File upload to Sharepoint using curl failing

Question

Good day

I hope you are well

I need to transfer a file from a unix system to Sharepoint but I'm having a variety off issues. I have tried to follow the recommendations I have found on Microsoft as well as Google to no avail. The typical error seems to be HTTPS 403 (Forbidden) . I am using user /password authentication. The browser interface works to Sharepoint so I know the credentials are working

The URL I'm using is

curl -v -u user:password -d @myPDF.pdf https://my.sharepoint.com/site/path/AllItems.aspx/myPDF.pdf -H "Content-type:application/pdf"

By the way: If I don't use the @file curl complains that the file does not exist

I have tested this on Linux and Solaris SPARC and do not get any joy. Alas Sharepoint does not support SFTP.

Any Assistance in this regard will be gratefully accepted.

Many Thanks

Kind regards

Leon

Answer 1

Hi @Leon Pappadopoulos，

As far as I know

403 error usually caused by your permissions to the folder haven’t replicated correctly on the server.

Maybe you can try this

curl --ntlm --user user:password --upload-file myPDF.pdf https://my.sharepoint.com/site/path/myPDF.pdf -H "Content-type:application/pdf"

However, during my investigation, I found that it may not necessarily be supported:

https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/205271/use-curl-to-upload-files-to-sharepoint-online

I think Power shell might be a better choice：

Here is a link for your referece:

https://theitbros.com/powershell-upload-file-to-sharepoint/

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Best Regards

Cheng Feng

Answer 2

Hi Cheng Feng

Apologies for the late reply.

Thank you so much for all your efforts. Not sure what the issue was with curl but I abandoned curl and went the Powershell route that you suggested.

I managed to get that working and all is right with the world.

Many thanks

Leon

Answer 3

The powershel solution suggested by Cheng Feng worked for me