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SharePoint framework Vs SharePoint hosted add-in, when building CRUD operations
john john Do you get an answer for your question? Should we go with App model or SP framework can help with CRUD operations given the modern experience it provides?
Rishi Gupta john john Whether you are using modern or classic experience in SPO, the recommendation would be to use SharePoint Framework instead of SharePoint-Hosted Add-Ins. There are many reasons SPFx is preferred over Add-Ins - Performance, ALM/CI/CD support, Web Parts aren't hosted in IFrames and more. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/enterprise-guidance
If you like SharePoint hosted add-ins because you like control of a larger page, or you are building a SPA... You can check out single part app pages https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/web-parts/single-part-app-pages
You can do all the crud operations you want using SharePoint Framework.
Here is an example of doing CRUD operations with SPFx. If you take a look at this repository, you'll see a lot of other community built solutions.
https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-webparts/tree/master/samples/sharepoint-crud
Beau Cameron Thank you for your response. I am currently looking for solutions wrt SharePoint 2019. We are planning to host a Form in SharePoint which will save the data in a list and then calls REST API from another 3rd party system. The Third party system will talk to SharePoint hosted Form using REST calls and it will be two way communication. The reason I asked this is because in this case Provider Hosted application makes more sense to have greater control on the REST API as the calls will not be made in context to user but a separate account. Let me know if you have other thoughts.
Rishi Gupta What service/API is it? Generally speaking, APIs may support client credential flows and not just user flows. Is this available to you?
Beau Cameron The API's are third party custom solution. User might not have access to the 3rd party solution but the application can be accessed using a common account, how we used elevated privileges in the SharePoint solutions.