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

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If i know the URL for a document, can I find the URL for sharepoint document library in which the document is present. The following are two sample URLs for a SharePoint site. The first document is present under the root of a document library. The second document is present under a folder "folder1" within the document library. Appreciate if there is anyway to know the URL for a document library (http:///sites/site1/DocLib/Forms/AllItems.aspx).

http:///sites/site1/DocLib/a.doc
http:///sites/site1/DocLib/folder1/a.doc

Thanks for your replies. I am looking for a solution with MOSS OOTB web service or based on the URL pattern. Can we use any of these to acheive this please?

Thanks.

Best Answer

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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I would seriously consider going with propfind (webdav). I can't give you an exact answer on how to check for file or document library or list, but I can post a function that can serve as a base for something you might implement... here it is....

/// <summary>
        /// Checks if MOSS resource exists.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url">
        /// The url to the resource.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// True or false.
        /// </returns>
        /// <exception cref="Exception">
        /// </exception>
        private bool MossResourceExists(string url)
        {
            // Create the web request object
            var oReq = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create(url);

            // Set the needed properties
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            oReq.AllowAutoRedirect = true;
            oReq.UserAgent = "Microsoft-WebDAV-MiniRedir/6.1.7600";

            try
            {
                // Enumerate through top level only, increasing the depth will find children.
                oReq.Headers["Depth"] = "0";
                oReq.Headers["translate"] = "f";
                var oRequest = new StreamWriter(oReq.GetRequestStream());
                oRequest.WriteLine();
                oRequest.Close();
                oReq.GetResponse();
                ////done with the webclient stuff, check the results

                //var oMyDoc = new XmlDocument();
                //oMyDoc.LoadXml(sResponse);
                //var oNsMgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(oMyDoc.NameTable);
                //oNsMgr.AddNamespace("D", "DAV:");

                //XmlNodeList oAllResponses = oMyDoc.SelectNodes(".//D:multistatus/D:response", oNsMgr);

                //foreach (XmlNode oNode in oAllResponses)
                //{
                //    if ()
                //    string oNodeURL = oNode.SelectSingleNode("./D:href", oNsMgr).InnerText.ToLower()
                //    Console.WriteLine("Name: " + 
                //                      oNode.SelectSingleNode("./D:propstat/D:prop/D:displayname",
                //                      oNsMgr).InnerText);

                //    if (oNode.SelectNodes("./D:propstat/D:prop/D:isFolder", oNsMgr).Count > 0)
                //    {
                //        Console.WriteLine("Is folder: " +
                //                oNode.SelectSingleNode("./D:propstat/D:prop/D:isFolder",
                //                oNsMgr).InnerText);
                //    }
                //    else
                //    {
                //        Console.WriteLine("Is folder: f");
                //    }
                //    Console.WriteLine();
                //}
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                var errorResponse = ex.Response as HttpWebResponse;

                if (errorResponse != null)
                    if (errorResponse.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
                    {
                        return false;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        throw new Exception("Error checking if URL exists:" + url + ";Status Code:" +
                                            errorResponse.StatusCode + ";Error Message:" + ex.Message);
                    }
            }
            return true;
}

R – MOSS web service to find out if a user has access to a document library

Nothing OOB with MOSS 2007/ WSS 3.0
Check out SharePoint Sushi for a useful library that may help you either as a starting point or as a component in your final solution.

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