Schedule import of local folder to Sharepoint library

Question

We have Sharepoint Server 2010 Enterprise SP1, inside this normal Document Library. We have application that stores files directoly to local server c:\files\*.pdf .

Is there any code-less solution that will schedule and every 1 minute check for files on local server c:\files\*.pdf and if they exists copy and delete (move) them to sharepoint library to given URL (https://mycorpsp:987/mydoclib) ?

Thank you

Answer 1

no i don't think there is a codeless solution to this.. you most likely will have to do this via custom code.

You could create an console application which checks for files in the local folder, and if they do upload it to SharePoint and then set this application as Windows Scheduled Task with an Interval of 1min.

Another option would be implementing it using the FileSystemWatcher class. It fires when specific events happen in a directory like FileAdded, FileDeleted etc. You could hook into this events and perform the upload.

Maybe it's also possible to alter the application which stores the files so, that it uses the SharePoint WebServices directly, instead of saving the files to a local directory.

Upload document to SharePoint programmatically