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Bilal Fazli's avatar
Bilal Fazli
Copper Contributor
Sep 27, 2016
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SharePoint REST API moveTo URL limitation

Hello community,   I am using SharePoint REST API in SharePoint (Online) 2013 Workflow to move documents b/w different libraries. It was working fine for files with small names but it failed for do...
  • Tony Hignett's avatar
    Tony Hignett
    Mar 24, 2017

    Hi Brent

     

    You can put the newUrl variable in a Dictionary.

    The assign the Dictionary as the parmeters of the Call HTTP web service action.

    The POST method will include it as payload.

     

    then Build {...} Dictionary (Output to Variable: parameters)

     

     

    The pass the Dictionary to the Call HTTP web Service action...

     

    The Call [My Site/MyList/MyItem etc.]/file/MoveTo() HTTP web service with Variable:parameters (Response Content to.....

     

    Hope this helps,

    Tony

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Sep 28, 2016

Hi Bilal,

 

If i am correct you can get the docid and use that one. Only on the move you have to get the stream to put it in the new library.

 

hope it helps.

 

Paul

Brent Ellis's avatar
Brent Ellis
Silver Contributor
Feb 28, 2017

Resurrecting this instead of posting a new one.  I've just come upon this same issue.  Is there no way to work around this?

 

This is a url for a POST that is 296 characters long (and SUCCEEDS) (259 char excluding the tenant) - replaced with b's, x's, and y's to protect the innocent, but the following depicts exact length

https://bbbbbbbbbbbbbb.sharepoint.com/sites/customer/plan/_api/web/lists/getbyid('34b6672e-531e-443e-86a8-eeb17eb9259f')/items(172)/file/moveto(newurl='/sites/xxxxxxxx/yyyy/151/bbb bbbbb bbbbbbb bb (bb) bbbb/bb bbbbbbb bbb bbbbbbbb Reports/Service Reports 2015/2015 Sample Doc Five.docx',flags=1)

This is a url for a POST that is 298 characters long (and FAILS) (261 char excluding the tenant)

https://bbbbbbbbbbbbbb.sharepoint.com/sites/customer/plan/_api/web/lists/getbyid('34b6672e-531e-443e-86a8-eeb17eb9259f')/items(172)/file/moveto(newurl='/sites/customer/plan/151/bbb bbbbb bbbbbbb bb (bb) bbbb/bb bbbbbbb bbb bbbbbbbb Reports/Service Reports 2015/201501 Sample Doc Five.docx',flags=1)

 

There is no way at all to perform this file move using REST?

  • Tony Hignett's avatar
    Tony Hignett
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 24, 2017

    Hi Brent

     

    You can put the newUrl variable in a Dictionary.

    The assign the Dictionary as the parmeters of the Call HTTP web service action.

    The POST method will include it as payload.

     

    then Build {...} Dictionary (Output to Variable: parameters)

     

     

    The pass the Dictionary to the Call HTTP web Service action...

     

    The Call [My Site/MyList/MyItem etc.]/file/MoveTo() HTTP web service with Variable:parameters (Response Content to.....

     

    Hope this helps,

    Tony

    • John Paul Mensah's avatar
      John Paul Mensah
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 19, 2018

      Hi, I know its been a while but could you elaborate a little more on the resolution.  I have run into the same issue using SharePoint 2013 designer workflow.  A screen shot would help.

       

      Thanks

    • Sohail Zafar's avatar
      Sohail Zafar
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 31, 2017
      Perfect. Tony Hignett's solution works for files with Large names.

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