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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Communicate with Host Web from App Web through PnP JavaScript Core Library

Introduction

Yesterday I had blogged on “How to use PnP JavaScript Core Library with SharePoint Hosted Add-in”, as a continue for the above post; today we will discuss on “How to communicate with Host Web from App Web through PnP JavaScript Core Library”.

Solution

As a example for this blogpost we will list down all the lists which are available in Host web.

Download the sample from my previous post and replace the below code in App.js file.

  

'use strict';

//Get the QueryString data from the url
function getUrlParamByName(name) {
    name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\]");
    var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)");
    var results = regex.exec(location.search);
    return results === null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}

function myPnP() {
    var addinWeb = getUrlParamByName("SPAppWebUrl");
    var hostWeb = getUrlParamByName("SPHostUrl");

    //This will read Lists from the host web
    $pnp.sp.crossDomainWeb(addinWeb, hostWeb).expand("Lists").get().then(function (result) {
        var resulttring = "";
        for (var i = 0; i < result.Lists.length; i++) {
            resulttring += "List Name: " + result.Lists[i].Title + "
List ID:" + result.Lists[i].Id + "
List Description:" + result.Lists[i].Description + "

"; } document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = resulttring; }).catch(function (err) { alert(err); }); } //Call the above function after the page load document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () { myPnP(); });

Conclusion

When you run the project by hitting F5, the list name, list id and the list description will be displayed as below.

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You can expect more blogposts since myself and my team is working on a large SharePoint hosted Add-in using PnP JavaScript Core Library.

You may download this sample from the below url.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByEnOE8DAdvhZ3pveFRtSWFzUEk/view?usp=sharing

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Use sp-pnp-js with SharePoint hosted Add-in

Introduction

My team is assigned to deliver couple of SharePoint hosted add-ins using Patterns and Practices JavaScript core library.

This blog post will be the starting and hopefully some more will follow.

PnP JavaScript Core Library

The Patterns and Practices JavaScript Core Library is a JavaScript Library which was created to help developers by simplifying common operations within SharePoint and the SharePoint Framework.

This library provides a fluent API to make building your REST queries intuitive and supports batching and caching. You can learn more on the project's homepage which has links to documentation, samples, and other resources to help you get started.

(http://dev.office.com)

Create a solution with SharePoint Hosted Add-in template in Visual Studio

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Remove unwanted files and references

Remove sp.js

The sp.js is the library used for JavaScript Object model. This file contains the extension methods to communicate with SharePoint. Since we are going to communicate with SharePoint using pnp.js we will remove it from the Page.

Go to Default.aspx page and just delete the line which is shown below.

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Add needed JavaScript Libraries

You have to add the below JavaScript libraries into Scripts Module.

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es6-promise.js  and fetch.js libraries are needed in order to the add-in work in Internet Explorer. It is because, PnP core library implements fetch and promises, which are not supported on Internet Explorer Browser. To overcome this issue, we need to add these libraries.

The libraries should be referred in the page as in the above order.

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<script type="text/javascript"  src="../Scripts/es6-promise.min.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../Scripts/fetch.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../Scripts/pnp.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../Scripts/App.js"></script>

Now you are ready to query SharePoint environment using PnP Library.

Remove all the code from App.js file and the below sample code which will display the App Web Title and the url.


  
'use strict';

function myPnP() {
    //Retrieve Web Title and other details the current web
   

    $pnp.sp.web.select("Title", "Url", "Description").get().then(function (data) {
        var details = "";
        
        details += "Web Title : " + data.Title;
        details += "
Web URL : " + data.Url; details += "
Description : " + data.Description; document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = details; }).catch(function (err) { alert(err); }); } //Call the PnP method after the page load document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () { myPnP(); });

Hit F5 and your solution will be deployed.

Conclusion

You can start working on SharePoint hosted add-in using PnP JavaScript Core Library.

Please download the solution from the link below.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByEnOE8DAdvhbDRGcWdGS2hsQk0

Link a column of a list other than the title to DispForm.aspx in SharePoint 2013

Problem

I had created a custom SharePoint list through Visual Studio 2013. I had added another column. I need this column to be linked to display form of the item. By default title field is linked to display form.

Solution

The solution is simple

  1. Open the Schema.xml of Listimage
  2. Search for your field under <Fields> tag.
  3. Add LinkToItem="TRUE" as a property.

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Conclusion

Now you can click on your field and navigate to the display form.

Here is the visual studio solution:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByEnOE8DAdvhdV80Y3ZCQzh0TkE/view?usp=sharing

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Upgrade process of SharePoint Hosted Add-in

After developing a SharePoint hosted Add-in, we can publish them in Office store or tenant app catalog. When the add-ins are published in Office store and app catalog sites, they track add-in’s version numbers. When an add-in is installed, the version number is recorded for the particular add-in instance.

For an example, let’s say we have published a SharePoint hosted add-in with the version number 1.0.0.0. Now you have to upgrade the add-in after some modification.

For that, you can just increase the version number in AppManifest.xml in the solution.

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Then you have to publish the add-in to the office store or app catalog site again. In App catalog you just have to replace the package.

Then in Site Content page a message will show as “An update for this add-in is available” near the add-in name, as shown below.

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According to Microsoft, it will take maximum of 24 hours to appear in Site Content page. My one also took around 24 hours to display, the message.

Then click on “update” and click on “GET IT” button. Also you have trust it.

Note, that the Update for the add-in is not forced. You can update the add-in only if you wish to.

Friday, February 10, 2017

Check whether a user exists in a SharePoint group using Rest Api?

Solution

The rest query url. This was tested in SharePoint Online

var isMember = false;

var userId = _spPageContextInfo.userId;// _spPageContextInfo.userId is current logged in user

var groupName = "Name of the group";

var url = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/sitegroups/getByName('"+ groupName +"')/Users?$filter=Id eq "+ userId ;
Once the results are received we have check the length of the results as below.

if(result.data.d.results.length >0){
                 isMember = true;
                 }
     

The full code is below. Please note that I have used deferred in Angular JS.

  function getIsCurrentUserInGroup()
    {
        var isMember = false;
 var deferred = $q.defer();
 var userId = _spPageContextInfo.userId;// _spPageContextInfo.userId is current logged in user
 var groupName = "Name of the group";
        var url = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/sitegroups/getByName('"+ groupName +"')/Users?$filter=Id eq "+ userId ;
        $http({
            url: url,
            method: "GET",
            contentType: "application/json;odata=verbose",
            headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" }
        }).then(function (result) {
            
           if(result.data.d.results.length >0)
 {
  isMember = true;
 }
            deferred.resolve(isMember );
        }, function (error) {
            deferred.reject('Request failed. ' + errorCode.get_message() + '\n' + errorCode.get_stackTrace());
        });

        return deferred.promise;
        
     }