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How to download file from FileCabinet in NetSuite using C#

I need to download text file from FileCabinet in NetSuite. I am able to search for all files in a folder and get back the file size, name and URL. But when I check the 'content' property, it is NULL. How can I download the file locally?
I tried using the URL to download the file using WebClient, but it returns 403 which makes sense.
var result = Client.Service.search(fileSearch);
var recordList = (Record[])result.recordList;
if (recordList != null && recordList.Length != 0)
{
foreach (var item in recordList)
{
var file = (com.netsuite.webservices.File)item;
int fileSize = (int)file.fileSize; // Returns the correct file size
byte[] fileContent = file.content; // NULL reference ??
Console.WriteLine(file.url + " ==== " + file.name );
// How to download the File from the url above??
// Can't do this, 403 error, below client dont use the same security context
//using (var client = new WebClient())
//{
// client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
// client.DownloadFile(baseUrl + file.url, file.name);
//}
}
}
I expected 'content' to contain the file content.

When you execute a search, the search results do not include the contents of the file, but you DO have the file id. Below is an extension method on the NetSuite service to get a file by it's id:
public static NetSuite.File GetFileById(this NetSuiteService ns, int fileId)
{
var file = new NetSuite.File();
var response = ns.get(new RecordRef()
{
type = RecordType.file,
internalId = fileId.ToString(),
typeSpecified = true
});
if (response.status.isSuccess)
{
file = response.record as File;
}
return file;
}
var f = ns.GetFileById(3946);
var path = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), f.name);
var contents = f.content;
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(path, contents);
Console.WriteLine($"Downloaded {f.name}");

Rally C#: How to upload a collection of attachments and associate with a user story?

I have refereed to the other examples on this website, but found a major difference in my method. (Please be patient)
I am trying to iterate over a directory of files and upload each file as an attachment and associate to a user story.
I am only able to attach 1 file for a user story as of now.
I see that every attachment has to be encoded to a base 64 string and it must have a the size in bytes.
Here is my code so far:
public void createUsWithAttachmentList(string workspace, string project, string userStoryName, string userStoryDescription)
{
//authentication
this.EnsureRallyIsAuthenticated();
//DynamicJSONObject for AttachmentContent
DynamicJsonObject myAttachmentContent = new DynamicJsonObject();
//Length calculated from Base64String converted back
int imageNumberBytes = 0;
//Userstory setup
DynamicJsonObject toCreate = new DynamicJsonObject();
toCreate["Workspace"] = workspace;
toCreate["Project"] = project;
toCreate["Name"] = userStoryName;
toCreate["Description"] = userStoryDescription;
//Trying to get a list of all the file paths within a given directory, this directory would contain .png files that need to be associated to a user story.
string[] attachmentPath = Directory.GetFiles("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\RallyAttachments");
This foreach loop is confusing. I am trying to iterate over each file in the directory in order to convert it into a base64 string, and at the same time acquire the number of bytes for each file as an int.
foreach (string fileName in attachmentPath)
{
Image myImage = Image.FromFile(fileName);
string imageBase64String = imageToBase64(myImage, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
imageNumberBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(imageBase64String).Length;
//I am stuck here to be exact because there are multiple imageBase64Strings due to the collection of files located inside the directory. AND the below line is wrong because I have a list of imageBase64Strings that were generated from iterating through the string[] attachmentPath.
myAttachmentContent[RallyField.content] = imageBase64String;
}
try
{
//create user story
CreateResult createUserStory = _api.Create(RallyField.attachmentContent, myAttachmentContent);
//create attachment
CreateResult myAttachmentContentCreateResult = _api.Create(RallyField.attachmentContent, myAttachmentContent);
String myAttachmentContentRef = myAttachmentContentCreateResult.Reference;
//DynamicJSONObject for Attachment Container
//I assume I would need a separate container for each file in my directory containing the attachments.
DynamicJsonObject myAttachment = new DynamicJsonObject();
myAttachment["Artifact"] = createUserStory.Reference;
myAttachment["Content"] = myAttachmentContentRef;
myAttachment["Name"] = "AttachmentFromREST.png";
myAttachment["Description"] = "Email Attachment";
myAttachment["ContentType"] = "image/png";
myAttachment["Size"] = imageNumberBytes;
//create & associate the attachment
CreateResult myAttachmentCreateResult = _api.Create(RallyField.attachment, myAttachment);
Console.WriteLine("Created User Story: " + createUserStory.Reference);
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
Note: I am planning on extending this method to support multiple file types, and I thing I would need to get the file type of each file in the directory and proceed accordingly.
Any ideas on how to go about writing this?

