Restore previous document version and delete current on SharePoint 2013

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to restore the previous document version and delete the current on SharePoint 2013 using the Send an HTTP Request to SharePoint node?

Any help would be appreciated!

[abm]

Hi @Anonymous,

I have managed to do this via flow. There are quite a lot of steps to follow here.

Once I updated all information I will let you know soon.

Thanks

[abm]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Please see my blog post 

https://mydevexperience.wordpress.com/2019/06/08/build_msflow_restoredocversion/

Any questions please let me know.

If you found this useful mark it as accepted solution.

Thanks

[abm]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Did you tried the flow steps which I suggested?

If you need further help please let me know.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your answer @abm.

What did you put in the GetFolderByServerRelativePath? Was it the Folder Path? Or maybe the file name with extension?

I tried with both but it didn't work.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

@abm 

I can't seem to be able to retrieve the Versions of the document.

When I insert the URL in the browser I am able to successfully obtain something.

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works in the browser: https://XXXXX.sharepoint.com/xxxxxx/xxxxxx/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativePath(decodedurl='/xxxxxxx...

However, this is not working when running with Send an HTTP Request to SharePoint:

SharePoint is able to retrieve https://XXXXX.sharepoint.com/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxx/_api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativePath(decodedurl='/xxxxx...')

so the document is indeed correct and it does exist. I am sure of that.

This is what worked for me:

[abm]

Hi @Anonymous ,

In your step Send an 'HTTP request to SharePoint7' Uri value don't need the https://xxxx.sharepoint.com/ instead you need _api/Web/..........etc

Please see my blog post for more details

https://mydevexperience.wordpress.com/2019/06/08/build_msflow_restoredocversion/

If this reply has answered your question or solved your issue, please mark this question as answered. Answered questions helps users in the future who may have the same issue or question quickly find a resolution via search. If you liked my response, please consider giving it a thumbs up.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

@abm 

Thanks, I must have written that twice by mistake.

Anyways, to sum up, this did not work for me:

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 _api/Web/GetFileByServerRelativePath(decodedurl='library/document')/Versions/restoreByLabel('VersionLabel')

This did:

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 _api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('library')/Files('document')/Versions/restoreByLabel('VersionLabel')

You could add this as an alternative option to your blog post.

[abm]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Thanks for your update.

The difference is we have two different configurations.

I have edu is my document library and Portal Ideas is the folder name.

Looks like you have no specific folder names. 

Glad to hear that it is wokring as expected.

Thanks

Ajith

[karl_oliverio]

Im currently working on this as well, when i run the http request the restorebylabel returns null value

[abm]

Hi @karl_oliverio ,

Could you please follow this link below & check whether you could restore it manually or not.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/enable-and-configure-versioning-for-a-list-or-library-1555d...

Let me know whether you can do the restore manually.

Thanks

[karl_oliverio]

Hi @abm  - I got it now. When the document version is restored, it will create a new version on top of the current version. I was thinking the old version will just become the current published version. I already checked it and it is working as expected. Thank you!