Can we retrieve the TypeName of a web part using CSOM?
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What would be the reason I get Access denied during the web service call? I have the highest permissions possible in the environment. If it makes a difference, I'm calling this from an auto-hosted SharePoint 2013 App. – user21884 Jan 10 '14 at 14:43
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I personally used server-side CSOM instead of Vadim's code so haven't checked the code. However, you could try to call other services. I think there should not be any specific permissions needed for this service in particular. – thomius Jan 11 '14 at 15:56
It doesn't seem possible to retrieve all the web part properties (like TypeName) via CSOM
But it could be performed via WebPartPagesWebService SharePoint Web Service as demonstrated below:
function getWebPartProperties(pageUrl,completeFn,errorFn)
{
var soapEnv =
'<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> \
<soap:Body> \
<GetWebPartProperties2 xmlns="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages"> \
<pageUrl>' + pageUrl + '</pageUrl> \
<storage>Shared</storage> \
<behavior>Version3</behavior> \
</GetWebPartProperties2> \
</soap:Body> \
</soap:Envelope>';
$.ajax({
url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_vti_bin/WebPartPages.asmx",
type: "POST",
dataType: "xml",
data: soapEnv,
complete: completeFn,
error: errorFn,
contentType: "text/xml; charset=\"utf-8\""
});
}
$(function() {
getWebPartProperties('/SitePages/DevHome.aspx',
function(xhr,textStatus){
$(xhr.responseXML).find("WebPart").each(function() {
var wpTypeName = $(this).find('type').attr('name'); //get Web Part TypeName
console.log(wpTypeName);
});
},
function(xhr,textStatus,errorThrown){
console.log(errorThrown);
});
});
answered Jan 4 '14 at 13:45
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I had a chance to verify it for publishing pages and it works for me – Vadim Gremyachev Jan 4 '14 at 14:05
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1oh, apparently the error was not due to publishing pages but web part types. Tasks web part returns only one property "Cannot import this Web Part" apparently.. – thomius Jan 4 '14 at 14:07
