PATCH existing OneNote Page by appending binary image content

Question

Using the Microsoft Graph v1.0 api and C#, I am able to update (patch) existing OneNote pages however after writing image data to the multipart/form-data section, the resulting image height and width are correct, but, the image is not rendered on the page -- other than an empty image place-holder.

So the question is, what is the correct image format expected by OneNote for a PATCH command? The docs state that it must be 'binary image data'. Shouldn't File.ReadAllBytes be sufficient?

Here are the formats attempted so far:

string file = @"c:\images\file1.jpg";

var rawData = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(file); //attempt1
byte[] bytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(file);  //attempt2
var byteArray = BitConverter.ToString(bytes);   //attempt3
var byteString = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);  //attempt4
string base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);  //attempt5
string imageDataURL = string.Format("data:image/jpeg;base64,{0}", base64String);  //attempt6

...

/* Construct message content */
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("--MyPartBoundary198374" + "\r\n");
sb.Append(@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""Commands"""  + "\r\n");
sb.Append("Content-Type: application/json" + "\r\n" + "\r\n");

sb.Append(
@"[{
    'target':'body',
    'action':'append',
    'position':'before',
    'content':'<img src=""name:image1"" width=""400"" height=""500""/>'
}]" 

+ "\r\n" + "\r\n");

sb.Append("--MyPartBoundary198374" + "\r\n");
sb.Append(@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""image1""" + "\r\n");
sb.Append("Content-Type: image/jpeg" +  "\r\n\r\n" );
sb.Append([see formats above] + "\r\n");
sb.Append("--MyPartBoundary198374--" );

string content = sb.ToString();
string contentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=MyPartBoundary198374";
var result = await OneNoteService.UpdatePageAsync(client, page, contentType, content);

...

internal static async Task <HttpResponseMessage> UpdatePageAsync(GraphServiceClient client, OnenotePage page, string contentType, string content)
{
    HttpResponseMessage response = null;

    try
    {
        string requestUri = client.Users[ME].Onenote.Pages[page.Id].Content.Request().RequestUrl;

        List<OnenotePatchContentCommand> patchCommands = new List<OnenotePatchContentCommand>();

        HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage()
        {
            Method = new HttpMethod("PATCH"),
            RequestUri = new Uri(requestUri),
            Content = new StringContent(content, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"),
        };

        request.Content.Headers.Remove("Content-Type");
        request.Content.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("Content-Type", contentType);

        // Adds the user's access token from the GraphServiceClient to the request.
        await client.AuthenticationProvider.AuthenticateRequestAsync(request);

        response = await client.HttpProvider.SendAsync(request);

        if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
        {
            throw new Microsoft.Graph.ServiceException(
                new Error
                {
                    Code = response.StatusCode.ToString(),
                    Message = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()
                });
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        //TODO: Error handling
        Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
    }
    return response;
}

The suggestions listed in this post did not resolve the issue: Inserting image into existing OneNote page via REST api not working

Been trying to resolve this for more than a day. Can someone provide the proper image data format expected by the PATCH command.

Thanks, Roland

Have you tried using the base64String directly in the src attribute (i.e. not sending it as a separate part)? — Marc LaFleur
The src= solution worked Marc! Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. In case anyone else is reading, the base64String had to be prefixed with "data:image/jpeg;base64," so in this case, use the imageDataURL string (attempt 6 in the original post). — rpo

Marc LaFleur Marc LaFleur · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-06T18:32:45

Moving previous comment to an answer in case others run into this.

Rather than sending multiple parts, combine attempts 5 & 6 and include the result directly in the src attribute:

string base64String = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);  //attempt5
string imageDataURL = string.Format("data:image/jpeg;base64,{0}", base64String);  //attempt6

/* Construct message content */
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("--MyPartBoundary198374" + "\r\n");
sb.Append(@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""Commands"""  + "\r\n");
sb.Append("Content-Type: application/json" + "\r\n" + "\r\n");

sb.Append(
@"[{
    'target':'body',
    'action':'append',
    'position':'before',
    'content':'<img src=" + imageDataURL  + " width=""400"" height=""500""/>'
}]" 

+ "\r\n" + "\r\n");

This will include the image directly in the HTML you're inserting.

PATCH existing OneNote Page by appending binary image content

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