VB.NET

SharePoint -- Copy a File to a New Location

Copies a file to a new SharePoint location. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

' 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 = True

' 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"

Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
' Copies the file /ChilkatDocLibrary/sample.docx to /Documents/ChilkatTest/sampleA.docx
req.Path = "/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/ChilkatDocLibrary/sample.docx')/copyto(strnewurl='/Documents/ChilkatTest/sampleA.docx',boverwrite=false)"

' 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","SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST")

' Send the request to copy the document.
Dim bUseTls As Boolean = True
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpSReq("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req,resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' A successful update will return a 200 status code with an empty body.
' A non-successful update will return a JSON response body..
If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
    Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
    json.Load(resp.BodyStr)
    json.EmitCompact = False
    Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit())
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed")
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Success.")