/// <summary>
/// Actual POST operation to create a new modern SharePoint site (and a group) with given values
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">Client context</param>
/// <param name="newSiteRequest">Site request details, which will be serialized</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private async Task <string> CreateCommsSiteAsync(ClientContext context, RootRequest newSiteRequest)
{
string responseString = null;
using (var handler = new HttpClientHandler())
{
// Set permission setup accordingly for the call
handler.Credentials = context.Credentials;
handler.CookieContainer.SetCookies(new Uri(context.Web.Url), (context.Credentials as SharePointOnlineCredentials).GetAuthenticationCookie(new Uri(context.Web.Url)));
using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(handler))
{
//POST /_api/sitepages/publishingsite/create HTTP/1.1
string requestUrl = String.Format("{0}/_api/sitepages/communicationsite/Create", context.Web.Url);
// Serialize request object to JSON
string jsonModernSite = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(newSiteRequest);
HttpContent body = new StringContent(jsonModernSite);
// Build Http request
MediaTypeHeaderValue sharePointJsonMediaType = null;
MediaTypeHeaderValue.TryParse("application/json;odata=verbose", out sharePointJsonMediaType);
body.Headers.ContentType = sharePointJsonMediaType;
// Get Request Digest needed for post operation
Task <String> digestTask = Task.WhenAny(
GetRequestDigest(this.Context)
).Result;
// Deserialize the Request Digest data for getting formDigestValue
var jsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
jsonSerializerSettings.MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Ignore;
var contextInformation = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <RootObject>(digestTask.Result, jsonSerializerSettings);
// Add rest of the needed hearders
string formDigestValue = contextInformation.d.GetContextWebInformation.FormDigestValue;
// body.Headers.Add("odata-version", "4.0");
body.Headers.Add("X-RequestDigest", formDigestValue);
// Adding following to ensure that we get our response in json format
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("accept", "application/json;odata=verbose");
// Perform actual post operation
HttpResponseMessage response = await httpClient.PostAsync(requestUrl, body);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
// If value empty, URL is taken
responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}
else
{
// Something went wrong...
throw new Exception(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
}
}
// Return response string to caller
return(await Task.Run(() => responseString));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Can be used to provision modern SharePoint site with given values
/// </summary>
/// <param name="displayName">Display Name for the site / group</param>
/// <param name="alias">Alias for the site / group. Used in the URL and in the emails</param>
/// <param name="isPublic">Is site / group public or not</param>
/// <param name="description">Optional description for the site / group</param>
/// <param name="AdditionalOwners">Optional list of additional owners. Caller is set owner by default in SPO side</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public string CreateSite(string title, string url, string description,
string classification, bool allowFileSharingForGuests = false)
{
// Create entity object, which will be serialized for post operation
var fullRequest = new RootRequest();
fullRequest.request.Title = title;
fullRequest.request.Url = url;
fullRequest.request.Description = description;
fullRequest.request.Classification = classification;
fullRequest.request.AllowFileSharingForGuestUsers = allowFileSharingForGuests;
fullRequest.request.lcid = 1033;
// Test empty sting for Site Design
fullRequest.request.SiteDesignId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"; // Topic
// fullRequest.request.SiteDesignId = "6142d2a0-63a5-4ba0-aede-d9fefca2c767"; // Showcase
// fullRequest.request.SiteDesignId = "f6cc5403-0d63-442e-96c0-285923709ffc"; // Blank
// Perform actual post operation for the new site request
Task <String> createComSiteTask = Task.WhenAny(
CreateCommsSiteAsync(this.Context, fullRequest)
).Result;
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(createComSiteTask.Result))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Issue while executing REST operation, no response received");
}
// Deserialize the returned data to response object
JObject results = JObject.Parse(createComSiteTask.Result);
var jsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
jsonSerializerSettings.MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Ignore;
var comSiteResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SiteResponse>(results["d"]["Create"].ToString(), jsonSerializerSettings);
// Return URL of newly created modern site for the caller
return(comSiteResponse.SiteUrl);
}