How to fetch Document Library List in my application?

Question

I want to fetch Document Library List in my application using java-script/Jquery How can I fetch SharePoint Document Library record and show in my application.

Answer 1

These are the two easy ways of doing it

1. Using REST Services
2. Using JavaScript Object Model

1. Using REST

Using REST services, you can make a REST call to the document library and simply get all the items in an array.

Here the REST call will be: http://*your site*/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl(LibName )/Files

When the call is completed, the results are stored in FilesData array which you can use in your application.

Eg. var name = FilesData.d.results[i].Name would get you the name and var URL = FilesData.d.results[i].ServerRelativeUrl will get you the URL of the document. So if you want the document to be downloadable from your application simply store it in a variable as var DownloadLink = <a href='" + URL + "'>name</a>

Note: You can also get other properties like created, modified, created by, modified by, etc.

    var LibName = "Documents";
    $("#btn").click(function(){  //btn is the id of the button, you can call this function on any event
     StoreInArray();
});
    function StoreInArray(){
    var CallLibrary = GetListItems();

    $.when(CallLibrary).then(function (FilesData) {
            for (var i = 0; i < FilesData.d.results.length; i++) {
                var name = FilesData.d.results[i].Name;
                var url = FilesData.d.results[i].ServerRelativeUrl;
            }
       });
    }

    function GetListItems() {
        var siteURL = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('"+LibName+"')/Files";
        return $.ajax({
            url: siteURL,
            async: false,
            method: "GET",
            headers: { "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose" }
        });
    }

2. Using JavaScript Object Model

See the msdn link How to: Retrieve List Items Using JavaScript