How to get list item in SharePoint using REST API?

Question

I used this synthax to get list Items

http://server/site/_api/lists/getbytitle('listname')/items

I get a list repeating today's date but not items .

EDIT: I notice that the number of lines that the REST Query print is equal to the number of elements in the list

Answer 1

There is problem in your Browser setting Please follow below steps you get the desired data In Internet Explorer

->Open Tools->Internet Options

->Select the Content tab Click the “Settings” button in the Feed and Web slices section

->Uncheck Turn on feed reading view

->Click “OK” to save the settings

And for Firefox

With your output on firefox use ctrl + u will convert it xml format but not readable as IE you can copy the output in notepad as .xml and open it with Office XMl handler.

Answer 2

Please try with this url

http://server/site/_api/Web/lists/getbytitle('listname')/items

Answer 3

You are missing the web in URL. It should be :

 http://server/site/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('listname')/items