Programming Microsoft Office 365: Covers Microsoft Graph, Office 365 applications, SharePoint Add-ins, Office 365 Groups, and more

Chapter 9. SharePoint REST API

Since Microsoft SharePoint 2013, SharePoint has included a rich set of REST (Representational State Transfer) API, which is useful for creating SharePoint Add-ins, SharePoint workflows, and other software solutions. The SharePoint REST API gives any platform access to many key objects, properties, and methods that are also available via the client-side object model (CSOM). The new API provides a rich set of REST URIs that you can access via HTTP and XML/JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) for consuming nearly every capability of the CSOM. All you need is a third-party technology capable of consuming REST services. In this chapter, you will learn about the architecture of this REST API and how to manage the most common ...