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I created a new file in a document library. The file will usually overwrite an existing file and for that process to happen, the file will need to be checked out.

The problem is when I call the checkIn end point, the file does not checkin. Even if I call it multiple times. It does not return any error, but the file remains checked out to myself.

Here is the query I am running:

https://SHAREPOINTURL/_api/web/getfilebyserverrelativeurl('/sites/demo007/pages/default.aspx')/checkIn(comment='Checked in during migration.',checkintype=1)

The required headers for POST request are also in place, considering I recently created that file.

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    Please share your code – Robert Lindgren Jul 20 '16 at 11:53
  • Added the query to the question – prog_24 Jul 20 '16 at 11:56
  • I couldn't get to work with REST, but did not try long enough because I had a JSOM solution working, with JSOM it is .checkIn( [text] , [majorversion] ) followed by .publish( [Text] ) Maybe REST needs 2 calls as well? – Danny '365CSI' Engelman Jul 20 '16 at 12:04
  • I have chained checkIn and Publish in my code. $newFile->checkIn(trans('app.checkin_message'), 1); $newFile->publish(trans('app.checkin_message')); No difference – prog_24 Jul 20 '16 at 12:12
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Turns out, the comment is very important. My previous comment was "Checked in during Migration." I believe the extra "." was causing the issue. When I changed the checkin comment to "Migration", it worked.

The checkin endpoint does not like any special characters including spaces. The same goes for the approve and publish endpoints. "Migration-Message" seems to work fine.

Keep the comment simple.

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