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Overview We have already discussed how to embed video from YouTube and another Video Providers into SharePoint, in particular it was demonstrated  how to: store embed video properties and render YouTube player via Computed Field store embed code and render YouTube player using customized List View In both cases some kind of customization should be applied for List/Library in order to render…

Embedding and Sharing Video in SharePoint. Part Three: Aggregating Video Feeds and utilizing API

Introduction Previous two posts were devoted to discussion of how to integrate video from YouTube and another Video Providers into SharePoint. In the first post we have discussed how to store embedded video properties and render YouTube player using Computed Field. In the second one we have discussed how to store embed code itself as it was generated by Provider. This time we will discuss at how…

Embedding and Sharing Video in SharePoint Part Two: Posting embedded code, support for different Video Providers, Preview view

Introduction In previous post we have discussed  approach on how to embed video into SharePoint from YouTube. Custom List Video Links were used for storing embedded video properties and Computed Field for rendering Video player. This time we will extend our solution with the following capabilities: Support for different video providers listed in  oEmbed Preview view for displaying video arranged…

Embedding and Sharing Video in SharePoint

Introduction The solution described here allows to embed video hosted on YouTube into SharePoint. The same approach may be applied for embedding video from another video hosting sites, for example from Vimeo. The main idea here to store embedded video properties and not the embedded code itself. For storing embedded video properties we will use Custom  List, see implementation section for…

Overview In SharePoint 2013 was  introduced a new field type named Geolocation that enables you to annotate SharePoint lists with location information. For example, you can now make lists “location-aware” and display latitude and longitude coordinates through Bing Maps. An entry is typically seen as a pushpin on a map view. Due to the lack of these capabilities in SharePoint 2010 it was decided…

Overview

Since the introduction of REST interface in SharePoint 2010 you have probably used WebClient or HttpWebRequest in .NET applications. HttpClient is a modern HTTP client for .NET, it provides a flexible and extensible API for accessing resources via HTTP(S). HttpClient offers some advantages over WebClient/HttpWebRequest such as:

An HttpClient instance is the place to configure extensions,…

Consuming the SharePoint Online REST API from PowerShell

Introduction

A while back ago we already discussed how to  consume SharePoint Online (SPO) REST in PowerShell. Here is a brief recap:

it was stated that Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet could not be utilized for performing REST requests since it does not support claims-based authentication

a custom Invoke-RestSPO function has been implemented that sends  HTTPS requests to SPO RESTful web services.  A Sha…

[User Custom Action]

Overview

Custom Actions offer  a great way to extend capabilities of the SharePoint. The possibilities span the range of including custom JavaScript on every page to extending the Ribbon. In SharePoint 2013/SharePoint Online you can leverage the CSOM/REST  to manage custom actions. Below are demonstrated two simple examples of using custom actions in real world scenarios and I hope you you’ll…

Overview

In the previous post we’ve already discussed how to perform CRUD operations by sending HTTPS requests to SharePoint RESTful web services in PoweShell. The Invoke-RestSPO function was introduced for that purpose since  Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet does not support claims based authentication and it makes this cmdlet impossible to use in O365 and SharePoint Online scenarios.

This time I…

Uploading files into Office 365

Overview

Being one of the most common questions “How to upload files to SharePoint Library?”, i noticed that usually folder structure is not taken into account in the provided solutions. So i decided to fill the gap and implement another version that allows to preserve folder structure while uploading files.

Prerequisites

 SharePoint client components SDK have to be installed on the machine…

In this post I would like to introduce you to a SharePoint client for PHP available on GitHub. The library provides a SharePoint Online (SPO) client for PHP applications. It allows you to performs CRUD operations on SharePoint data using an SharePoint 2013 REST/OData based API.

 API

PHP:cURLlibrary is used to make HTTP requests to performs CRUD operations on SharePoint data using SharePoint 2013…

Consuming the SharePoint 2013 REST API from SharePoint Designer

In SharePoint 2013 workflows  was introduced  a new action named Call HTTP Web Service. This action is flexible enough and allow you to make  calls to a web services including SharePoint REST service. 

Figure 1 shows you the Call HTTP Web Service action on the SharePoint Designer 2013 surface.

  Figure 1. SPD Workflow that demonstrates how to leverage Call HTTP Web Service action for Read…

Consuming the SharePoint 2013 REST API from PowerShell

Introduction

SharePoint 2013 introduces a Representational State Transfer (REST) service that is comparable to the  SharePoint CSOM. In addition to CSOM, REST API opens up a huge capabilities, in particular for administering and automating SharePoint Online when used with PowerShell.

Sending  REST requests to a SharePoint Online 

In the previous postwe’ve already covered how to perform read…

List Items manipulation via REST API in SharePoint 2010

Introduction

Apart from CSOM API,  REST API introduces another approach to access SharePoint list data from platforms on which the CSOM may be unavailable. The SharePoint REST interface is based on the REST-based Open Data protocol (OData) which  is a platform-independent open standard.

Examples

This section contains sample code for all of the CRUD operations.

Create

In order to  perform a Create…

Introduction to Client Forms Validation in SharePoint 2013

Client side event handlers in SharePoint

In addition to server side Event Model,  SharePoint also provides client side  event handling capabilities when working with List Forms.

Let’s see briefly how it works. In List Forms pages Save button click handler triggers PreSaveItem function , PreSaveItem function is declared in forms.js:

PreSaveAction function from another hand, is a user defined…

Working with the SharePoint Online REST service via PowerShell

Since SharePoint 2013 introduces a Representational State Transfer (REST) service that is comparable to the existing SharePoint client object models, it opens up a huge capabilities, in particular for administering and automating SharePoint Online when using PowerShell.

My first idea was to utilize  Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet, which was introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0.  Invoke-RestMethod cmdle…

Overview

In this post  will be demonstrated how to perform a common CRUD operations when working with Discussions List via SharePoint  Client Object Model (JavaScript CSOM).

Create a Discussion

So, let’s get started with creating a Discussion item. SP.Uti…