Office365-rest-python-client: How can i upload a file to sharepoint ?

I've only used the ClientRequest class to do this.

   def upload_binary_file(self, file):
        """Attempt to upload a binary file to SharePoint"""

        folder_url = "folder_to_upload_to"
        text_file = basename(file.name)
        full_url = "{0}/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('{1}')/Files/add(url='{2}', overwrite=true)".format(self.base_url, folder_url, text_file)
        options = RequestOptions(full_url)
        context = ClientContext(full_url, self.ctx_auth)
        options.set_header('Accept', 'application/json; odata=verbose')
        options.set_header('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
        options.set_header('Content-Length', str(os.path.getsize(file.name)))
        options.set_header('X-RequestDigest', YOUR_FORM_DIGEST)
        options.method = 'POST'
        file_name = file.name        
        with open(file_name, 'rb') as outfile:

            # instead of executing the query directly, we'll try to go around
            # and set the json data explicitly

            context.authenticate_request(options)

            data = requests.post(url=full_url, data=outfile, headers=options.headers, auth=options.auth)
            if data.status_code == 200:
                # our file has uploaded successfully
                # let's return the URL
                base_site = data.json()['d']['Properties']['__deferred']['uri'].split("/sites")[0]
                relative_url = data.json()['d']['ServerRelativeUrl'].replace(' ', '%20')

                return base_site + relative_url
            else:
                return "Log Failed to Upload" 

@benpolinsky Thanks for posting the snippets i eventually got it working. I had trouble getting the form digest at first, but once i figured out how to do that it worked.

from office365.runtime.auth.authentication_context import AuthenticationContext
from office365.sharepoint.client_context import ClientContext
from office365.runtime.utilities.request_options import RequestOptions

from office365.sharepoint.file_creation_information import FileCreationInformation
from settings import settings
import requests
import os
from os.path import basename


ctx_auth = AuthenticationContext(url=settings['url'])
if ctx_auth.acquire_token_for_user(username=settings['username'], password=settings['password']):
    upload_binary_file("c:\temp\myfile.txt",ctx_auth)

def upload_binary_file(file_path, ctx_auth):
    """Attempt to upload a binary file to SharePoint"""

    base_url = settings['url']
    folder_url = "MyFolder"
    file_name = basename(file_path)
    files_url ="{0}/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('{1}')/Files/add(url='{2}', overwrite=true)"
    full_url = files_url.format(base_url, folder_url, file_name)

    options = RequestOptions(settings['url'])
    context = ClientContext(settings['url'], ctx_auth)
    context.request_form_digest()

    options.set_header('Accept', 'application/json; odata=verbose')
    options.set_header('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
    options.set_header('Content-Length', str(os.path.getsize(file_path)))
    options.set_header('X-RequestDigest', context.contextWebInformation.form_digest_value)
    options.method = 'POST'

    with open(file_path, 'rb') as outfile:

        # instead of executing the query directly, we'll try to go around
        # and set the json data explicitly

        context.authenticate_request(options)

        data = requests.post(url=full_url, data=outfile, headers=options.headers, auth=options.auth)

        if data.status_code == 200:
            # our file has uploaded successfully
            # let's return the URL
            base_site = data.json()['d']['Properties']['__deferred']['uri'].split("/sites")[0]
            relative_url = data.json()['d']['ServerRelativeUrl'].replace(' ', '%20')

            return base_site + relative_url
        else:
            return data.json()['error']

I'd prefer to have a simple api to upload a file to sharepoint. This is way too complex.

@attibalazs Thanks for the script. I did run into the following error and currently stuck here:

File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\office365\runtime\auth\saml_token_provider.py", line 65, in get_authentication_cookie
return 'FedAuth=' + self.FedAuth + '; rtFa=' + self.rtFa
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects

Did you also need to use a client id and client secret in addition to the SP Online url, username and password?

Thanks for this @attibalazs . It worked great for me.

I have doubt.. Does this code work for organisation accounts like [email protected] or we need to have a proper office365 account like [email protected] ?

Hi, I used @attibalazs script, which seems to work well until I try to upload data in Sharepoint :
data = requests.post(url=full_url, data=outfile, headers=options.headers, auth=options.auth)

I got 403 status. Is there something I should change in my office account config to get rights to write in Sharepoint in this way ?

@attibalazs
use API. status = ctx_auth.acquire_token_for_app() instead of status=ctx_auth.acquire_token_for_user(username, password)
and install packge . pip install -U certifi

Hello, I added some adjustments to your code that are working for me:

I am trying to upload a file to sharepoint, am I on the right path ?

```
def upload_file(ctx, listTitle, path):
list_obj = ctx.web.lists.get_by_title(listTitle)
folder = list_obj.root_folder
ctx.load(folder)
ctx.execute_query()

files = folder.files
    ctx.load(files)
    ctx.execute_query()

with open(path, 'rb') as f:
    content = f.read()
    file_creation_information = FileCreationInformation()
    file_creation_information.overwrite = True
       file_creation_information.url = os.path.basename(path)
    file_creation_information.content = content
    file_new = files.add(file_creation_information)
       ctx.load(files)
       ctx.execute_query()

Greetings,

I propose to close this one since it has been answered.

To summarize:

the recommended way to upload a file into SharePoint library is demonstrated below:

#read a local file
path = "../tests/data/SharePoint User Guide.docx"
with open(path, 'rb') as content_file:
    file_content = content_file.read()

#upload it into Documents library
target_folder = context.web.lists.get_by_title("Documents").rootFolder
info = FileCreationInformation()
info.content = file_content
info.url = os.path.basename(path)
info.overwrite = True
target_file = target_folder.files.add(info)
context.execute_query()

But if file is larger than 2 MB then file needs to be uploaded as set of chunks:

ctx = ClientContext(site_url, ctx_auth)
size_1Mb = 1000000
local_path = "./data/big_buck_bunny.mp4"
target_url = "/Shared Documents"
result_file = ctx.web.get_folder_by_server_relative_url(target_url).files.create_upload_session(local_path, size_1Mb, print_upload_progress)
ctx.execute_query()
print('File {0} has been uploaded successfully'.format(result_file.properties['ServerRelativeUrl']))

where

def print_upload_progress(offset):
    print("Uploaded '{0}' bytes...".format(offset))

If you prefer to construct a upload request by yourself then the snippets provided by @attibalazs and @benpolinsky is a way to go.

Vadim