I need to upload files from Unix directory into SharePoint 2010. This has turned out to be a mountain that I am having significant difficulty climbing, please assist, sample codes will be appreciated. My options are to use either a bash script, java or python code to get this working. A bonus would be also copy files from SharePoint back to Unix.
Thanks
Haven't tested it myself yet, but this seems to be promising for python: sharepy
There is an example about how to download a file.
If server-side javascript is an option, I would recommend request-sp. I make most calls with it and authentication is supplied by username:password.
Most file operations can be done with the REST interface of SharePoint. As you said, authentication can be a bit tricky.
You can upload a file by POST-ing to this url
example.sharepoint.com/_api/web/lists/getbytitle("LIST_NAME")/rootfolder/files/add
You have to add your file to the buffer of the POST-request.
Additional properties could be set with a merge request, but I have never done that so I am not sure about it.
SharePoint provides web services. Your case you can use Copy service end point.
Here is an example of how to do this in Java http://www.javaworld.com/article/2078906/enterprise-java/java-tip-consuming-sharepoint-web-services-with-a-java-client.html
protected void uploadDocument(CopySoap port, String sourceUrl) throws Exception {
File f = new File(sourceUrl);
logger.debug("Uploading: " + f.getName());
String url = getProperties().getProperty("copy.location") + f.getName();
DestinationUrlCollection destinationUrlCollection = new DestinationUrlCollection();
destinationUrlCollection.getString().add(url);
if(getProperties().getProperty("copy.location2") != null){
url = getProperties().getProperty("copy.location2") + f.getName();
destinationUrlCollection.getString().add(url);
}
FieldInformation titleFieldInformation = new FieldInformation();
titleFieldInformation.setDisplayName("Title");
titleFieldInformation.setType(FieldType.TEXT);
titleFieldInformation.setValue(f.getName());
FieldInformationCollection fields = new FieldInformationCollection();
fields.getFieldInformation().add(titleFieldInformation);
CopyResultCollection results = new CopyResultCollection();
Holder resultHolder = new Holder(results);
Holder longHolder = new Holder(new Long(-1));
//make the call to upload
port.copyIntoItems(sourceUrl, destinationUrlCollection, fields, readAll(f), longHolder,resultHolder);
//does not seem to change based on different CopyResults
logger.debug("Long holder: " + longHolder.value);
//do something meaningful here
for (CopyResult copyResult : resultHolder.value.getCopyResult()) {
logger.debug("Destination: " + copyResult.getDestinationUrl());
logger.debug("Error Message: " + copyResult.getErrorMessage());
logger.debug("Error Code: " + copyResult.getErrorCode());
if(copyResult.getErrorCode() != CopyErrorCode.SUCCESS)
throw new Exception("Upload failed for: " + copyResult.getDestinationUrl() + " Message: "
+ copyResult.getErrorMessage() + " Code: " + copyResult.getErrorCode() );
}
}
