The REST (Representational State Transfer) interface in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 provides access to lists and libraries as a relational data service. A core concept of any RESTful interface is the resource, and in SharePoint Foundation, lists and items are represented as HTTP resources ...
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REST and CSOM much slower than List Web Service
lists.asmx = Web Service
listdata.svc = REST API
client.svc = CSOM
Using JavaScript to query a list using the 3 available APIs, I'm finding lists.asmx responds much faster than listdata.svc or ...
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SharePoint 2013 and anonymous access problem
We run into following problem:
We have application, that makes authenticated calls to sharepoint 2013 REST services (PUT and GET). Everything works well, when anonymous access
is turned off.
But we ...
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Phone-Gap Claims Authentication against SharePoint in Office365 fails, probably because of HTTPOnly flag in cookie
I am coding an application using Phone Gap to connect to a Sharepoint in Office365.
I need to use the REST services in Sharepoint Office 365 to add items to a list, but before that I need to ...
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How to avoid _metadata in a REST response (listData.svc)
I am pulling data from a SharePoint list with listData.svc, and _metadata represent more than half of the response content.
Is there a way to return list fields only, without the metadata?
Below an ...
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sharepoint 2013 rest api upload image
I want to upload image or create image in Sharepoint 2013 document library using rest api (Javascript)
my code to get bite array from input type file element is
var reader = new FileReader();
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How to get lookup value only via REST (listdata.svc)
I am trying to retrieve a list of items including lookup fields via listdata.svc. My lookup points to a list of companies which has the following fields: Title, Address, Phone.
By default, listdata ...
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SharePoint 2013 Call the REST API from SharePoint hosted app
I've successfully deployed a SharePoint hosted app to office 365 and my local on premise installation. All the app aims to do is call the REST API for the user profile manager to get the profile ...
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Updating a Property w/ 2013 REST Api
I have a sharepoint hosted app that is succesfully able to add Read and Create files on the Host site (using the REST Api and SP.RequestExecutor). Now I am trying to figure out how to update ...
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Get list item “Likes” using JSOM or REST API's?
How can you retrieve a list items "Likes" using the JSOM or REST API's? I know there is the following method: SP.Social.SocialFeedManager.getAllLikers(postId), but in testing I was not successful ...
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SPS2SAppResourcePolicyException on SharePoint 2013
I have a SharePoint 2013 Provider Hosted App (on premise). When I try to make a social rest call I get the following error code:
-2146232832, ...
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How to get file content from sharepoint 2010 server?
TeamSiteDataContext context = new TeamSiteDataContext(new Uri("http://server/_vti_bin/ListData.svc"));
context.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
var f = ...
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Can't upload a non-text file to SharePoint App via REST API
I am using the following REST code to add a file as an attachment to a SharePoint 2013 list item.
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<SharePoint:ScriptLink ...
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Query SP2013 Managed metadata term store
I was wondering if it is possible to query the Term Store via the REST API or Javascript Client Object Model in SP2013.
I can't quite seem to work out the naming scheme for the REST API to discover ...
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Invalid issuer or signature error in autohosted app - SharePoint 2013
I'm creating my first app for SharePoint 2013. I follow this MSDN article, that explains how to create autohosted app.
This piece of code I took from the article and didn't change anything in it.
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SharePoint 2013 APIs for anonymous and/or mobile access
In SharePoint 2013 (Preview), does any of the APIs (csom, REST, etc.) work with anonymous access? With mobile access?
I haven't found any reference to this in the documentation. I did a quick test ...
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How to perform rowcount with a web service in Sharepoint 2010
Pagination loses some of it's luster with no knowledge of the total number of results. Is it possible to perform a "row count" with either REST or SOAP (getListItems) without getting back all of the ...
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How to update title of Sharepoint web using REST in c#
I want to know how to update title of Sharepoint web using REST. I have used REST to view the title but not sure how to update the title.
I can view the title by exploring ...
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How to create a folder in SharePoint 2010 document library using REST or HTTP methods
I am using Java to make calls to the SharePoint REST Interface to get list items of a document library and HTTP methods to upload documents to SharePoint. But, I am having a difficult time trying to ...
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REST API Filter by multilookup property
Having an Activities list with a column called Engineer of type lookup that allow multiple values. How to build a call to listdata.svc in order to get only activities that are asigned to an Engineer ...
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Sharepoint Online and custom BDC models
Hello I hope somebody can help.
I need to access an external timesheet from Sharepoint Online.
The Timesheet site uses a REST api to provide the data, not a WCF or traditional ASPX webservice. So ...
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Query ListData.svc to return document libraries only
I am working on a very simple app on iOS that should basically allow the user to login (got that part working), then list only document libraries and allow user to navigate these and download files.
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Updating a wiki page with the REST API
How do you correctly update a SharePoint 2013 wiki page using the REST API?
Three basic capabilities I am interested in:
Reading an existing page (content only)
Updating an existing page
Creating a ...
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REST API update a muli-value user field
I have created a custom list and added a multi-value user field (no groups) called AssignedTo to the list's definition. Using the SharePoint interface I added an item with a value for Title and ...
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I cannot get “orderby” to work in SPS 2010 listdata.svc REST query
I can get the return list from this query, but if i add the orderby syntax, it just ignores it (no error, just doesn't sort the return set).
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Deleting a SharePoint User Profile remotely
Can anyone tell me how to delete a SharePoint user profile remotely? I don't see a way to do this using SharePoint Web Services or User Profile Services. The following code works fine when run on ...
