Taking Advantage of the SharePoint 2013 REST API

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The
SharePoint
Cowboy
Patterns
&
Practices
Eric Shupps
www.sharepointcowboy.com eshupps@binarywave.com facebook.com/sharepointcowboy @eshupps
Introduction
Basic
Operations
JavaScript
Endpoints
Advanced
Methods
Windows 8
INTRODUCTION
HTTP-based web service architecture that
uses nouns and verbs to define operations
Noun: Items
Verbs: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
OData provides metadata, object typing and
query semantics for underlying data
structure (WCF data services)
/items(0)
Client Object Model service (client.svc)
processes queries, interacts with server OM,
returns formatted response (JSON, XML)
/items/GetByTitle(foo)
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Server
OM
Content
DB
READ
CREATE
UPDATE
DELETE
POST
GET
PUT, MERGE, DELETE
http://contoso/_api/items/GetById(1)?$select=Title,ID
Location Service Resource Path Query Options
Local
Current
Context
Request
Digest
Remote
OAuth
Access
Token
Cross
Domain
Request
Executor
SP.WebProxy
HTTP
WebRequest
Context
Info
Cross
Domain
ENDPOINTS
Site Web Publishing
User
Profiles
Webs
Features
Event
Receivers
Users
Profiles
Activity
Lists
Items
Pages
Variations
Navigation
Query Results
Suggestions
Search Taxonomy
Managed
Metadata
You
Must
Be
Joking!
BASIC OPERATIONS
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/sites/features/GetById(guid<value>)
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/sites/eventreceivers
View Event Receivers
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/web/webinfos/add
{ 'd' :{
'parameters': {
'__metadata': {'type': 'SP.WebInfoCreationInformation' },
'Url': 'RestSubWeb',
'Title': 'RestSubWeb',
'Description': 'rest created web',
'Language':1033,
'WebTemplate':'sts',
'UseUniquePermissions':false}
}}
Create a Site
Get Feature
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/lists
Get All Lists
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/lists/GetByTitle(Shared Documents)
Get List
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/lists/GetByTitle(Shared Documents)/items/GetById(0)
Get List Item
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/lists/GetByTitle(Shared Documents)/items/
GetById(1)?$select=Title,ID
Get List Item with Specific Properties
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/search/query?queryText=Value
Simple Term
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/search/query?queryText=PreferredName:
Robert Smith
Item Property
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/search/suggest?queryText=quarterly sales
Suggestions
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/social.following/followed
Get Followed Users
http://<siteCollection>/<site>/_api/social.following/my/followeddocumentsuri
Get Followed Documents
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/sp.userprofiles.peoplemanager/getmysuggestions
Get Suggestions
http://<siteCollection>/<site>/_api/sp.userprofiles.peoplemanager/
getpeoplefollowedby(accountName=@v)?@v='domain\user'
Get Followers
ADVANCED METHODS
http://<site>/_api/Web/Lists(guid<value>)/Items(1)/FieldValuesAsHtml
HTML Values
http://<site>/_api/web/lists/getbytitle(Products)/items()/?$select=Title,
Price,effectivebasepermissions
Get Permissions
http://<site>/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Products')/items()?$select=Title,
Price,Supplier_/Title&$expand=Supplier_/Title
Join
http://<site>/_api/web/lists/getbytitle(Products)/items/?$filter=Price gt 30000
Filter with Comparison
http://<site>/_api/web/lists/getbytitle(Products)/items()?
$select=Title,Price,Supplier_/Title&$expand=Supplier_/Title&$filter=Supplier_/Title eq A
Join with Filter
http://<site collection>/<site>/_api/web/lists('<guid>')/items$top=10
Top N Results
url: http://site url/_api/web/lists/GetByTitle(Test')/items
method: POST
body: { '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.Data.TestListItem' }, 'Title': 'Test'}
headers:
Authorization = "Bearer " + accessToken
X-RequestDigest = form digest value
accept: "application/json;odata=verbose"
content-type: "application/json;odata=verbose"
content-length:1024
Create a List Item
url: http://site url/_api/web/lists/GetByTitle(Test')/items(item id)
method: POST
body: { '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.Data.TestListItem' }, 'Title': 'TestUpdated'}
headers:
Authorization = "Bearer " + accessToken
X-RequestDigest = form digest value
IF-MATCH: etag or *
X-HTTP-Method:MERGE,
accept: "application/json;odata=verbose"
content-type: "application/json;odata=verbose"
content-length:1024
Edit a List Item
Used to prevent replay attacks
Updates will fail without digest value
Local
$("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val()
Remote
POST to /_api/contextinfo
JAVASCRIPT
SP.RequestExecutor
accept: "application/json;odata=verbose"
WINDOWS 8
Description Link
Programming Using the SharePoint 2013 REST Service http://bit.ly/TUwC9N
OData URI Conventions http://bit.ly/Ytgdz4
Using the SharePoint 2013 REST Service http://bit.ly/YPHif5
SharePoint 2013 Search REST API http://bit.ly/ZqzOuM
Configuring SharePoint 2013 Search REST for Anonymous Users http://bit.ly/152vFoy
SharePoint 2013 REST TypeScript Library http://sprestts.codeplex.com