I have a mydata.txt
file under SiteAssets
whose contents are JSON (SharePoint prevented my use of a .json
extension). I shared the file with Everyone. I can make a getJSON request with jQuery in the browser to access and read the file's contents. When I attempt to read the file's contents on the back end in SharePoint workflows using Call HTTP Web Service I get a 401.
I was careful to get context info as per: http://blog.appliedis.com/2014/10/09/sharepoint-designer-2013-workflow-working-with-web-services/
I should make the distinction that if I point the Call HTTP Web Service to some list I successfully get the contents of that list. It's only when I point the URL at a flat file that I get the Unauthorized exception so this seems to indicate some particulars with files access.
It made no difference whether I tried to read an .xml
or .html
file or relocate the file to a Documents
library. Access was denied. I can't see as to why a flat file (one that gets periodically updated) couldn't be used as a valid source of information via a REST endpoint.
What am I missing? Why is this at all complicated?