SP 2010 CSOM Javascript: serverRelativeUrl fails

Question

I have a custom html and javascript file housed within a document library of a subsite: http://teamsite/project/testing%20site/shared%20documents/test.html and

http://teamsite/project/testing%20site/shared%20documents/test.js




function testContext(){
var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext("http://teamsite/projects/testing%20site/");
var oWebsite = clientContext.get_web();
this.collList = oWebsite.get_lists();

clientContext.load(collList);

clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onWin), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onFail));

function onWin(){alert("Success");}
function onFail(){ alert("Fail");}

Everytime I execute the above I get this error:

SCRIPT5022: Sys.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range. Parameter name: serverRelativeUrl sp.runtime.js, line 2 character 38258

I've tried several different methods to get CSOM to work in this instance and everytime I get the same error.

Answer 1

The constructor SP.ClientContext(serverRelativeUrlOrFullUrl) expects serverRelativeUrlOrFullUrl to be the server-relative URL that:

• starts with /
• or a full URL that starts with http:// or https://

in SharePoint 2013.

In SharePoint 2010 it could be only the server-relative URL that starts with /.

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As an alternative you could utilize:

var ctx = SP.ClientContext.get_current();

to get the current client context of the client-side object model (CSOM) runtime

Answer 2

Use like this:

var siteUrl = '/sites/MySiteCollection';

var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext(siteUrl);

Use relative Url in site url

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh185009(v=office.14).aspx