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SharePoint -- Download Newer Files

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Demonstrates how to download all files from a SharePoint folder that are newer than the local files.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

//  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The following comments apply to SharePoint Windows classic authentication.
//  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  For example, imagine our SharePoint endpoint is https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/
//  The SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN would be "mycompany.com"
//  The SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN would be "xyzoffice.mycompany.com"
//  Also, the SHAREPOINT_USERNAME would be just the name, not a full email address.
//  for example, "chilkat" instead of "chilkat@mycompany.com"

$http = new CkHttp();

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

//  First we'll download a list of all the files in the /Documents folder.
//  This provides the names and last-modified date/times of the files located
//  on the SharePoint server.
$http->put_Accept('application/json;odata=verbose');
$http->put_AcceptCharset('utf-8');

$sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
$success = $http->QuickGetSb('https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents')/Files',$sbJson);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Before proceeding, make sure the local directory where we'll be downloading files exists.
$fac = new CkFileAccess();
$fac->DirEnsureExists('qa_output/sharepoint/Documents');

//  OK.. load the JSON and iterate over each file
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->LoadSb($sbJson);

$numFiles = $json->SizeOfArray('d.results');
print 'Number of Files in the SharePoint /Documents folder = ' . $numFiles . "\n";

$lastModRemote = new CkDateTime();
$lastModLocal = new CkDateTime();

$localPath = new CkStringBuilder();
$fileUrl = new CkStringBuilder();

$i = 0;
while ($i < $numFiles) {
    $json->put_I($i);

    $filename = $json->stringOf('d.results[i].Name');
    $sLastModified = $json->stringOf('d.results[i].TimeLastModified');

    print ($i + 1) . ': ' . $filename . ' (' . $sLastModified . ')' . "\n";

    $lastModRemote->SetFromTimestamp($sLastModified);

    $bDownload = false;
    //  Check to see if the local file exists.  If not, then download.
    $localPath->SetString('qa_output/sharepoint/Documents/');
    $localPath->Append($filename);
    if ($fac->FileExists($localPath->getAsString()) != true) {
        print 'This file does not exist locally.' . "\n";
        $bDownload = true;
    }
    else {
        //  Get the local file's date time and compare with the remote file date/time.
        $lastModLocal->SetFromTimestamp($fac->getFileTimeStr($localPath->getAsString(),0));

        //  Get the difference in seconds between the local and remote last-modified times.
        //  if the return value is negative, then the caller's time is 
        //  older than the argument.  (in this case, a negative return value means
        //  the local file is older than the remote file.

        //  Note: The DiffSeconds method was found to be missing in the Chilkat .NET build
        //  (and possibly in other builds). It will be present in the v9.5.0.67 release and later.
        $numSeconds = $lastModLocal->DiffSeconds($lastModRemote);
        if ($numSeconds < 0) {
            print 'The local file is older than the remote file.' . "\n";
            $bDownload = true;
        }

    }

    if ($bDownload == true) {
        $fileUrl->SetString('https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents')/Files('');
        $fileUrl->Append($filename);
        $fileUrl->Append('')/$value');

        print 'Downloading ' . $filename . "\n";

        $success = $http->Download($fileUrl->getAsString(),$localPath->getAsString());
        if ($success == false) {
            print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
            exit;
        }

        //  Set the local file's last-modified date/time to that of the server's.
        $fac->SetLastModified($localPath->getAsString(),$lastModRemote);

    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

print 'All finished.' . "\n";

?>