How to call COPY web service from sharepoint in SAP

Question

Hello Experts,
I want to call COPY web service from SharePoint in SAP  web dynpro / JAVA application.
However, when I try to connect to web service and download wsdl using   http:// <hostname:port>/_vti_bin/copy.asmx?wsdl
it results in Unauthorized error and doesnt complete the setup. Detail error is :
 Error occurred while downloading WSIL file. Error message: Deserializing xml stream  http:// <hostname:port>/_vti_bin/copy.asmx?wsdl
failed.com.sap.engine.services.webservices.espbase.wsdl.exceptions.WSDLException: Invalid Response Code: (401) Unauthorized. The requested URL was:"Connect to 
http:// <hostname:port>/_vti_bin/copy.asmx?wsdl , used user to connect: userid"
I am trying to connect with server user account. Any idea on what authorizations might be required or any help on the scenario .
-Abhijeet

Answer 1

Here's an example on how to delete a list item, hopefully this helps
package com.jw.sharepoint.examples;
import java.io.File;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.CopySoap;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.GetListItems;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.GetListItemsResponse;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.ListsSoap;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.UpdateListItems.Updates;
import com.microsoft.sharepoint.webservices.UpdateListItemsResponse.UpdateListItemsResult;
public class SharePointDeleteListItemExample extends SharePointBaseExample {
 private String delete = null;
 private String deleteListItemQuery = null;
 private String queryOptions = null;
 private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(SharePointUploadDocumentExample.class);
 private static Properties properties = new Properties();
 public Properties getProperties() {
  return properties;
  * @param args
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  logger.debug("main...");
  SharePointDeleteListItemExample example = new SharePointDeleteListItemExample();
  try {
   example.initialize();
   CopySoap cp = example.getCopySoap();
   example.uploadDocument(cp, properties.getProperty("copy.sourceFile"));
   ListsSoap ls = example.getListsSoap();
   example.executeQueryAndDelete(ls);
  } catch (Exception ex) {
   logger.error("Error caught in main: ", ex);
 public void executeQueryAndDelete(ListsSoap ls) throws Exception {
  Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
  SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
  String formattedDate = simpleDateFormat.format(today);
  String queryFormatted = String.format(deleteListItemQuery,formattedDate);  
  GetListItems.QueryOptions msQueryOptions = new GetListItems.QueryOptions();
  GetListItems.Query msQuery = new GetListItems.Query();
  msQuery.getContent().add(createSharePointCAMLNode(queryFormatted));
  msQueryOptions.getContent().add(createSharePointCAMLNode(this.queryOptions));
  GetListItemsResponse.GetListItemsResult result = ls.getListItems(
    properties.getProperty("folder"), "", msQuery, null, "",
    msQueryOptions, "");
  writeResult(result.getContent().get(0), System.out);
  Element element = (Element) result.getContent().get(0);
  NodeList nl = element.getElementsByTagName("z:row");
  for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
   Node node = nl.item(i);
   String id = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("ows_ID").getNodeValue();
   String fileRefRelativePath = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("ows_FileRef").getNodeValue();
   logger.debug("id: " + id);
   logger.debug("fileRefRelativePath: " + fileRefRelativePath);
   String fileRef = properties.getProperty("delete.FileRef.base") + fileRefRelativePath.split("#")[1];
   logger.debug("fileRef: " + fileRef);
   deleteListItem(ls, properties.getProperty("folder"), id, fileRef);
 public void deleteListItem(ListsSoap ls, String listName, String listId, String fileRef) throws Exception {
  String deleteFormatted = String.format(delete, listId, fileRef);  
  Updates u = new Updates();
  u.getContent().add(createSharePointCAMLNode(deleteFormatted));
  UpdateListItemsResult ret = ls.updateListItems(listName, u);
  writeResult(ret.getContent().get(0), System.out);
 public void initialize() throws Exception {
  logger.info("initialize()...");
  properties.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/SharePointDeleteListItemExample.properties"));
  super.initialize();
  this.delete = new String(readAll(new File(this.getClass().getResource("/Delete.xml").toURI())));
  this.deleteListItemQuery = new String(readAll(new File(this.getClass().getResource("/DeleteListItemQuery.xml").toURI())));
  this.queryOptions = new String(readAll(new File(this.getClass().getResource("/QueryOptions.xml").toURI())));
Brandon James SharePoint Developer/Administrator