Error when using ondemand credentials

[Jke-A]

Hi,

I'm trying to upload files to SharePoint using ondemand credentials:

var coreOptions = {
    siteUrl: '*hidden url*',
    folder: "SiteAssets/Scripts",
    flatten: false
};
var creds = {
    ondemand: "true"
};
gulp.task("upload-to-sp", function () {
    return gulp.src([
        "./app/**/*.js",
        "./app/**/*.css",
        "./app/**/*.html"])
        .pipe(spsave(coreOptions, creds));
});

However, when I run the task I get the following error:

[15:17:51] Starting 'upload-to-sp'...
[15:17:57] spsave: Error occured:
[15:17:57] spsave: Cookie array is empty
[15:17:57] spsave: Stack trace:
[15:17:57] spsave: Error: Cookie array is empty
    at OnDemand.saveAuthData (C:\Users\joaander\source\repos\ABB.PA.GlobalManagementSite\ABB.PA.GlobalManagementSite\node_modules\spsave\node_modules\node-sp-auth\lib\src\auth\resolvers\ondemand\OnDemand.js:104:19)

It worked a couple of days ago on a site collection on the same tenant. Electron is started but it closes quickly as if it is using cached credentials.

Any clues?

Thanks,
Joachim

[s-KaiNet]

Hi, is that online or on-premise?

[Jke-A]

It is online. The reason I started using on-demand credentials is that they use MFA. I tried reinstalling Electron but it didn't make any difference

[s-KaiNet]

ok, try a few options:

1. Even with MFA you can use username\password authentication. You should create a new app password. To do that:
   • In the top right corner in SharePoint click on profile -> My Account -> Manage security and privacy -> Additional security verification -> Update your phone numbers used for account security -> App Passwords (in the top)
   • create new app password
   • use your login name as username and app password as password for spsave
2. Another option is to delete a file at path c:\Users\[your logged in user]\AppData\Roaming\spauth\ondemand\ which corresponds to your site url and try to run the process again.

For now I'm not sure what is the cause for this behavior, probably some kind of cookie expiration issue.

[Jke-A]

The first one I'm unfortunately not able to change due to policies on the customer's O365.
I tried the other option but it didn't make a difference as there were no files related to the site I tried connecting to.

I tried some more and now I got another UnauthorizedAccessException instead. It might have to do with my permissions on the site. Is full control not enough to run spsave? It works on another site collection where I have full control.

[s-KaiNet]

When running in ondemand mode, it prints actual file path with credentials data in console. Try to delete those file and start from scratch.

[Jke-A]

I tried that but no luck. Still Unauthorized exception:

[16:45:29] spsave: Error occured:
[16:45:29] spsave: 403 - {"error":{"code":"-2147024891, System.UnauthorizedAccessException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"Access denied. You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource."}}}
[16:45:29] spsave: Stack trace:
[16:45:29] spsave: StatusCodeError: 403 - {"error":{"code":"-2147024891, System.UnauthorizedAccessException","message":{"lang":"en-US","value":"Access denied. You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource."}}}

The weird part is I never get to sign in electron.. It shows this window for ½ second then closes:

[s-KaiNet]

What if you try to set below creds config:

{
    ondemand: true,
    force: true,
    persist: true
}

[Jke-A]

It made no difference. I tried uploading to the new site from another project with the same node packages and gulp files, and it worked from there. I'm guessing something broke when I installed the packages(?)

[s-KaiNet]

I don't think so... however you can try to install all packages from scratch. Also check that your user has permissions, because the error message clearly says that you don't have them.

The first one I'm unfortunately not able to change due to policies on the customer's O365.

Does it mean you can't create a new app password?

[Jke-A]

I am signed on to the site in my web browser, so permissions shouldn't be a problem. Tried reinstalling the packages, but no luck.

Yes, I'm not able to create an app password. I don't have access to the "Additional security verification" link under Security & Privacy.

I will try to create a new project from scratch tomorrow and hopefully it works. Thank you for your help today. I'll post my progress tomorrow 👍

/Joachim

[Jke-A]

Hi again,

I started a new project and installed gulp and gulp-spsave and it works fine. No idea what's wrong with the old project, but I'm moving all the content to the new one.
Thanks for your help and for a great plugin!

[s-KaiNet]

Hi, thank you, glad to know the issue finally resolved!