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Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of functions and procedures allowing the creation of applications that access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service. When used as a question tag, please be sure to describe in your question which APIs are being used.

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Connecting outside database via WEB API's to SPO

Has anyone been able to automate a connection to an outside source that uses WEB API's? We use Deltek Vision in the cloud, and would like to be able to automate some information to carry over from ...
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Document Management Model API

Sharepoint has a Document Management Programming Model. From what I understand, this is used to create a document management environment and will allow users to access, share and add/edit documents ...
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Get CreatedBy using REST API SharePoint

How can I get CreatedBy field using REST API SharePoint? Below is the code var Ownurl = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Listname')/items?$select=Author,ID&$filter=...
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How get multiples users by id with REST API?

I need get multiple users by ID with REST API. I looked this question: How to get multiple users with REST API But is not answered. I've the ID's in an array: var people = [426, 352, 155]; I've ...
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Start Workflow from Sharepoint Designer with REST call (Workflows 2013)

The following REST call: https://{server}/{site}/_api/SP.WorkflowServices.WorkflowInstanceService.Current/StartWorkflowOnListItemBySubscriptionId(subscriptionId='caa09cae-3955-4c26-bb7e-24b4a95294b0',...
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Using html2Canvas API to generate images of custom aspx pages

So I have an html table I'd like to convert to an image and I found a pretty neat API to do exactly this. It's called html2canvas. I have been able to use it pretty easily using HTML pages in my ...
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Weather api returns nothing in SP hosted app

I am building a SP hosted app in Office 365. The app is to get current weather, I am using api but it returns nothing. I have tried with the same code in ASP.Net Web Application and it worked. Why is ...
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How to send a "like" or "unlike" command via REST API?

The structure of my REST-API Url is /_api/Web/Lists/GetByTitle('FAQ')/Items. Each item can be liked by users (like in discussion boards). How can I send a "Like" or "Unlike" command via REST?
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How to automatically update documents generated by another system as new versions?

We want to share documents in a SharePoint Document Library (SP 2013) which are automatically generated each week by another software system. These documents are in PDF and RTF format (maybe also ...
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The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden when accessing office365 site through external APIs

We have built a desktop app that import/exports SharePoint lists into/from Office 365 sites. The app works perfectly, and we were able to do the import/export of Office 365 site pages for many clients ...
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Update metadata w/2013 REST API in a Workflow

I am looking for an example of a REST PUT/MERGE method done from a workflow (no code) in SharePoint Designer to update a metadata field in a library. Specifically what the Build Dictionary and Call ...
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REST API Query Syntax

I'm trying to pull back all Projects that are Active and have a ProjectName="X". ProjectName is a lookup and Active is Yes/No. Here's what I have built: http://<siteurl>/_api/lists/getbytitle('...
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Create an item with REST API from workflow - SharePoint 2013

The main idea of this is to create an item from workflow in another list which is located on different site collection. So I thought is it possible to create an item in list with REST API through the ...
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