I am trying to write a program in java to access the SharePoint using SharePoint REST APIs and download the files in a particular folder inside Documents folder. As the first step which is getting the authentication token, I am trying to register the pp using appregnew.aspx form. As I am new in this area, I am not quite sure what would be my App domain and Request uri. Could someone please help me to understand what are these fields for and what value should be filled in these fields?
Thanks
You could know more about registering SharePoint Add-in from here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-ins/register-sharepoint-add-ins
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I am facing a problem where I need to show the data of sharepoint online list in a mobile app. mobile app can access the data via rest api. but how can i find the sharepoint context as app is external and sits outside boundary of sharepoint.
Any link to the solution or sample code will be highly appreciated.
You need to write REST API which will access SharePoint list data using managed Client object model(CSOM) and return data as JSON.
Following are the detailed steps:
1. Create REST API to access SharePoint list using CSOM
2. Call API from mobile app and include username and password in header in encrypted format
3. Inside API, Decrypt header and use that Username and Password to access SharePoint list.
Sample code for API:
I'm working on accessing document libraries for Sharepoint sites via Mircosoft Graph, but haven't had any luck so far.
Here is my setup:
I have two sites
https://mydomain.sharepoint.com
https://mydomain.sharepoint.com/teams/MyTestSite
When I make an api call to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives, the response doesn't contain id of document library for second site (https://mydomain.sharepoint.com/teams/MyTestSite).
I have gone through documentation and haven't found anything on how to accomplish this. If anyone got any idea about this, please share.
Thanks.
I was able to figure out a solution for this. A sharepoint site is represented as a Group in Office 365. I found that out by doing some hit and trial.
So, after looking up their documentation for anything related to a Group, I got to this: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/api-reference/v1.0/resources/group
And, by using the List groups endpoint I was finally able to get a list of all the Sharepoint sites which the authenticated user can access.
This API call requires Group.Read.All scope while requesting access token and only Admin users can authorize this scope. So, this will need a separate interface for Admin to list groups, potentially store the group-user mapping on my app for the user to be able to make api call (/groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{item-id}) related to the drive.
The V1.0 API has a way to list your doc lib as follows
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/mydomain.sharepoint.com:/Teams/MyTestSite:/drives
Hope this helps.
The beta API also exposes a Sharepoint endpoint.
You can also use the path if you already know your site structure:
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/sharepoint:/sites
I have a web application. When the user clicks on a button in my web application, I'd like to retrieve data from SharePoint on behalf of the user. I have read quite a few articles on SharePoint but I'm still not sure how to proceed. Should I create a provider hosted SharePoint App and use the SharePointREST API? Thank you in advance for your help.
You don't need to create a Provider to use the SharePoint Rest Services.
Quoting http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj164022(v=office.15).aspx :
One advantage of using REST is that you don’t have to add references to any SharePoint 2013 libraries or client assemblies. Instead, you make HTTP requests to the appropriate endpoints to retrieve or update SharePoint entities, such as webs, lists, and list items. See Get started with the SharePoint 2013 REST service for a thorough introduction to the SharePoint 2013 REST interface and its architecture.
Inside the page you will find videos and code examples that will help you to connect and execute operations.
It's Correct. Data in SharePoint is Stored in Lists or Libraries (to files).
You can use the Client Object Model, to get data remotely from a SharePoint Server (on-premise or Online). The Client Object Model can be used through Assemblies (DLL files) or REST services provided by SharePoint. Generally you should know the location of the data you are going to get, that is, as I initially mentioned, the data in SharePoint are stored in Lists or Libraries, therefore you must know the name of the List or Library Additional Site or Sub-site of the List or Library is.
If the name of the list where the information is stored is "employees" and the HR website, the URL could be formed as follows:
http://spserver.company.com/HR/Employees
For REST services, simply complete URL of the list you want to see, so that you retrieve the information from the list. If you want to apply filters, sorting, to retrieve specific columns, you must do it through CAML queries which the add on REST service call.
I'm working with data view web part in SharePoint 2013. For authentication I've to use Single Sign On. I've created one target application ID in Secure Store service. This ID is working fine for BCS. When I'm trying to authenticate data view web part, it's failing.
I've followed blog also. I'm configuring similarly, yet it's failing.
Link: MSDN
A quick help will be appreciated.
Regards,
Vikrant
I have Sharepoint 2010 hosted with windows authentication . I have created a document library inside a new site and uploaded few files.
Now,I'm trying to utilize the info of these files in some application using Rest Webservice exposed by sharepoint.
*http://{server_name}/{site}/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/{Document_Library_name}*
In the response I get xml containing details of files uploaded in document library. One of the tag in response of xml (inside src attribute of tag) contains detail of url of file uploaded,
Now when I try to use this url for document display/download in my application/browser, it pops up with the window authentication which I have for Sharepoint site . After I provide correct user/password the document gets downloaded.
Is it somehow possible to make this document url public(I don't want window authentication pop up) ? At the same time I don't want to disable the Windows authentication for Sharepoint site .
Thanks in advance
By public do you mean accessible within your LAN or accessible from the internet given the sharepoint site is bound to an internet facing interface? I would imagine on the LAN it would be best to simply use the guest account for users who you wanted to give 'public' access to.
Bear in mind the only reason you're prompted for login details is probably because you're not using Internet Explorer.