Upload a file to folder in a document libary

Question

I have a java program that uploads a file to a document libary and i have a method that creates a folder. I want the file to be uploaded to the folder but i keeps getting uploaded outside the folder.

If i call the create folder method before the upload file method I get http 403 Forbidden error what could be the problem?

 public void createFolder(String digest) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
        HttpPost request = new HttpPost(
                "http://industrial-ex/sites/tifdemo/_api/Web/Folders/add('enovia/newfolder')");


        request.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;odata=verbose");
        request.addHeader("X-RequestDigest", digest);
        CloseableHttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(target, request, context);
        response.setHeader("Accept", "application/json;odata=verbose");
        System.out.println("STATUS CODE Post Folder: " + response.getStatusLine());

    }

Answer 1

Cannot test this, but would using CredentialsProvider help, assuming you're using NTLM authentication.

public void createFolder(String digest) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
    HttpPost request = new HttpPost(
          "http://industrial-ex/sites/tifdemo/_api/Web/Folders/add('enovia/newfolder')");

    request.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;odata=verbose");
    request.addHeader("X-RequestDigest", digest);

    CredentialsProvider credsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
    credsProvider.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY,
    new NTCredentials("username", "pwd", "", "domain"));
    List<string> authtypes = new ArrayList<string>();
    authtypes.add(AuthPolicy.NTLM);
    httpclient.getParams().setParameter(AuthPNames.TARGET_AUTH_PREF,authtypes);

    localContext.setAttribute(ClientContext.CREDS_PROVIDER, credsProvider);
    CloseableHttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request, localContext);

    response.setHeader("Accept", "application/json;odata=verbose");
    System.out.println("STATUS CODE Post Folder: " + response.getStatusLine());
}