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+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Testing mv_createfile macro
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_uid.sas
+  @li mfv_existfile.sas
+  @li mp_assert.sas
+  @li mv_createfile.sas
+
+
+**/
+
+options mprint;
+
+%let file=%mf_uid();
+
+%put TEST 1 - basic file upload ;
+filename somefile temp;
+data _null_;
+  file somefile;
+  put 'hello testings';
+run;
+%mv_createfile(path=&mcTestAppLoc/temp, name=&file..txt,inref=somefile)
+
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(%mfv_existfile(&mcTestAppLoc/temp/&file..txt)=1),
+  desc=Check if created file exists
+)
+
+%put TEST 2 - dataset upload ;
+data temp;
+x=1;
+run;
+filename ds "%sysfunc(pathname(work))/temp.sas7bdat";
+
+%mv_createfile(path=&mcTestAppLoc/temp, name=&file..sas7bdat,inref=ds)
+
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(%mfv_existfile(&mcTestAppLoc/temp/&file..sas7bdat)=1),
+  desc=Check if created dataset exists
+)
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+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Creates a file in SAS Drive
+  @details Creates a file in SAS Drive and adds the appropriate content type.
+  If the parent folder does not exist, it is created.
+
+  Usage:
+
+      filename myfile temp;
+      data _null_;
+        file myfile;
+        put 'something';
+      run;
+      %mv_createfile(path=/Public/temp,name=newfile.txt,inref=myfile)
+
+
+  @param [in] path= The parent folder in which to create the file
+  @param [in] name= The name of the file to be created
+  @param [in] inref= The fileref pointing to the file to be uploaded
+  @param [in] access_token_var= The global macro variable to contain the access
+    token, if using authorization_code grant type.
+  @param [in] grant_type= (sas_services) Valid values are:
+    @li password
+    @li authorization_code
+    @li sas_services
+
+  @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+
+  @version VIYA V.03.05
+  @author Allan Bowe, source: https://github.com/sasjs/core
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_getuniquefileref.sas
+  @li mf_isblank.sas
+  @li mp_abort.sas
+  @li mp_binarycopy.sas
+  @li mv_createfolder.sas
+
+**/
+
+%macro mv_createfile(path=
+    ,name=
+    ,inref=
+    ,access_token_var=ACCESS_TOKEN
+    ,grant_type=sas_services
+    ,mdebug=0
+  );
+%local dbg;
+%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+  %put &sysmacroname entry vars:;
+  %put _local_;
+%end;
+%else %let dbg=*;
+
+%local oauth_bearer;
+%if &grant_type=detect %then %do;
+  %if %symexist(&access_token_var) %then %let grant_type=authorization_code;
+  %else %let grant_type=sas_services;
+%end;
+%if &grant_type=sas_services %then %do;
+  %let oauth_bearer=oauth_bearer=sas_services;
+  %let &access_token_var=;
+%end;
+
+%mp_abort(iftrue=(&grant_type ne authorization_code and &grant_type ne password
+    and &grant_type ne sas_services
+  )
+  ,mac=&sysmacroname
+  ,msg=%str(Invalid value for grant_type: &grant_type)
+)
+
+%mp_abort(iftrue=(%mf_isblank(&path)=1 or %length(&path)=1)
+  ,mac=&sysmacroname
+  ,msg=%str(path value must be provided)
+)
+%mp_abort(iftrue=(%mf_isblank(&name)=1 or %length(&name)=1)
+  ,mac=&sysmacroname
+  ,msg=%str(name value with length >1 must be provided)
+)
+
+/* create folder if it does not already exist */
+%mv_createfolder(path=&path
+  ,access_token_var=&access_token_var
+  ,grant_type=&grant_type
+  ,mdebug=&mdebug
+)
+
+/* create file with relevant options */
+%local fref;
+%let fref=%mf_getuniquefileref();
+filename &fref filesrvc folderPath="&path" filename="&name";
+
+%mp_binarycopy(inref=&inref, outref=&fref)
+
+filename &fref clear;
+
+%mend mv_createfile;
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