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SharePoint -- Copy a File to a New Location

Copies a file to a new SharePoint location.

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttp http;

    // If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    // Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    http.put_Login("SHAREPOINT_USERNAME");
    http.put_Password("SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD");
    http.put_LoginDomain("SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN");
    http.put_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.put_Accept("application/json;odata=verbose");

    CkHttpRequest req;
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    // Copies the file /ChilkatDocLibrary/sample.docx to /Documents/ChilkatTest/sampleA.docx
    req.put_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.
    bool bUseTls = true;
    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpSReq("SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN",443,bUseTls,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // 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.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        std::cout << "Response status code = " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";
        CkJsonObject json;
        json.Load(resp.bodyStr());
        json.put_EmitCompact(false);
        std::cout << json.emit() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Failed" << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }