Copy file to sharepoint

Question

Below is my method which is meant to copy a file from a folder on my desktop to the sharepoint document library shared documents.

Its giving me error on SaveChanges method call, error shows me this

"There is no file with URL 'http://---------/division1/shared documents/strikers_logo.jpg' in this Web " "An error occurred while processing this request."

 public void copytosharepoint()
        {
            try
            {
                ChsmainDataContext sharePoint = new ChsmainDataContext(new Uri("http://rajum-pc:40613/_vti_bin/listdata.svc"));
                sharePoint.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

                using (FileStream file = File.Open(@"C:\Users\rmirani\Downloads" + workflowProperties.Item.File.Name, FileMode.Open))
                {

                    string path = "/division1/shared documents/"+workflowProperties.Item.File.Name;
                    string contentType = workflowProperties.Item.ContentType.Name;

                    SharedDocumentsItem documentItem = new SharedDocumentsItem()
                    {
                        ContentType = contentType,
                        Name = workflowProperties.Item.File.Name,
                        Path = path,
                        Title = workflowProperties.Item.File.Title
                    };

                    sharePoint.AddToSharedDocuments(documentItem);

                    sharePoint.SetSaveStream(documentItem, file, false, contentType, path);

                    sharePoint.SaveChanges();
                }

                // stream.Flush();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                SPDiagnosticsService.Local.WriteTrace(0, new SPDiagnosticsCategory("RHM Test Logs", TraceSeverity.Unexpected, EventSeverity.Error), TraceSeverity.Unexpected, ex.Message, null);

            }
        }

Answer 1

Apologies for not giving direct answer, but an alternative suggestion instead.

Would using copy.asmx be option?

"The copy web service enables you to create new documents and send the metadata for indexing in one call."

public static void CreateNewDocumentWithCopyService(string destUrl, string filename, byte[] fileContent) 
    { 
      CopySoapClient c = new CopySoapClient();
      c.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

      byte[] myBinary = fileContent;
      string destination = destUrl + "/" + filename; 
      string[] destinationUrl = { destination }; 

      CopyService.FieldInformation info1 = new CopyService.FieldInformation(); 
      info1.DisplayName = "Title"; 
      info1.InternalName = "Title"; 
      info1.Type = CopyService.FieldType.Text; 
      info1.Value = "new title"; 

      CopyService.FieldInformation info2 = new CopyService.FieldInformation(); 
      info2.DisplayName = "Modified By"; 
      info2.InternalName = "Editor"; 
      info2.Type = CopyService.FieldType.User; 
      //info2.Value = "-1;#servername\\testmoss"; 
      info2.Value = "-1;servername\\alex";

      CopyService.FieldInformation[] info = { info1, info2 }; 
      CopyService.CopyResult resultTest = new CopyService.CopyResult(); 
      CopyService.CopyResult[] result = { resultTest }; 

      try 
      { 

        //c.CopyIntoItems(destination, destinationUrl, info, myBinary, out result); 
        //c.CopyIntoItemsAsync(destination, destinationUrl, info, myBinary);
      } 
      catch (Exception ex) 
      { 

      } 

    }

Alternate code:

string file = "C:\Users\rmirani\Downloads" + workflowProperties.Item.File.Name;
    CreateNewDocumentWithCopyService(file);

    public static void CreateNewDocumentWithCopyService(string fileName)
            {
                copyservice.Copy c = new copyservice.Copy();
                c.Url = "http://rajum-pc:40613/_vti_bin/copy.asmx";
                c.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

                byte[] myBinary = File.ReadAllBytes(fileName);
                string destination = "http://rajum-pc:40613/division1/shared documents/" + workflowProperties.Item.File.Name;
                string[] destinationUrl = { destination };

                copyservice.FieldInformation info1 = new copyservice.FieldInformation();
                info1.DisplayName = "Title";
                info1.InternalName = "Title";
                info1.Type = copyservice.FieldType.Text;
                info1.Value = "new title";

                copyservice.FieldInformation info2 = new copyservice.FieldInformation();
                info2.DisplayName = "Modified By";
                info2.InternalName = "Editor";
                info2.Type = copyservice.FieldType.User;
                info2.Value = "-1;#servername\\testmoss";

                copyservice.FieldInformation[] info = { info1, info2 };
                copyservice.CopyResult resultTest = new copyservice.CopyResult();
                copyservice.CopyResult[] result = { resultTest };

                try
                {
                    //When creating new content use the same URL in the SourceURI as in the Destination URL argument

                    c.CopyIntoItems(destination, destinationUrl, info, myBinary, out result);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {

                }

            }

From: http://sharepointfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2009/09/uploading-content-into-sharepoint-let.html

Answer 2

The contenttype parameter in the SetSaveStream expects a valid Mime type, which is ideally the type of file you are uploading, if you are not sure then I would recommend using "*/*" instead.

Your modified code should look like

sharePoint.AddToSharedDocuments(documentItem);

sharePoint.SetSaveStream(documentItem, file, false, "*/*", path);

sharePoint.SaveChanges();