You've got all the parts implemented- we just need to move it around a little bit. Create the story once at the beginning, and then each time through the loop make a new AttachmentContent and a new Attachment for each file.
public void createUsWithAttachmentList(string workspace, string project, string userStoryName, string userStoryDescription)
{
//authentication
this.EnsureRallyIsAuthenticated();
//Userstory setup
DynamicJsonObject toCreate = new DynamicJsonObject();
toCreate["Workspace"] = workspace;
toCreate["Project"] = project;
toCreate["Name"] = userStoryName;
toCreate["Description"] = userStoryDescription;
//Create the story first
try
{
//create user story
CreateResult createUserStory = _api.Create(RallyField.userStory, toCreate);
//now loop over each file
string[] attachmentPath = Directory.GetFiles("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\RallyAttachments");
foreach (string fileName in attachmentPath)
{
//DynamicJSONObject for AttachmentContent
DynamicJsonObject myAttachmentContent = new DynamicJsonObject();
Image myImage = Image.FromFile(fileName);
string imageBase64String = imageToBase64(myImage, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
int imageNumberBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(imageBase64String).Length;
myAttachmentContent[RallyField.content] = imageBase64String;
//create the AttachmentConent
CreateResult myAttachmentContentCreateResult = _api.Create(RallyField.attachmentContent, myAttachmentContent);
String myAttachmentContentRef = myAttachmentContentCreateResult.Reference;
//create an Attachment to associate to story
DynamicJsonObject myAttachment = new DynamicJsonObject();
myAttachment["Artifact"] = createUserStory.Reference;
myAttachment["Content"] = myAttachmentContentRef;
myAttachment["Name"] = "AttachmentFromREST.png";
myAttachment["Description"] = "Email Attachment";
myAttachment["ContentType"] = "image/png";
myAttachment["Size"] = imageNumberBytes;
//create & associate the attachment
CreateResult myAttachmentCreateResult = _api.Create(RallyField.attachment, myAttachment);
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}

How to copy file from one library to another library using CSOM?

I need to copy a particular file from one library to another library.
At first, need to check if file is existing in that library.
If Existing, then need to overwrite file content and new sharepoint version should be updated for that document.
I need to do this using c# CSOM and sharepoint version is 2013.
Thanks in advance :)

public static void CopyDocuments(string srcUrl, string destUrl, string srcLibrary, string destLibrary, Login _login)
{
// set up the src client
SP.ClientContext srcContext = new SP.ClientContext(srcUrl);
srcContext.AuthenticationMode = SP.ClientAuthenticationMode.FormsAuthentication;
srcContext.FormsAuthenticationLoginInfo = new SP.FormsAuthenticationLoginInfo(_login.UserName, _login.Password);
// set up the destination context (in your case there is no needs to create a new context, because it would be the same library!!!!)
SP.ClientContext destContext = new SP.ClientContext(destUrl);
destContext.AuthenticationMode = SP.ClientAuthenticationMode.FormsAuthentication;
destContext.FormsAuthenticationLoginInfo = new SP.FormsAuthenticationLoginInfo(_login.UserName, _login.Password);
// get the list and items
SP.Web srcWeb = srcContext.Web;
SP.List srcList = srcWeb.Lists.GetByTitle(srcLibrary);
SP.ListItemCollection col = srcList.GetItems(new SP.CamlQuery());
srcContext.Load(col);
srcContext.ExecuteQuery();
// get the new list
SP.Web destWeb = destContext.Web;
destContext.Load(destWeb);
destContext.ExecuteQuery();
foreach (var doc in col)
{
try
{
if (doc.FileSystemObjectType == SP.FileSystemObjectType.File)
{
// get the file
SP.File f = doc.File;
srcContext.Load(f);
srcContext.ExecuteQuery();
// build new location url
string nLocation = destWeb.ServerRelativeUrl.TrimEnd('/') + "/" + destLibrary.Replace(" ", "") + "/" + f.Name;
// read the file, copy the content to new file at new location
SP.FileInformation fileInfo = SP.File.OpenBinaryDirect(srcContext, f.ServerRelativeUrl);
SP.File.SaveBinaryDirect(destContext, nLocation, fileInfo.Stream, true);
}
if (doc.FileSystemObjectType == SP.FileSystemObjectType.Folder)
{
// load the folder
srcContext.Load(doc);
srcContext.ExecuteQuery();
// get the folder data, get the file collection in the folder
SP.Folder folder = srcWeb.GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl(doc.FieldValues["FileRef"].ToString());
SP.FileCollection fileCol = folder.Files;
// load everyting so we can access it
srcContext.Load(folder);
srcContext.Load(fileCol);
srcContext.ExecuteQuery();
foreach (SP.File f in fileCol)
{
// load the file
srcContext.Load(f);
srcContext.ExecuteQuery();
string[] parts = null;
string id = null;
if (srcLibrary == "My Files")
{
// these are doc sets
parts = f.ServerRelativeUrl.Split('/');
id = parts[parts.Length - 2];
}
else
{
id = folder.Name;
}
// build new location url
string nLocation = destWeb.ServerRelativeUrl.TrimEnd('/') + "/" + destLibrary.Replace(" ", "") + "/" + id + "/" + f.Name;
// read the file, copy the content to new file at new location
SP.FileInformation fileInfo = SP.File.OpenBinaryDirect(srcContext, f.ServerRelativeUrl);
SP.File.SaveBinaryDirect(destContext, nLocation, fileInfo.Stream, true);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log("File Error = " + ex.ToString());
}
}
}
Source: https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/114033/how-do-i-move-files-from-one-document-library-to-another-using-jsom