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Order field not available in a ListData.svc query
I want to query a links list using ListData.svc and have this ordered, using the query string $orderby, by Sharepoint's own internal order field.
By internal order field I specifically mean the field ...
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REST: unable to retrieve lookup data from top level
At the top level of my site collection, I have created a list called "Markets", and a site column called "Market", defined as a lookup to the Markets list.
In a subsite of this same site collection, ...
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Paging using REST/OData with SP 2013
I'm trying to do paging on a document library (also trying this on a list) with SP 2013 using REST/OData but I can't seem to get the skipping of items working.
Here are some examples of URLs that I'm ...
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Uploading files to Document Libraries using the REST API
I see that the OM API can do it, but is there any way to use the REST API to upload files (word docs and PDF's) to a document library, and update the data items as well. I want to use Java to do this, ...
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Listdata.svc via REST refuses to return data
I'm trying to pull down some list data from listdata.svc using the standard method as documented in the msdn:
var listUrl = 'http://development.contoso.com/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Contacts';
$.ajax({
...
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ODataContentTypeException : Content Type 'application/json;odata=verbose'
I'm trying to create items in a SharePoint lists through the SharePoint REST API in Javascript (with an AJAX call using jQuery), all that in a SharePoint2013-hosted App.
But I get this error when I ...
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ListData.svc REST and URL Encoding of Field 'Parts Released?'
I have a field with the display name Parts Released? but I cannot seem to figure out how to encode the field name. I have tried Parts Released%3f but regardless of what I try I get a 400 Bad Request ...
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Setting Search Center URL in SharePoint 2013 using Javascript CSOM
In SharePoint 2013, I am trying to access Search object through JavaScript CSOM.
I want to know the object which can give me the access to Search Settings under Site Settings. I tried looking under ...
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ListData.svc with complex filters, Internet Explorer, 400 Bad HTTP request,
I have a problem understanding how ListData.svc can be debugged using IE8 and IE9.
I have a URL that looks like this:
...
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Creating new items containing lookup field with listdata.svc and json
I'm calling listdata.svc with xmlhttprequest and POST to pass json. The new item is being created, but a new item is being created on the lookup list when I do, even though I am passing an existing ...
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Sharepoint 2010: Approve Blogpost with REST
Is there a way to automatically approve Blogposts I created with a .Net Webrequest/REST?
I can currently add posts to the Blogs list just fine, but I can't get them to be approved/be published ...
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Using the value from a lookup column, obtained with REST, as a dataview parameter
I was wondering if you could help me with something.
I have a list called Site Configuration. One of the columns is called Package Level (Package_x0020_Level) and is a lookup that looks at the ...
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Accessing list data from another site collection or web application using REST services?
I have a list (Links template) of URLs that is on a site collection and I was wondering if it is possible to include this list as a jQuery megamenu on another site - ideally another web application on ...
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Use REST to sum a column?
I want to retrieve items from a SharePoint list using REST, and then sum one of the columns. I'm brand new to REST, and didn't see a way to do this on MSDN. Is it possible to sum a column in a REST ...
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Adding PublishingPageLayout to file via REST-api
I am adding a file with the REST-API:
http://hostname/sites/site/news/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/sites/site/news/Pages')/Files/add(url='new.aspx',overwrite=true)
How can I additionally ...
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Find all lists that look up a Contacts list
I have a Contacts list in my site collection, and it is used in lookup columns by multiple other lists.
Is there an easy way to get all the lists that have a lookup column pointing to the Contacts ...
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Error while pdating Master Page through JavaScript Client Object Model using SP 2013 App
I have created a Site Collection in SharePoint 2013 online.
In this site I am trying to update Master Page through JavaScript Client Object Model.
My JQuery scripts are able to change the Site Master ...
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GetUserEffectivePermissionInfo for the 2013 Rest API
Does anyone know if there is a client-side (preferably REST) equivalent to SPSecurableObject.GetUserEffectivePermissionInfo(username)??
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The field 'EventDate' of type 'DateTime' cannot be used in the query filter expression
I am trying to filter standard Calendar events via SharePoint web api and my query looks like this:
/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('calendar')/items?$filter=( EventDate ge ...
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Getting column information from a sharepoint 2010 list
I'm trying to figure out how i can get information about a column in a Sharepoint List, like what type of column it is (single line, number, date etc...) and whatever additional column info that ...
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How can I check files In using OData for SharePoint 2010?
I am uploading files to SharePoint 2010 following the answer here: Uploading files to Document Libraries using the REST API
The issue is that all of the files are set as checked out due to some ...
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SP 2010 REST $filter column
I'm trying to filter a list using the REST service. The column im trying to filter is the default column "Modified". My problem is: I can get all itens created today, but not only the items created ...
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Which one is strongly typed the SharePoint Client Object Model or REST
I was researching about the SharePoint Client Object Model and REST but I am confused which one is strongly typed.
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Windows Phone 8 with Sharepoint 2010 Connectivity
How we connect Windows Phone 8 to Sharepoint 2010 and get list data using web services
I found connectivity for Windows phone 7 with Sharepoint 2010 but not found with windows phone 8.Is it same for ...
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REST services - Flag to force PUT and POST to return the record instead of nothing?
I'm updating a record in a list via a PUT to the '_vti_bin/listdata.svc' service.
When I initially POST the data, I get the list item I posted back from SharePoint, with a timestamp, etc.
When I PUT ...
