable_name}} substitution syntax.
$curl->SetVar('sharepoint_hostname','example.sharepoint.com');
$curl->SetVar('site_name','test');

// The document libraries endpoint requires a Microsoft Graph site ID.
// 
// Because the application only knows the SharePoint site name,
// HttpCurl must first retrieve the corresponding site ID.
// 
// Define a function that can resolve the site_id variable when needed.
// HttpCurl may execute this function automatically if it determines that
// site_id is required by another request.
$curl->AddFunction('getSite','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".
// 
// Any later request that references {{site_id}} can use this value.
$curl->AddOutput('getSite','id','site_id');

// The target Microsoft Graph request:
// 
// curl -X GET \"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives
// 
// This request returns the document libraries belonging to the site.
// 
// Microsoft Graph refers to document libraries as "drives",
// so each object in the response represents one document library.
// 
// No Authorization header is included because HttpCurl automatically
// adds it when OAuth2 authentication is configured.
$curlCommand = 'curl -X GET \'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives\'';

// Execute the request.
// 
// HttpCurl examines the target curl command and determines that
// the variable {{site_id}} is required.
// 
// Because site_id is not yet known, HttpCurl searches for a function
// capable of producing it.  The getSite function provides the "id"
// output, which is mapped to the site_id variable.
// 
// The execution plan becomes:
// 
//   1) Execute getSite to obtain site_id.
//   2) Substitute {{site_id}} into the target request.
//   3) Execute the drives request.
// 
// The final HTTP response returned by DoYourThing is always the
// response from the target curl command, which is the last step in the plan.
$success = $curl->DoYourThing($curlCommand);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $curl->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A successful Graph response should return HTTP 200.
// Any other status code typically indicates an authentication,
// permission, or resource lookup error.
$statusCode = $curl->StatusCode;
if ($statusCode != 200) {
    print $curl->ResponseBodyStr . "\n";
    print 'status code = ' . $statusCode . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The response body contains a JSON array named "value".
// Each element of the array describes a SharePoint document library.
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
$curl->GetResponseJson($json);
print $json->emit() . "\n";

// Iterate over the document libraries returned by Microsoft Graph
// and display selected properties for each library.
$i = 0;
$numDrives = $json->SizeOfArray('value');
while ($i < $numDrives) {
    $json->I = $i;
    print 'name: ' . $json->stringOf('value[i].name') . "\n";
    print 'description: ' . $json->stringOf('value[i].description') . "\n";
    print 'id: ' . $json->stringOf('value[i].id') . "\n";
    print 'webUrl: ' . $json->stringOf('value[i].webUrl') . "\n";
    print 'displayName: ' . $json->stringOf('value[i].createdBy.user.displayName') . "\n";
    print '-' . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>