I strongly advise against using the approach suggested by Nikerym. You don't want to download the bytes only to upload them unmodified. It's slow and error-prone. Instead, use the built-in method provided by the CSOM API.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/sharepoint-server/mt162553(v=office.15)?redirectedfrom=MSDN
var srcPath = "https://YOUR.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx/SitePages/Page.aspx";
var destPath = $"https://YOUR.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx/SitePages/CopiedPage.aspx";
MoveCopyUtil.CopyFileByPath(ctx, ResourcePath.FromDecodedUrl(srcPath), ResourcePath.FromDecodedUrl(destPath), false, new MoveCopyOptions());
ctx.ExecuteQuery();
You can configure the override behavior by adjusting the 4th and 5th arguments of the function signature.
[...]
bool overwrite,
MoveCopyOptions options
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/sharepoint-server/mt844930(v=office.15)

Why does this Sharepoint Files.Add() result in an I/O Error?

With this code:
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (var doc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 25, 25, 10, 10))
{
//Create a writer that's bound to our PDF abstraction and our
stream
using (var writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, ms))
{
//Open the document for writing
doc.Open();
. . .
}
// File has been generated, now save it
try
{
var bytes = ms.ToArray();
String pdfFileID = GetYYYYMMDDAndUserNameAndAmount();
String pdfFileName = String.Format("DirectPayDynamic_{0}.pdf",
pdfFileID);
String fileFullpath =
Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirector
y), pdfFileName);
String fileLinkBase = "Generated PDF: {1}";
String filelink = String.Format(fileLinkBase, fileFullpath,
pdfFileName);
File.WriteAllBytes(fileFullpath, bytes);
AddVerticalSpace();
var pdflink = new Label
{
CssClass = "finaff-webform-field-label",
Text = filelink
};
this.Controls.Add(pdflink);
// NOTE: This is the new (non-working, exception-throwing) part of the
code, where we're trying to save the PDF file to a Sharepoint Document Library
string destination = String.Format("DirectPayPDFForms/{0}",
pdfFileName);
SPSite siteCollection = new SPSite(siteUrl);
SPWeb site = SPContext.Current.Web;
site.Files.Add(destination, ms); // this is the line that fails
// end of new code
}
catch (DocumentException dex)
{
exMsg = dex.Message;
}
catch (IOException ioex)
{
exMsg = ioex.Message;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
exMsg = ex.Message;
; // for debugging: What is "ex" here?
}
} // using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
} // GeneratePDF
...I get, "I/O Error Occurred" (in the IOException catch block). It is this line:
site.Files.Add(destination, ms);
...that throws the error. Is it my destination, or the memory stream, that is causing the problem? "destination" is the name of the Sharepoint Document Library (DirectPayPDFForms) plus a generated name for the file. Without this new code, the method runs fine and places the PDF file on the server (but that's not where we want it - we need it to go first to a Document Library).
UPDATE
I get the same exception replacing the problematic code block above with a call to this:
private void SavePDFToDocumentLibrary(MemoryStream memstrm)
{
string doclib = "DirectPayPDFForms";
try
{
using (SPSite site = new SPSite(siteUrl))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)
{
SPList list = web.Lists[doclib];
SPListItem spli = list.Items.Add();
spli["Title"] = String.Format("DirectPayPDFForms-{0}-{1}", GetUserId(), GetListTitleTimeStamp());
if (null != memstrm)
{
web.Files.Add(doclib, memstrm);
}
// If this works, update at least some of the fields, such as Created, CreatedBy, etc.
spli.Update();
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
String s = String.Format("Exception is {0}", ex.Message);
}
}
This type of code works in another instance (I can successfully save values to a List this way), so the problem must be something Document-Library-specific. Do I need to save the document to a specific field in the Document Library?
UPDATE 2
I also tried this:
string saveloc = String.Format(#"{0}\{1}", doclib, filename);
...with the same result.
And this:
string saveloc = String.Format(#"{0}\{1}\{2}", siteUrl, doclib, filename);
...which at least provided some variety, exceptioning with, "Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed."
With this:
string saveloc = String.Format("{0}/{1}/{2}", siteUrl, doclib, filename);
...I'm back to the old "I/O Error Occurred" mantra.
UPDATE 3
Since the "AllItems.aspx" page for the Sharepoint site has both "Documents" and "Lists", I am wondering if I should not be using List in this case, but Document. IOW, perhaps my code should be something like:
SPDocTemplateCollection spdoctemplatecoll = web.DocTemplates;
SPDocumentLibrary spdoclib = spdoctemplatecoll[doclib];
SPListItem spli = spdoclib.Items.Add();
...where it is currently:
SPList list = web.Lists[doclib];
SPListItem spli = list.Items.Add();
SPListItem spli = list.Items.Add();
...but that guess misses fire, as it won't compile (I get, "The best overloaded method match for 'Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocTemplateCollection.this[int]' has some invalid arguments" and "Argument 1: cannot convert from 'string' to 'int'")

