Replacing an attached file using SharePoint 2010's OData API

Question

An adaptation of Vadim's answers to Upload file to SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell and the OData API and SharePoint 2010 REST API JQUery Insert, Update, Delete.

Attempting to upload a new version of an attachment:

Function Update-Attachments() {

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=1)]
        [string]$WebUrl, 

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=2)]
        [string]$ListName, 

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=3)]
        [int]$ItemId,

        # pipeline support
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=4,ValueFromPipeline=$True,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
        # associate FileInfo object's FullName property to be bound to parameter
        [Alias('FullName')]
        [string[]]$Paths
    )

    BEGIN {}
    PROCESS {

        # 
        $endpointUri = New-Object System.Uri("$WebUrl/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/$ListName($ItemId)/Attachments")

        Foreach ($Path In $Paths) {
            Write-Verbose "Path: $Path"

            $fileName = (Split-Path $Path -Leaf)
            $fileContent = ([IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($Path))
            $headers = @{
                "X-HTTP-Method" = "MERGE";
                "If-Match" = "*"
            }

            try {
                # reset each pass to ensure that prior response isn't reused
                $response=$null
                $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $endpointUri -Method POST -UseDefaultCredentials -Body $fileContent -Headers $headers -ContentType "*/*"
            }

            # Invoke-WebRequest throws System.Net.WebException
            catch [System.Net.WebException] {
                throw $_
            }

            finally {
                # returns Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.HtmlWebResponseObject
                $response
            }

        } # Foreach

    } # PROCESS
    END {}

}

Using the command throws (405) Method Not Allowed:

Update-Attachments -WebUrl "http://contoso.intranet.com/" -ListName "Tasks" -ItemId 1 -Paths "C:\Users\user\Documents\SharePointUserGuide.docx"

I've tried variations on the endpoint:

$endpointUri = New-Object System.Uri("$WebUrl/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/$ListName/Attachments/$ItemId/$fileName")
$endpointUri = New-Object System.Uri("$WebUrl/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/Attachments(EntitySet='$ListName',ItemId=$ItemId,Name='$fileName')")

and switching between PUT and MERGE.

What am I missing?

What happens when you "manually" try to use the API by using invoke-webrequest or invoke-restmethod (so without using a script)? Does it also throw an error? And is the API configured to accept HTTPpost, put, delete and other methods? — bluuf, Oct 19 '15 at 15:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 19 '15 at 12:15

Can you check whether this SharePoint 2013 reference works with the 2010 API?

url: http://site url/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('list title')/items(item id)/AttachmentFiles('file name')/$value
method: POST
body: "Contents of file."
headers:
    Authorization: "Bearer " + accessToken
    "X-HTTP-Method":"PUT"
    X-RequestDigest: form digest value
    content-length:length of post body

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn292553.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Replacing an attached file using SharePoint 2010's OData API

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