The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized: While uploading file in document library using App Based Token Authentication

Question

I am trying to upload a document to the document library using App Based Token authentication in SharePoint Online.

I have referred following link to set up the App Based token and the token successfull worked when I try to read any thing from the site.

But when I try to upload a file using following code,

string file = @"Path Of the file";
System.IO.FileStream fs = new System.IO.FileStream(file, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read);
using (var ctx = new AuthenticationManager().GetAppOnlyAuthenticatedContext(siteUrl, "CLIENTID","CLIENTSECRET"))
{
    try
    {
        ctx.Load(ctx.Web, p => p.Title);
                     ctx.ExecuteQuery();
                        Console.WriteLine(ctx.Web.Title);
                     Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(ctx, "RelativePathToDocumentLibrary" + "/test.docx", fs, false);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                }
}

It gives me error of

{"The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized."}

Any suggestion or reference link is most welcome.

Answer 1

The issue is that the SaveBinaryDirect method does not support app-based authentication. You should use either SharePointOnlineCredentials for your ClientContext or upload files with FileCreationInformation:

FileCreationInformation fci = new FileCreationInformation();
fci.Content = data;
fci.Url = url;

Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File file = list.RootFolder.Files.Add(fci);
context.Load(file);
context.ExecuteQuery();