I have a Folder whose folder structure must be cloned to another folder in another document library.
Is it possible to do something like using file/folder REST API
/_api/web/getfolderbyserverrelativeurl('{0}')/folder/copyto(destinationpath)
or List REST API
/_api/web/lists(guid'{0}')/items({1})/copyto(destiation list/item)
Yes it is possible using this endpoint: site/_api/SP.MoveCopyUtil.CopyFolderByPath() and the right parameters as you can see below:
var postData = {
"srcPath":{
"__metadata":{
"type":"SP.ResourcePath"
},
"DecodedUrl":"https://example.com/sites/<siteName>/folder/<FolderToCopy>"
},
"destPath":{
"__metadata":{
"type":"SP.ResourcePath"
},
"DecodedUrl":"https://example.com/sites/<siteName>/folder/<NameOfNewFolder>"
},
"options":{
"__metadata":{
"type":"SP.MoveCopyOptions"
},
"ResetAuthorAndCreatedOnCopy":true,
"ShouldBypassSharedLocks":true
}
};
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "https://example.com/sites/<siteName>/_api/SP.MoveCopyUtil.CopyFolderByPath()",
data: JSON.stringify(postData),
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose",
"X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val()
},
contentType: "application/json; odata=verbose",
success: function (data) {
console.log(data);
}
});
I hope this will help someone in the future.
I haven`t tested the complete code but seems should work for your scenario.
<<web url>>/_api/web/getfilebyserverrelativeurl('/subsite/Shared%20Documents/sample.txt')/copyTo('/subsite/Shared%20Documents/sample1.txt')
The above one is POST end point.
I don`t see any CopyTo end point for folder.
MSDN reference for Folder and File end points
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn450841.aspx#bk_Folder
