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Add a Like/Ratings Button to the SharePoint Item Display Form (DispForm.aspx) to Allow Users to Like an Item from that page
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="/sites/MySPSite/SiteAssets/jquery-2.2.0.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="/sites/MySPSite/SiteAssets/jquery.SPServices.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
SP.SOD.registerSod('reputation.js', '/_layouts/15/reputation.js');
SP.SOD.executeFunc('reputation.js', 'Microsoft.Office.Server.ReputationModel.Reputation', function () {
SP.SOD.executeFunc('sp.js', 'SP.ClientContext', LoadRatingFunction);
});
function LoadRatingFunction() {
var context = new SP.ClientContext(_spPageContextInfo.webServerRelativeUrl);
var list = context.get_web().get_lists().getById(_spPageContextInfo.pageListId);
var item = list.getItemById(GetUrlKeyValue("ID", false, location.href));
function GetLikeCount() {
var context = new SP.ClientContext(_spPageContextInfo.webServerRelativeUrl);
var list = context.get_web().get_lists().getById(_spPageContextInfo.pageListId);
var item = list.getItemById(GetUrlKeyValue("ID", false, location.href));
context.load(item, "LikedBy", "ID", "LikesCount");
context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, function (success) {
// Check if the user id of the current users is in the collection LikedBy.
var likeDisplay = true;
var $v_0 = item.get_item('LikedBy');
var itemc = item.get_item('LikesCount');
if (!SP.ScriptHelpers.isNullOrUndefined($v_0)) {
for (var $v_1 = 0, $v_2 = $v_0.length; $v_1 < $v_2; $v_1++) {
var $v_3 = $v_0[$v_1];
if ($v_3.$1E_1 === _spPageContextInfo.userId) {
//cb(true, item.get_item('LikesCount'));
//alert("Liked by me");
likeDisplay = false;
}
}
}
ChangeLikeText(likeDisplay, itemc);
}), Function.createDelegate(this, function (sender, args) {
//alert('F1');
}));
}
UpdateLike = function() {
var context = new SP.ClientContext(_spPageContextInfo.webServerRelativeUrl);
var LikeOrUnlike = document.getElementById('LikeButton').innerHTML;
var setLike;
if (LikeOrUnlike === 'Unlike') {
setLike = false;//set false to unlike
} else {
setLike = true;
}
Microsoft.Office.Server.ReputationModel.Reputation.setLike(context, _spPageContextInfo.pageListId, GetUrlKeyValue("ID", false, location.href), setLike);
context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.RatingSuccess), Function.createDelegate(this, this.RatingFailure));
};
ChangeLikeText = function(like, count) {
if (like) {
$("#LikeButton").text('Like');
} else {
$("#LikeButton").text('Unlike');
}
}
RatingSuccess = function(sender, args) {
GetLikeCount()
}
RatingFailure = function(sender, args) {
alert('SetRating failed:' + args.get_message() + '. You can blame Ray for this. :(');//note that you will get error if try like twice
GetLikeCount()
}
$(document).ready(function () {
GetLikeCount();
$("#LikeButton").click(function () {
UpdateLike();
});
});
}
</script>
<button type="button" id="LikeButton" class="LikeButton">Like</button>
@Poisonotter
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Worked like a charm. Thanks, Ray.

@UwHxNJ82
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Hey Ray! Quick question. When clicking "Like" the functionality works, but the like button never renames to "Unlike". So I can't get the Unlike functionality to work. Any suggestions?

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