(VB.NET) SharePoint List Document Libraries

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This example shows how to use Chilkat's HttpCurl class to list the document libraries in a SharePoint site. In Microsoft Graph, SharePoint document libraries are represented as drives. The example demonstrates how HttpCurl can automatically resolve a SharePoint site name to its Microsoft Graph site ID, then use that ID to retrieve and display the site's document libraries.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.5.0 or greater.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

' This example retrieves the document libraries for a SharePoint site.
' 
' In Microsoft Graph terminology, a document library is represented as a "drive".
' The example demonstrates how HttpCurl can automatically resolve a SharePoint
' site name to a site ID before requesting the site's document libraries.

success = False

' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Before running this example, create an Azure App Registration and grant it
' the Microsoft Graph permissions required to access SharePoint.
' 
' The application will authenticate using OAuth2 Client Credentials.
' See:
' How to Create SharePoint App Registration for OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

' Build a JSON authentication configuration.
' HttpCurl will use this information to automatically obtain OAuth2 access tokens.
Dim jsonAuth As New Chilkat.JsonObject

' Enable secret lookup.
' 
' Instead of hard-coding sensitive values such as the client ID,
' client secret, and token endpoint, secret specification strings
' are used.  Chilkat automatically retrieves the actual values from
' Windows Credential Manager (Windows) or Apple Keychain (macOS).
' 
' See:
' Secret Specification Strings
jsonAuth.EnableSecrets = True

success = jsonAuth.UpdateString("oauth2.client_id","!!sharepoint|oauth2|client_id")
If (success = True) Then
    success = jsonAuth.UpdateString("oauth2.client_secret","!!sharepoint|oauth2|client_secret")
End If

If (success = True) Then
    success = jsonAuth.UpdateString("oauth2.token_endpoint","!!sharepoint|oauth2|token_endpoint")
End If

If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(jsonAuth.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Request Microsoft Graph permissions that were granted to the application.
jsonAuth.UpdateString("oauth2.scope","https://graph.microsoft.com/.default")

' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim curl As New Chilkat.HttpCurl

' Associate the OAuth2 configuration with HttpCurl.
' 
' When the request is executed, Chilkat automatically obtains an access token
' if needed and adds the Authorization: Bearer header to the HTTP request.
curl.SetAuth(jsonAuth)

' Define variables whose values are already known.
' 
' These variables are referenced in the curl command using
' {{variable_name}} substitution syntax.
curl.SetVar("sharepoint_hostname","example.sharepoint.com")
curl.SetVar("site_name","test")

' The document libraries endpoint requires a Microsoft Graph site ID.
' 
' Because the application only knows the SharePoint site name,
' HttpCurl must first retrieve the corresponding site ID.
' 
' Define a function that can resolve the site_id variable when needed.
' HttpCurl may execute this function automatically if it determines that
' site_id is required by another request.
curl.AddFunction("getSite","GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root:/sites/{{site_name}}")

' Extract the "id" field from the getSite response and store it
' in the HttpCurl variable named "site_id".
' 
' Any later request that references {{site_id}} can use this value.
curl.AddOutput("getSite","id","site_id")

' The target Microsoft Graph request:
' 
' curl -X GET \"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives
' 
' This request returns the document libraries belonging to the site.
' 
' Microsoft Graph refers to document libraries as "drives",
' so each object in the response represents one document library.
' 
' No Authorization header is included because HttpCurl automatically
' adds it when OAuth2 authentication is configured.
Dim curlCommand As String = "curl -X GET ""https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{{site_id}}/drives"""

' Execute the request.
' 
' HttpCurl examines the target curl command and determines that
' the variable {{site_id}} is required.
' 
' Because site_id is not yet known, HttpCurl searches for a function
' capable of producing it.  The getSite function provides the "id"
' output, which is mapped to the site_id variable.
' 
' The execution plan becomes:
' 
'   1) Execute getSite to obtain site_id.
'   2) Substitute {{site_id}} into the target request.
'   3) Execute the drives request.
' 
' The final HTTP response returned by DoYourThing is always the
' response from the target curl command, which is the last step in the plan.
success = curl.DoYourThing(curlCommand)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' A successful Graph response should return HTTP 200.
' Any other status code typically indicates an authentication,
' permission, or resource lookup error.
Dim statusCode As Integer = curl.StatusCode
If (statusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(curl.ResponseBodyStr)
    Debug.WriteLine("status code = " & statusCode)
    Exit Sub
End If


' The response body contains a JSON array named "value".
' Each element of the array describes a SharePoint document library.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.EmitCompact = False
curl.GetResponseJson(json)
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit())

' Iterate over the document libraries returned by Microsoft Graph
' and display selected properties for each library.
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim numDrives As Integer = json.SizeOfArray("value")
While i < numDrives
    json.I = i
    Debug.WriteLine("name: " & json.StringOf("value[i].name"))
    Debug.WriteLine("description: " & json.StringOf("value[i].description"))
    Debug.WriteLine("id: " & json.StringOf("value[i].id"))
    Debug.WriteLine("webUrl: " & json.StringOf("value[i].webUrl"))
    Debug.WriteLine("displayName: " & json.StringOf("value[i].createdBy.user.displayName"))
    Debug.WriteLine("-")
    i = i + 1
End While

Debug.WriteLine("Success.")