How would I programmatically access a SharePoint document library from another machine? I want to recursively scan all the folders and generate a list of files with a certain custom property.
You'll need to use the List Data Retrieval web service. Example code using the service can be found on the Query method page.
Vinny is correct. I just wanted to elaborate a little on the next version of SharePoint, SharePoint 2010. There are several client based models for access that essentially wrap the web service calls. There is a managed .NET dll for Windorm/WPF applications, a library for use within websites that is JavaScript based and a Silverlight based implementation.
This MSDN article has links to more information on all three.
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I am a SharePoint novice and need help to determine which api set to use. I have given task to develop an outlook web add-in which will be side loaded to client's computer. This add-in will perform search on SharePoint lists and access content types and allow to move emails to SharePoint.
I have two options from what Choose the right API set tells me, REST OR JSOM.
It says to use JSOM but I am favoring little towards using REST.
My Concerns using REST is if it supports
External content types. I used Microsoft.BusinessData.MetadataModel.Entity in .NET CSOM?
Managed Meta Data/TaxonomyFieldTypes?
Are there any benefits of using one on another?
Really appreciate any comments or suggestions :)
Thanks for reading.
Yes,rest support both of them.
rest update managed matadata:
https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-docs/issues/4758
If I have a requirement of displaying the a content on all the pages inside a header, Whats the best way to do that in an SharePoint 2013?
I am working on a master page that will be using the design manager and there is possibility of using the same master page in the SharePoint online too. The reason why I want to know what is the best way, when I use this same master page in SharePoint online I would like avoid redoing that entire coding for getting a dynamic data from the web service.
Several ways that I have been planning is below
- User control method
- Web part method, but requires server side coding which I doubt can used in online version
This is a complete dynamic data that will be retrieved by a web service and no internal SharePoint data be used.
Thanks for reading
Deepak
If its possible to consume web-service using jQuery/Ajax call you can go with that
Or else if you want to use c#, might need to go with provider hosted app feature (sharepoint 2013)
You can create a Visual Web Part for SharePoint 2013 Online.
Your web part will be contained in a Sandbox Solution which you will develop locally. Once development is complete you will upload the Solution Package created by Visual Studio to SharePoint Online.
https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/80164/create-visual-webpart-for-sharepoint-online
http://sharepoint-community.net/profiles/blogs/sharepoint-online-2013-web-part-deployment
I need to plan and implement search functionality that would allow for search of document libraries based on set of metadata tags. I need to search through multiple document libraries and through multiple farms.
Does anybody implement similar solution? What would be best practices to implement such kind of requirements?
It is certain that the answer to this question depends on what version of SharePoint you are running, which is not specified. That said, in SharePoint 2010 (and SharePoint 2013) it is possible to configure cross-farm service applications. Search is a service application so it follows that you could setup a cross-farm search. Although, targeting specific document libraries could be tricky; you'd need to configure a content source that included the sites in which the document libraries reside.
I need to get all the lists used in my site and render theire items. Since i'm not allowed to use code i have to rely on something like xlst. However after several days of searching i haven't come up with a solution yet. Any idea on how to do this?
Alex depending on what you are trying to do using the client object model may work. This allows you to access SharePoint objects without writing code on the server itself. This does require writing some code but usually a farm admin won't mind it since it doesn't affect SharePoint in any way.
The javascript object model may provide you with what you want.
Here is a link that gets all lists in a SharePoint site
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh185009
Then to get items from a list
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh185007
You can using *.asmx Sharepoint services SharePoint 2010 Web Services. Example from Visual Studio: Connecting to SharePoint Online Web Services
and
from Sharepoint Designer: Connect to another library in SharePoint Designer 2010
Good luck!
I need to programatically interface with SharePoint folders, files and lists from outside SharePoint. Most tutorials focus on working within SharePoint itself, or at least on the same server where SharePoint is installed. I need to automate some tasks from completely different servers -- tasks that require reading SharePoint lists, browsing folders, checking files out and in, reading files stored in SharePoint libraries, etc. It used to be easy using UNC folder and file paths. Now many of our SharePoint sites don't allow UNC access (probably for good reasons), but my needs are the same. What languages / libraries / interfaces will allow this? I'd like to be able to do this from server-side .NET code and from PowerShell scripts (not on the SharePoint server). Thanks for any pointers.
SharePoint offers a web services API. I won't claim it's particularly friendly or fun, but it does work. You can get started learning here.
Use Sharepoint Web Services which provides a suite of standard web service endpoints you can use to do most anything you can through the objet model API.
You can use SPServices whichis a jQuery library which abstracts SharePoint's Web Services and makes them easier to use. It also includes functions which use the various Web Service operations to provide more useful (and cool) capabilities. It works entirely client side and requires no server install.
Here's anoth example of SPServices in use Example
if you are using SharePoint 2010 you can use the Client Side Object Model (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee537247(v=office.14).aspx). It will help you to access sharepoint objects, lists and everything. There are 3 types one for C#, Silverlight and Javascript.
there are more than one methods:
use csom (client side object model)
use rest services
use sharepoint out of the box web services.
If you want to be able to choose the language in which you program, I'd recommend using the Sharepoint REST API. I'm writing my service in Java, requesting data in JSON, and using Jackson to parse it into Java Objects.