Sometimes, the SharePoint JSOM is just too unwieldy. So on a recent project I needed to conjure up SharePoint group information, and for each of these groups also the users which are group members. I wanted this data in JSON format since I’m using knockoutjs for the UI and presentation. After taking a look at the JSON … Continue reading Serving up JSON Data from a SharePoint Application Page Pseudo Service
Client and Server Driven Paging with the SharePoint REST API
If you are using the SharePoint REST API (listdata.svc) to return non-trivial amounts of data you should definitely consider implementing some form of paged access to the data; not only to reduce the burden on the server but also to improve the overall user experience. Fortunately with the SharePoint REST API this is pretty straight forward to do. … Continue reading Client and Server Driven Paging with the SharePoint REST API
SharePoint: Adventures with the REST API Part 1
Series Links SharePoint: Adventures with the REST API Part 1 SharePoint: Adventures with the REST API Part 2 – The AIR Tool Client and Server Driven Paging with the SharePoint REST API Updated 2013-03-19 :: Entity-set Schema. Updated 2013-03-15 :: Using REST with JSON. In this post; Introduction to REST Entity-set Schema Using the $select … Continue reading SharePoint: Adventures with the REST API Part 1