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Restoring SharePoint Items

In this article

Restores a collection of backed-up SharePoint items.

Request

POST https://<hostname>:4443/v4/RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/Organization/Sites/{siteId}/Items/Action

Request Headers

The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.

Request Body

Restore

To restore SharePoint items, the request body must contain the restoreTo action properties:

Property	Type	Description
UserName	string	Specifies the user name you want to use for authenticating with the organization.
UserPassword	string	Specifies the user name you want to use for authenticating with the organization.
List	string	Specifies the target SharePoint list.
RestorePermissions	boolean	If set to True, indicates that the SharePoint items will be restored with the backed-up permissions.
SendSharedLinksNotification	boolean	If set to True, indicates that shared links notifications will be sent.
DocumentVersion	DocumentVersion	Specifies, which of the following versions of the SharePoint documents will be restored: all last
DocumentLastVersionAction	DocumentLastVersionAction	Specifies, which one of the following actions will be performed with the last versions of the restored SharePoint documents on the production server: overwrite merge
userCode	string	An authentication code. Can be obtained, as described in Getting Device Code.
ApplicationId	string	An identification number of the Azure AD application that you want to use for a restore.
ApplicationCertificate	base64	An SSL certificate that is configured for the AD application being used.
ApplicationCertificatePassword	string	A password for the SSL certificate being used.

Request Example 1

The following example shows how to use a user name and password for a restore.

{

"restoreTo":

{"userName": "jsmith@westsupport.onmicrosoft.com",

"userPassword": "paSSw0rd",

"list": "",

"restorePermissions": "true",

"documentVersion": "last",

"documentLastVersionAction": "merge"

}

Request Example 2

The following example shows how to use a device code for a restore.

{

"restoreTo":

{

"userCode": "C6A9DB737",

"list": "",

"restorePermissions": "true",

"documentVersion": "last",

"documentLastVersionAction": "merge"

}

Request Example 3

The following example shows how to use a certificate for a restore.

{

"restoreTo":

{

"ApplicationId" : <app_id>,

"ApplicationCertificate": "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",

"ApplicationCertificatePassword": "xxx", "list": "",

"restorePermissions": "true",

"documentVersion": "last",

"documentLastVersionAction": "merge"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 (OK).

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTPS headers.

Header	Description
Content-length	The length of the response body.
Content-type	The media type and syntax of the request body message for the requests with the export and save actions: application/octet-stream. The media type and syntax of the request body message for the requests with the restore and send actions: null.

Header

Description

Content-length

The length of the response body.

Content-type

The media type and syntax of the request body message for the requests with the export and save actions: application/octet-stream.

The media type and syntax of the request body message for the requests with the restore and send actions: null.

Response Body

None.

Example

The following request exports backed-up organization's mailbox data containing the "support" keyword to a PST file.

Request:

POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v4/RestoreSessions/2cd23751-b5bc-4024-ac11-7277953945a9/Organization/Sites/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd/Items/Action

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Request Body:

{

"restoreTo" :

{

"items" :

[

{

"title": "Item1",

"version": "5.0",

"id": "1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dde42b25e5-5456-4e9f-91df-da6ea376840aee89936c-dd81-4678-9cb2-1b9d5573d28f",

"name": "1_.000",

"createdBy": "System Account",

"creationTime": "2017-05-28T11:49:40",

"modifiedBy": "System Account",

"modificationTime": "2017-05-28T11:55:55",

"_links": {

"self": {

"href": "https://support.north.local:4443/v4/restoresessions/2cd23751-b5bc-4024-ac11-7277953945a9/organization/sites/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd/items/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dde42b25e5-5456-4e9f-91df-da6ea376840aee89936c-dd81-4678-9cb2-1b9d5573d28f"

"list": {

"href": "https://support.north.local:4443/v4/restoresessions/2cd23751-b5bc-4024-ac11-7277953945a9/organization/sites/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd/lists/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dde42b25e5-5456-4e9f-91df-da6ea376840a"

"attachments": {

}

{

"title": "vdfvdfv",

"version": "5.0",

"id": "1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd70467886-6ecc-4db7-be25-d715e4dad14d741ae524-0aa6-4d4f-952a-df269480f1fa",

"name": "22_.000",

"createdBy": "System Account",

"creationTime": "2017-04-23T13:53:35",

"modifiedBy": "System Account",

"modificationTime": "2017-04-23T14:30:30",

"_links": {

"self": {

"href": "https://support.north.local:4443/v4/restoresessions/2cd23751-b5bc-4024-ac11-7277953945a9/organization/sites/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd/items/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd70467886-6ecc-4db7-be25-d715e4dad14d741ae524-0aa6-4d4f-952a-df269480f1fa"

"list": {

"href": "https://support.north.local:4443/v4/restoresessions/2cd23751-b5bc-4024-ac11-7277953945a9/organization/sites/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd/lists/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd70467886-6ecc-4db7-be25-d715e4dad14d"

"attachments": {

"href": "https://support.north.local:4443/v4/restoresessions/2cd23751-b5bc-4024-ac11-7277953945a9/organization/sites/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd/items/1cfe4469-0a31-414b-9fd0-e84a087dcb739f242172-6d3f-47a2-816a-4989d45e88dd70467886-6ecc-4db7-be25-d715e4dad14d741ae524-0aa6-4d4f-952a-df269480f1fa/attachments"

}

"list" : "someList",

"username" : "admin",

"userpassword" : "password",

"RestorePermissions" : true,

"DocumentVersion" : "last",

"DocumentLastVersionAction" : "merge"

}

Response:

200 OK