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Jon Ivar Kleveland's avatar
Jon Ivar Kleveland
Copper Contributor
Mar 17, 2017
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Copy documents between libraries with js pnp

Hi, I'm looking for some samples using PnP js to copy documents between libraries in SPO. (I've tries Binging etc...)     Any?
  • Andrew Koltyakov's avatar
    Andrew Koltyakov
    Mar 19, 2017

    Hi there,

    It can be done with `copyTo` method. With pnp-core-js:

     

    $pnp.sp.web
  .getFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/dev01/DocLib01/tttt/Development and Deployment Guidelines.pdf')
  .copyTo('/sites/dev01/DocLib03/Development and Deployment Guidelines.pdf', true)
  .then(function(res) { 
    console.log(res); 
  });

     

    Which constructs POST request to the following REST endpoint:

     

    /_api/web
  /getfilebyserverrelativeurl('[server relative url of the file to copy')
  /copyto(
        strnewurl='[server reletive url where to copy, including file name]',
        boverwrite=true)

     

    --

    Cheers,

    Andrew

Andrew Koltyakov's avatar
Andrew Koltyakov
MVP
Mar 19, 2017

Hi there,

It can be done with `copyTo` method. With pnp-core-js:

 

$pnp.sp.web
  .getFileByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/dev01/DocLib01/tttt/Development and Deployment Guidelines.pdf')
  .copyTo('/sites/dev01/DocLib03/Development and Deployment Guidelines.pdf', true)
  .then(function(res) { 
    console.log(res); 
  });

 

Which constructs POST request to the following REST endpoint:

 

/_api/web
  /getfilebyserverrelativeurl('[server relative url of the file to copy')
  /copyto(
    strnewurl='[server reletive url where to copy, including file name]',
    boverwrite=true)

 

--

Cheers,

Andrew

  • brainstorm160's avatar
    brainstorm160
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 19, 2021

    Andrew Koltyakov 

    Thank you for your answer

    I used your method with sp pnp like below

      sp.web.getFileByServerRelativeUrl(attachments.ServerRelativeUrl)
                      .copyTo('(siteName)/TestDocuments/',false)
                          .then(result => {
                            console.log("Uploaded Document", result)
                          })
        However, it is constructed Get request not Post.  As a result I face the following error message
     
    The HTTP method 'GET' cannot be used to access the resource 'CopyTo'. The operation type of the resource is specified as 'Default'. Please use correct HTTP method to invoke the resource
     
    How can I fix this issue?
     
    Thank you so much ahead                
  • Vandana Chadha's avatar
    Vandana Chadha
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 07, 2018

    Hello,

     

    How can we maintain versioning in the target library while copying the files from Source to target, if the target library has versioning enable. Please suggest!

    Thanks!!

    • Nigel_Price9911's avatar
      Nigel_Price9911
      Iron Contributor
      Feb 08, 2018

      bump - any progress on this ?

  • Jon Ivar Kleveland's avatar
    Jon Ivar Kleveland
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 21, 2017

    Thanks!

     

    A second question...is it possible to use pnp-core-js to copy file(s) to a doc lib in another sitecollection, too?

    • Andrew Koltyakov's avatar
      Andrew Koltyakov
      MVP
      Mar 21, 2017

      Hi Jon,

       

      Nope, it doesn't seem to be possible with REST.

      CopyTo method works within single SPWeb.

       

      Though, it's possible to get a file's blob/buffer and metadata and create a new document in other SPSite/SPWeb using REST and pnp js core.

      • Jon Ivar Kleveland's avatar
        Jon Ivar Kleveland
        Copper Contributor
        Mar 24, 2017

        Thanks.

         

        Just would be nice to not transfer the document to the client and back. But we then have to make the solution in Azure...

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