SharePointRestAPI.md

SharePoint Rest API

• Get to know the SharePoint 2013 REST service
• Complete basic operations using SharePoint 2013 REST endpoints
• Access SharePoint 2013 data from add-ins using the cross-domain library
• Develop SharePoint Add-ins
• Working with lists and list items with REST
• Working with folders and files with REST
• Use OData query operations in SharePoint REST requests
• Determine SharePoint REST service endpoint URIs
• URI Conventions (OData Version 2.0)
• Make batch requests with the REST APIs
• Part 2 - SharePoint REST API Batching - Exploring Batch Requests, Responses and Changesets
• Part 1 - SharePoint REST API Batching - Understanding Batching Requests
• SharePoint REST API Batching Made Easy

REST URL Length Limit

• Whats the URL length limit for SharePoint 2013 REST GET requests?
• What is the maximum length of a URL in different browsers?
• URL path length restrictions (SharePoint Server 2010)

Pagination

• LIST ELEMENTS PAGINATION WITH SHAREPOINT 2013 REST API – PART 1

Things need to know about REST API

• First all Microsoft's REST API documentation is full of errors. So be careful!
• Only use "GET" and "POST" in ajax calls.
• "PUT", "MERGE" and "DELETE" are used in the HTTP header "X-HTTP-Method"
• I don't see many use of "PUT" which replaces the existing item. Most likely you will use "MERGE" which really means to update the item.
• lists/getbytitle('listname')/items only return 100 items. Use $top=1000 to get 1000 items.
• REST URL's length limitation is about 2000 but not 256 as claimed in https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn292556.aspx

Lookup and User Field

• Updating Lookup Values with the REST API
• SharePoint 2013 REST - Create list item with user field and lookup field
• Use OData query operations in SharePoint REST requests
• Valid URL:
• /web/lists/getbytitle('Expenses')/items?$select=Title,LookupTest/Title&$expand=LookupTest&
• /web/lists/getbytitle('Expenses')/items?$select=Title,PersonTest/Title&$expand=PersonTest&
• How to obtain User Field Properties in Lookup List via Rest Api
• Getting User Information with the SharePoint 2013 REST API
• Users, groups, and roles REST API reference
• User profiles REST API reference
• Work with user profiles in SharePoint 2013
• How to get users picture field displayed via _api/Web/Lists - SharePoint Online

Upload files

• REST API: Add a plain text file as an attachment to a list item
• how to attach file to list sharepoint 2013 via REST API
• Upload a file by using the REST API and jQuery
• FileReader
• Files and folders REST API reference
• Using files from web applications

Show User Profile Pictures

• https://mysharepointlearnings.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/user-profile-picture-in-sp-hosted-app/
• https://mysharepointlearnings.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/displaying-user-profile-picture-in-apps/

Create List Fields

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn600182.aspx#bk_FieldCollection
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn600182.aspx#bk_FieldCollectionCreateFieldAsXml
• http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/115958/is-it-possible-to-create-field-with-defined-internal-name-using-rest-api