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Sending and Saving SharePoint Attachments

You can send and save a collection of backed-up SharePoint item attachments.

Request

POST https://<hostname>:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/Organization/Sites/{siteId}/Items/{itemId}/Attachments/action

Request Headers

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

Request Parameters

The following parameters must be specified in the URL of the request:

Parameter	Type	Description
restoreSessionId	string	Specifies the identification number of the restore session. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Restore Sessions.
siteId	string	Specifies the identification number of the SharePoint site. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting Organization SharePoint Sites.
itemId	string	Specifies the identification number of the SharePoint item. For more information on how to get this parameter, see Getting SharePoint Items.

Request Body

Send

To send SharePoint item attachments in an email message, the request body must contain the sendTo action properties:

Property	Type	Description
attachments	attachment[]	Accepts IDs of SharePoint item attachments that you want to send in an email message. For more information on how to get such IDs, see Getting SharePoint Attachments.
from	string	Specifies the email address from which the attachments will be sent.
to	string	Specifies the email address to which the attachments will be sent.
subject	string	Specifies the subject of the email message used for sending the attachments.
text	string	Specifies the body of the email message used for sending the attachments.

For example:

Request Body:

{

"sendTo":

{

"from": "j_smith@bestsupport.onmicrosoft.com",

"to": "r.clark@bestsupport.onmicrosoft.com",

"subject": "Support Ticket",

"text": "Please, find attached the files you requested",

"attachments": [

{"Id": "ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13cd6b2e9b7-e37e-48fb-92fc-4dfb7721b59f"},

{"Id": "ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13cd6b2e9b7-e37e-48fb-92fc-4dfb7801b59c"}

]

}

Sending and Saving SharePoint Attachments Note

To be able to send item attachments you must specify the Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint email settings by sending PUT HTTPS request to the /VESPEmailSettings URL. For more information, see (PUT) /VESPEmailSettings.

Save

Sending and Saving SharePoint Attachments Note

SharePoint item attachments are always saved in a ZIP archive.

To save SharePoint item attachments, the request body must contain the save action property:

Property	Type	Description
attachments	attachment[]	Accepts IDs of SharePoint item attachments that you want to save. For more information on how to get such IDs, see Getting SharePoint Attachments.

For example:

Request Body:

{

"save":

{

"attachments": [

{"Id": "ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13cd6b2e9b7-e37e-48fb-92fc-4dfb7721b59f"},

{"Id": "ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13cd6b2e9b7-e37e-48fb-92fc-4dfb7801b59c"}

]

}

The request command will archive the item attachments and place the ZIP archive to a temporary folder on the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 server. After that, the archive will be transferred as application/octet-stream media to the client. To download, read or perform other actions with the octet-stream, use features of programming languages.

Sending and Saving SharePoint Attachments Tip

You can use Swagger UI to download the document from the stream by clicking Download action link in the response body. For more information, see Evaluation in Swagger UI.

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

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

Response Body

None.

Examples

Example 1

The following request saves SharePoint item attachments.

Request:

POST https://abc.tech.local:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/742fe5ac-3ea6-422b-b204-757b15a47e56/Organization/Sites/ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd/Items/ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13c/Attachments/action

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Request Body:

{

"save" :

{

"attachments" :

[

{

"id": "ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13cd6b2e9b7-e37e-48fb-92fc-4dfb7721b59f",

"name": "ItemAttachment01.txt",

"sizeBytes": 16,

"url": "/sites/integration/Lists/myalias/Attachments/11/ItemAttachment01.txt",

"_links": {

"self": {

"href": "https://support.north.local:4443/v5/RestoreSessions/742fe5ac-3ea6-422b-b204-757b15a47e56/organization/sites/ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd/items/ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13c/attachments/ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13cd6b2e9b7-e37e-48fb-92fc-4dfb7721b59f"

"item": {

}

]

}

Response:

200 OK

Example 2

The following request sends SharePoint item attachments in an email message.

Request:

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

Request Body:

{

"sendTo" :

{

"attachments" :

[

{

"id": "ef10cefb-d29a-4dac-827a-d3702fc4ac8f6d7caa6b-bad0-4e67-9736-8bf5b0b55ebd0801b635-c19c-4435-a7c2-2fe46112bd3cd235bb5f-7aa8-4833-8f1b-b6dc1f22f13cd6b2e9b7-e37e-48fb-92fc-4dfb7721b59f",

"name": "ItemAttachment01.txt",

"sizeBytes": 16,

"url": "/sites/integration/Lists/myalias/Attachments/11/ItemAttachment01.txt",

"_links": {

"self": {

"item": {

}

]

"from": "fromUser@example.com",

"to" : "toUser@example.com",

"subject" : "Send document",

"text" : "Hello. It’s your document!"

}

Response:

200 OK