This works:
. . .
SavePDFToDocumentLibrary(fileFullpath); // instead of trying to send the memory stream, using the file saved on the server
. . .
private void SavePDFToDocumentLibrary(String fullpath)
{
String fileToUpload = fullpath;
String sharePointSite = siteUrl;
String documentLibraryName = "DirectPayPDFForms";
using (SPSite oSite = new SPSite(sharePointSite))
{
using (SPWeb oWeb = oSite.OpenWeb())
{
if (!System.IO.File.Exists(fileToUpload))
{
throw new FileNotFoundException("File not found.", fileToUpload);
}
SPFolder doclib = oWeb.Folders[documentLibraryName];
// Prepare to upload
Boolean replaceExistingFiles = true;
String fileName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(fileToUpload);
FileStream fileStream = File.OpenRead(fileToUpload);
// Upload document
SPFile spfile = doclib.Files.Add(fileName, fileStream, replaceExistingFiles);
// Commit
doclib.Update();
}
}
}
I adapted it from Henry Zucchini's answer here.

updated listitem attributes aren't commiting changes to sharepoint

i'm uploading a document to sharepoint.. however i would like to provide a custom name rather than it inherit the name of the file which im uploading.
my code was based on this solution: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/103503/How-to-upload-download-a-document-in-SharePoint-20.aspx
however this doesnt work.
Additionally, i would also like to provide a title of the file:
so i wanted to update the title:
uploadFile.ListItemAllFields.FieldValues["Title"] = "my custom title";
However, once the file has completed its upload..i login to sharepoint and notice the title hasnt been applied.
how can i intergrate uploading the file and applying a new name?
many thanks,
EDIT:
using (var clientContext = GetNewContext())
{
var uploadLocation = string.Format("{0}{1}/{2}", SiteUrl, Helpers.ListNames.RequestedDocuments, Path.GetFileName(document));
//Get Document List
var documentslist = clientContext.Web.Lists.GetByTitle(Helpers.ListNames.RequestedDocuments);
var fileCreationInformation = new FileCreationInformation
{
Content = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(document), //Assign to content byte[] i.e. documentStream
Overwrite = true, //Allow owerwrite of document
Url = uploadLocation //Upload URL,
};
var uploadFile = documentslist.RootFolder.Files.Add(fileCreationInformation);
uploadFile.ListItemAllFields.FieldValues["Title"] = title;
uploadFile.ListItemAllFields.Update();
clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
}
site.SubmitChanges(ConflictMode.FailOnFirstConflict, true);

You are missing a call to clientContext.Load after you add the file to the Files collection. See these blog posts for more information:
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/code/965/programmatically-upload-document-using-client-object-model-in-sharepoint.aspx
https://zimmergren.net/sp-2010-uploading-files-using-the-client-om-in-sharepoint-2010/
This code sample is from the first blog post linked above:
public Boolean UploadDocument(String fileName, String filePath, List metaDataList)
{
SP.ClientContext ctx = new SP.ClientContext("http: //yoursharepointURL");
Web web = ctx.Web;
FileCreationInformation newFile = new FileCreationInformation();
newFile.Content = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(#"C: \TestFile.doc");
newFile.Url = " / " + fileName;
List docs = web.Lists.GetByTitle("Shared Documents");
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File uploadFile = docs.RootFolder.Files.Add(newFile);
context.Load(uploadFile);
context.ExecuteQuery();
SPClient.ListItem item = uploadFile.ListItemAllFields;
//Set the metadata
string docTitle = string.Empty;
item["Title"] = docTitle;
item.Update();
context.ExecuteQuery();
}

Are you calling Update after setting the field values?
uploadFile.ListItemAllFields.Update();

instead of setting:
uploadFile.ListItemAllFields.FieldValues["Title"] = title;
uploadFile.ListItemAllFields.Update();
set it as follows:
uploadFile.ListItemAllFields["Title"] = title;
uploadFile.ListItemAllFields.Update();