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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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integer li_rc
long li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_SbJson
oleobject loo_Fac
oleobject loo_Json
long li_NumFiles
oleobject loo_LastModRemote
oleobject loo_LastModLocal
oleobject loo_LocalPath
oleobject loo_FileUrl
long i
string ls_Filename
string ls_SLastModified
long li_BDownload
long li_NumSeconds

li_Success = 0

//  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"

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

//  If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
//  Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
loo_Http.Login = "SHAREPOINT_USERNAME"
loo_Http.Password = "SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD"
loo_Http.LoginDomain = "SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN"
loo_Http.NtlmAuth = 1

//  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  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.
loo_Http.Accept = "application/json;odata=verbose"
loo_Http.AcceptCharset = "utf-8"

loo_SbJson = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbJson.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

li_Success = loo_Http.QuickGetSb("https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents')/Files",loo_SbJson)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_SbJson
    return
end if

//  Before proceeding, make sure the local directory where we'll be downloading files exists.
loo_Fac = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Fac.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")

loo_Fac.DirEnsureExists("qa_output/sharepoint/Documents")

//  OK.. load the JSON and iterate over each file
loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.LoadSb(loo_SbJson)

li_NumFiles = loo_Json.SizeOfArray("d.results")
Write-Debug "Number of Files in the SharePoint /Documents folder = " + string(li_NumFiles)

loo_LastModRemote = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_LastModRemote.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")

loo_LastModLocal = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_LastModLocal.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")

loo_LocalPath = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_LocalPath.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_FileUrl = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_FileUrl.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

i = 0
do while i < li_NumFiles
    loo_Json.I = i

    ls_Filename = loo_Json.StringOf("d.results[i].Name")
    ls_SLastModified = loo_Json.StringOf("d.results[i].TimeLastModified")

    Write-Debug string(i + 1) + ": " + ls_Filename + " (" + ls_SLastModified + ")"

    loo_LastModRemote.SetFromTimestamp(ls_SLastModified)

    li_BDownload = 0
    //  Check to see if the local file exists.  If not, then download.
    loo_LocalPath.SetString("qa_output/sharepoint/Documents/")
    loo_LocalPath.Append(ls_Filename)
    if loo_Fac.FileExists(loo_LocalPath.GetAsString()) <> 1 then
        Write-Debug "This file does not exist locally."
        li_BDownload = 1
    else
        //  Get the local file's date time and compare with the remote file date/time.
        loo_LastModLocal.SetFromTimestamp(loo_Fac.GetFileTimeStr(loo_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.
        li_NumSeconds = loo_LastModLocal.DiffSeconds(loo_LastModRemote)
        if li_NumSeconds < 0 then
            Write-Debug "The local file is older than the remote file."
            li_BDownload = 1
        end if

    end if

    if li_BDownload = 1 then
        loo_FileUrl.SetString("https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents')/Files('")
        loo_FileUrl.Append(ls_Filename)
        loo_FileUrl.Append("')/$value")

        Write-Debug "Downloading " + ls_Filename

        li_Success = loo_Http.Download(loo_FileUrl.GetAsString(),loo_LocalPath.GetAsString())
        if li_Success = 0 then
            Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
            destroy loo_Http
            destroy loo_SbJson
            destroy loo_Fac
            destroy loo_Json
            destroy loo_LastModRemote
            destroy loo_LastModLocal
            destroy loo_LocalPath
            destroy loo_FileUrl
            return
        end if

        //  Set the local file's last-modified date/time to that of the server's.
        loo_Fac.SetLastModified(loo_LocalPath.GetAsString(),loo_LastModRemote)

    end if

    i = i + 1
loop

Write-Debug "All finished."


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_SbJson
destroy loo_Fac
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_LastModRemote
destroy loo_LastModLocal
destroy loo_LocalPath
destroy loo_FileUrl