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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

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

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

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
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
  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...