sharepoint.py

def reqSP(cookie, root, subsite, opn, folder, file = ''):
    """
    site - site or subsite
    opn - operation name {'FilesFolders, Folders, Files, FileData, Properties, ParentFolder'}
    folder - folder path from site/subsite level no slashes before or after
    file - file name no slashes, if not file - folder operation is assumed
    """
    
    # constructing URL for the REST API request 
    # as per: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-ins/get-to-know-the-sharepoint-rest-service
    ut = "{}/{}/_api/web/Get{}ByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/{}/{}{}'){}" # template
    
    ops = {
        'FilesFolders': '?$expand=Files,Folders',
        "Folders": '/Folders',
        'Files': '/Files?$select=Name',
        "Properties": '/Properties',
        'FileData': '/$value',

        'Activities': '/Activities', 
        "ListItemAllFields": "/ListItemAllFields",
        "ParentFolder": '/ParentFolder',
        "StorageMetrics": '/StorageMetrics',

        None: "", "": "", 
    }

    op = ops[opn]
    
    ff = ('File', 'Folder')[not file] # false = 0, true = 1
    fn = ('/{}'.format(file), '')[not file]

    u = ut.format(root, site, ff, site, folder, fn, op)

    print(u)

    h = {
        'accept': 'application/json;odata=verbose',
        'cookie': cookie,
        'accept-encoding': 'gzip',
    }

    r = requests.get(u, headers = h, stream = True)
    return r

# respects to: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16696317/678491
def saveFile(dest, r):
    """
    dest - destination folder
    r - response of the request
    """
    with open(dest, 'wb') as f:
        for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024): 
            if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
                f.write(chunk)