C# – Copying with webclient to sharepoint document library question

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When I copy to a sharepoint document library using webclient, should the URL contain the destination filename or not?

For example:

client.UploadFile("http://site/projects/project/documentLibrary/subfolder/" , "PUT", attachmentFileName );

client.UploadFile("http://site/projects/project/documentLibrary/subfolder/" + attachmentFileName , "PUT", attachmentFileName );

Can't figure out which one works – because right now neither work for me

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The URL MUST include the destination path.

The issue I was facing was easy to overlook, I was including the full file path in the URL, not just the file name.

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R – Upload document to specific folder in a SharePoint Document library using WebClient

With your code I just added /Emails/ to the projectUrl and the upload worked just fine. Have you tried that? Maybe you have permission problem.

Find out the URL for the document library of a SharePoint document

The SPWeb object has a GetFile method, which takes the full file url.

SPFile file = web.GetFile(yoururl);

Now it's easy to get to the SPList's url, by using the following:

string listUrl = file.Item.ParentList.DefaultViewUrl;

So, in a method together:

public string GetListUrlFromFileUrl(string fullFileUrl)
{
  using (SPSite site = new SPSite(fullFileUrl))
  {
    using(SPWeb myWeb = site.OpenWeb())
    {
      SPFile file = myWeb.GetFile(fullFileUrl);
      return file.Item.ParentList.DefaultViewUrl;
    }
  }
}

Make sure to reference Microsoft.Sharepoint.dll in your project as well.

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R – Upload document to specific folder in a SharePoint Document library using WebClient

Find out the URL for the document library of a SharePoint document

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