A Node.js SharePoint Client.
var sharepoint = require('sharepoint')({
username : 'someusername',
password : 'somepassword',
// Authentication type - current valid values: ntlm, basic, online
type : 'ntlm',
url : 'https://someSharepointHostname.com'
});
sharepoint.login(function(err){
if (err){
return console.error(err);
}
// Once logged in, we can list the "lists" within sharepoint
sharepoint.lists.list(function(err, listRes){
var aList = listRes[0];
// We can pick a particular list, and read it. This also gives us the list's Items[] and Fields[]
sharepoint.lists.read(aList.Id, function(err, listRead){
console.log(singleResult);
});
});
});##Paramaters When initialising Sharepoint, there are a number of optional params which can be specified at init. Here are their defaults & descriptions
var sharepoint = require('sharepoint')({
username : 'someusername',
password : 'somepassword',
// Authentication type - current valid values: ntlm, basic, online
type : 'ntlm',
url : 'https://someSharepointHostname.com',
// All of the following params are optional:
context : 'myCustomerSite', // Set to create resources outside of the base site context, `web`
verbose : false, // Set to true to stop filtering responses, instead returning everything
proxy : undefined, // set to string hostname of proxy if running through one
strictSSL : true // set to false if connecting to SP instance with self-signed cert
});Skip this if you already know enough about SharePoint.
Here's the basics I wanted to know about this product before I began integrating:
- Sharepoint is a number of products:
- SharePoint 2013 - the on premise version of Sharepoint which I've seen most often.
- Sharepoint 365 - the online SharePoint product.
- Everything is a List in SharePoint. Document Library? A list. The tasks app? Just a list. Discussion Board? You got it, it's a list. Site Pages? List. Turns out, Sharepoint reuses the base type
Listfor a lot of things.
As mentioned above, SharePoint is driven by lists. The base SharePoint API allows you to CRUDL lists, but the read operation doesn't return Items[] or Fields[] - this is a separate API operation.
With Sharepointer, list read operations also retrieve all Fields[] and Items[] on the list for convenience.
Confusing, I know. Bear with me. Lists all objects of type list in sharepoints (and remember, almost everything in Sharepoint is a list!).
sharepoint.lists.list(function(err, listRes){
// listRes will be an array of lists [{ Id : '1a2b3c', ... }, { Id : '2b3c4d' }, { Id : '5d6e7f' }]
});You can now use any of the following functions to operate upon lists. Note that each lists object in the array will also have a convenience function which operates on itself for read, update & delete. These are also documented below.
Creating a result requires a title and a description.
sharepoint.lists.create({ title : 'My new list', description : 'Some list description' }, function(err, createRes){
// createRes will be the newly created list as an object { Id : 'someListGUID', title : 'My new list', ...}
});List Read can take a string as the first param (assumes list Id), or a params object specifying either a guid or title.
The list operation already tells us quite a bit about that list, but this read call also returns Fields[] and Items[]. This is different to how the SharePoint API behaves, and is offered as a convenience.
// Get a list by ID - you can find this under the 'Id' property.
sharepoint.lists.read('someListGUID', function(err, listReadResult){
// listReadResult will be an object { Id : 'someListGUID', Title : 'SomeListTitle', Items : [{}, {}], Fields : [{}, {}] ... }
});
// Get a list by name
sharepoint.lists.read({title : 'some list name' }, function(err, listReadResult){
// listReadResult will be an object { Id : 'someListGUID', Title : 'some list name', ... }
});
// You can also call a read() operation from an object returned from the list operation for convenience like this
sharepoint.lists.list(function(err, listRes){
var aList = listRes[0];
aList.read(function(err, aListReadResult){
});
});Updating requires an ID and a title. Optionally, you can just specify all this in one object.
// Update specifying the Id separately
return sharepoint.lists.update('someListGuid', { Title : 'MyNewTitle' }, function(err, updateResult){
// updateResult will be the object you passed in, but not the full list. To get the fully updated object, a subsequent read is needed.
});
// Updating specifying the Id in one param
return sharepoint.lists.update({ Id : 'someListGuid', Title : 'MyNewTitle' }, function(err, updateResult){
});
// You can also call a update() operation from an object returned from the list operation for convenience like this
sharepoint.lists.list(function(err, listRes){
var aList = listRes[0];
aList.update({Title : '' }, function(err){
});
});Delete requires a list Id. Deletion by title is not possible.
sharepoint.lists.del('someListId', function(err){
// Err will indicate if somethign went wrong - there's no second param
});
// You can also call a delete() operation from an object returned from the list operation for convenience like this
sharepoint.lists.list(function(err, listRes){
var aList = listRes[0];
aList.update({Title : '' }, function(err){
});
});##List Items Lists in sharepoint have a collection of items. These are usually another API call away, but as discussed earlier, sharepointer retrieves these upon performing a read() call.
###ListItems List To retrieve the items contained within a list,
sharepoint.listItems.list('someListGUID', function(err, itemsUnderThisList){
});Of course, we can also just perform a list read:
sharepoint.listItems.read('someListGUID', function(err, listReadResult){
// we now have the items under listReadResult.Items
});###ListItem Create We can create new ListItems within a list using the create function. The responsibility is on the user to ensure all required fields are included prior to creating a listItem, and no extraneous fields are included. SharePoint throws meaningful & useful errors (..for once) if you include incorrect fields here, so it's easy to debug.
sharepoint.listItems.create('someListGUID', { Title : 'My new list item', Remember: 'To include all fields' }, function(err, listCreateResult){
});We can also just call .create() on the Items property of a list which we've read.
sharepoint.lists.read('someListGUID', function(err, listReadResult){
// Now that we've read a list, we can create an item under it by running:
listReadResult.Items.create({ Title : 'My new item' }, function(){
});
// We could also use listReadResult.createItem() to the same effect
});###ListItem Read
As part of reading a ListItem, we also retrieve it's File property, if any exists. This is helpful, because many lists include a file attachment (e.g. Document Libraries). If no file exists, this will simply be undefined.
sharepoint.listItems.read('someListGUID', 'someListItemId', function(err, singleListItem){
});Of course, we can also just call .read() on a listItem, after we read it's containing list.
sharepoint.lists.read('someListGUID', function(err, listReadResult){
var anItemInThisList = listReadResult.Items[0];
anItemInThisList.read(function(err, listItem){
});
});###ListItem Delete To delete a ListItem, we can use the del() function.
sharepoint.listItems.del('someListGUID', 'someListItemId', function(err){
});Of course, we can also just call .del() on a listItem, after we read it's containing list.
sharepoint.lists.read('someListGUID', function(err, listReadResult){
var anItemInThisList = listReadResult.Items[0];
anItemInThisList.delete(function(err){
});
});#Why another Sharepoint Client? Yet another SharePoint Client. This one:
- Has test coverage
- Isn't written in CofeeScript
- Supports multiple authentication schemas - currently:
- NTLM
- Basic
- Online (Sharepoint 365/Online login flow)
- Accepts pull requests :-)
#Tests
Tests are written in Mocha. Unit tests simply require the integration tests, and nock the API they integrate with - thus reducing the amount of test code we need to write.
##Running Unit tests
This includes jshint, and the mocha unit test suite.
# install grunt globally
npm install grunt-cli -g
#run the tests
grunt test
##Running Integration Tests
#Setup environment variables with your SP creds:
export SP_USERNAME=YOUR_USERNAME
export SP_PASSWORD=YOUR_PASSWORD
export SP_HOST=https://your_sp_hostname.com
export SP_AUTH_TYPE=(ntlm|basic|online)
#Then run the tests:
grunt integration