C

SharePoint -- Create Folder

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This example shows how to create a new SharePoint folder. C

#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkHttpRequest req;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    BOOL bUseTls;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    //  If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    //  Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    CkHttp_putLogin(http,"SHAREPOINT_USERNAME");
    CkHttp_putPassword(http,"SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD");
    CkHttp_putLoginDomain(http,"SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN");
    CkHttp_putNtlmAuth(http,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

    //  To create a folder, we're going to POST to
    //  https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/folders
    //  with a request body containing the following JSON:
    //  
    //      { "__metadata": { "type": "SP.Folder" }, "ServerRelativeUrl": "/document_library_relative_url/newFolderName"}

    //  This example will create a folder named ChilkatTest in /Documents

    //  Note: if your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, you must add the site name "/sites/teamA" to both the Path and the ServerRelativeUrl

    req = CkHttpRequest_Create();
    CkHttpRequest_putHttpVerb(req,"POST");
    //  If your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, then use "/sites/teamA/_api/web/folders" where "teamA" is the name of the site.
    CkHttpRequest_putPath(req,"/_api/web/folders");

    //  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
    CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,"X-RequestDigest","SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST");

    //  Set the Content-Type, and indicate that a JSON response is desired.
    CkHttpRequest_putContentType(req,"application/json;odata=verbose");
    CkHttpRequest_AddHeader(req,"Accept","application/json;odata=verbose");

    //  Create and add the JSON body.
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"__metadata.type","SP.Folder");
    //  If your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, then use "/sites/teamA/Documents/ChilkatTest" where "teamA" is the name of the site.
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"ServerRelativeUrl","/Documents/ChilkatTest");
    CkHttpRequest_LoadBodyFromString(req,CkJsonObject_emit(json),"utf-8");

    //  Send the POST using HTTPS (TLS). Port 443 is the default port for https.
    bUseTls = TRUE;
    resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success = CkHttp_HttpSReq(http,"SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req,resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    //  The response body contains JSON.
    CkJsonObject_Load(json,CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);

    //  The expected success response code is 201.
    //  (Let's also check for 200, just in case things change..)
    if ((CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) != 200) && (CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp) != 201)) {
        printf("Response status code = %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));
        printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(json));
        printf("Failed\n");
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    //  Show the successful JSON response.
    printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(json));
    printf("Success.\n");

    //  A successful JSON response looks like this:

    //  { 
    //    "d": { 
    //      "__metadata": { 
    //        "id": "Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')",
    //        "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')",
    //        "type": "SP.Folder"
    //      },
    //      "Files": { 
    //        "__deferred": { 
    //          "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/Files"
    //        }
    //      },
    //      "ListItemAllFields": { 
    //        "__deferred": { 
    //          "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/ListItemAllFields"
    //        }
    //      },
    //      "ParentFolder": { 
    //        "__deferred": { 
    //          "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/ParentFolder"
    //        }
    //      },
    //      "Properties": { 
    //        "__deferred": { 
    //          "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/Properties"
    //        }
    //      },
    //      "Folders": { 
    //        "__deferred": { 
    //          "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/Folders"
    //        }
    //      },
    //      "ItemCount": 0,
    //      "Name": "ChilkatTest",
    //      "ServerRelativeUrl": "/Documents/ChilkatTest",
    //      "WelcomePage": ""
    //    }
    //  }


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkHttpRequest_Dispose(req);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

    }