Copy file

The following example shows you how to copy and move (rename) files.

C# example

using System;
using System.Net;
using Independentsoft.Share;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                Service service = new Service("https://independentsoft.sharepoint.com", "username", "password");
                
                bool copySuccess = service.CopyFile("/Shared Documents/Test.docx", "/Shared Documents/MyTestFolder/Test.docx");

                Console.WriteLine("Copy success = " + copySuccess);

                bool moveSuccess = service.MoveFile("/Shared Documents/Test.docx", "/Shared Documents/NewFileName.docx");

                Console.WriteLine("Move/Rename success = " + moveSuccess);

                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (ServiceException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorCode);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorString);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.RequestUrl);
                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports Independentsoft.Share

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Try
                Dim service As New Service("https://independentsoft.sharepoint.com", "username", "password")
                

                Dim copySuccess = service.CopyFile("/Shared Documents/Test.docx", "/Shared Documents/MyTestFolder/Test.docx")

                Console.WriteLine("Copy success = " & copySuccess)

                Dim moveSuccess = service.MoveFile("/Shared Documents/Test.docx", "/Shared Documents/NewFileName.docx")

                Console.WriteLine("Move/Rename success = " & moveSuccess)

                Console.Read()

            Catch ex As ServiceException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorCode)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorString)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.RequestUrl)
                Console.Read()
            Catch ex As WebException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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