How to get dynamic url of file uploaded to sharepoint using python? - python-3.x

Question

My code does following tasks on daily basis:
Create a date folder on sharepoint.DONE
Create a category folder in the date folder of sharepoint. DONE
Upload a file in respective category folder. DONE
4. Find the url of file. PENDING
Send the url on email. DONE
def upload_files(base_url, site, access_token, fileName, filePath, fileFolderUrl):
try:
fileHandle = open(filePath, 'rb')
#fileFolderUrl = f'Shared Documents/Output/{subFolder}'
requestFileUploadUrl = f"{base_url}/{site}/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('{fileFolderUrl}')/Files/add(url='{fileName}',overwrite=true)"
headers = {
'Accept':'application/json; odata=verbose',
'Content-Type':'application/json; odata=verbose',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {}'.format(access_token)
}
uploadFileResult = requests.post(requestFileUploadUrl, headers=headers, data=fileHandle)
if uploadFileResult.status_code == 200:
return "success"
else:
return "failure"
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error in uploading files to sharepoint:{e}")
return "error"
Can someone please help me understand the process to obtain the url of this file that I am required to upload in dynamically created folders on sharepoint using python3+?
So,the structure is : SharedDocuments/Output/Today's Date/CategoryA/file.xlsx

Answer 1

One solution could be to create the URL manually as you already know the url, the site and the name of the file.
I figure out that you can create the link to share a file with this pattern :
<base_url>/<site>/<FileFolderUrl>/<File>?&web=1
For example : https://company.sharepoint.com/sites/test/Documents%20partages/testing.jpg?&web=1
It works only for people that already have access it.
I have not yet tested in an automatic solution but only by hand in an empirical way

Answer 2

I know it's been a long while but was scrolling through it today and thought of answering it. Hope it can be helpful to someone in the future.
def get_out_file_url(base_url, site, access_token, file_folder, fileName):
"""
These are random examples of file_folder and base_url
file_folder = 'Shared Documents/Output/Dated/Category'
base_url = 'https://company.sharepoint.com'
"""
requestFileGetUrl = f'{base_url}/sites/{site}/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl(\'' + fileUrl + '/'+ '\')/files?$filter'
headers = {
'Accept':'application/json; odata=verbose',
'Content-Type':'application/json; odata=verbose',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {}'.format(access_token)
}
getFileResult = requests.get(requestFileGetUrl, headers=headers)
values = getFileResult.json()
fileData = values['d']['results']
for key in fileData:
if key['Name'] == fileName:
fileURLLink = key['ServerRelativeUrl']
fileCreatedTime = key['TimeCreated']
fileLastModified = key['TimeLastModified']
fileNewUrl = base_url + urllib.parse.quote(fileURLLink)
return fileNewUrl
else:
return file_folder