How can i get a specific file by file name?

[Rain-YuXia]

I generate a word docx and upload to sharepoint, which is working amazing.

After that, I would like to get this uploaded docx. Is there any way to do this? Please help.

At the moment I have to get all files in the folder and loop through to find the docx I want...

[coda1024]

If you know the path and filename, you could do this:

$ctx = ClientContext::connectWithClientCredentials($url, $client_id, $client_secret); // connect
$server_relative_path = " /sites/Folder/SubFolder/Filename.docx"; // the file you want to get
$targetFile = $ctx->getWeb()->getFileByServerRelativePath(new SPResourcePath($server_relative_path)); // get the file
$targetFile->getUniqueId(); // do something with the file

Not sure if that helps, hope it does.

the things you can do with a File

[Rain-YuXia]

If you know the path and filename, you could do this:

$ctx = ClientContext::connectWithClientCredentials($url, $client_id, $client_secret); // connect
$server_relative_path = " /sites/Folder/SubFolder/Filename.docx"; // the file you want to get
$targetFile = $ctx->getWeb()->getFileByServerRelativePath(new SPResourcePath($server_relative_path)); // get the file
$targetFile->getUniqueId(); // do something with the file

Not sure if that helps, hope it does.

the things you can do with a File

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I can't make it work. Also I tried getFileByServerRelativeUrl without any luck :(

[febinthomas]

@Rain-YuXia Try this

$ctx = ClientContext::connectWithClientCredentials($url, $client_id, $client_secret); // connect
$server_relative_path = " /sites/Folder/SubFolder/Filename.docx"; // the file you want to get
$targetFile = $ctx->getWeb()->getFileByServerRelativeUrl($server_relative_path); // get the file
$ctx->load($targetFile);
$ctx->executeQuery();
$targetFile->getUniqueId(); // do something with the file

You missed $ctx->load($targetFile) and $ctx->executeQuery()