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Am I looking in the wrong place for sharepoint API documentation?
- Nov 09, 2022
Texas_Technician Check these links:
- Complete basic operations using SharePoint REST endpoints
- Work with lists and list items
- Work with folders and files
- REST API reference and samples - I think this is what you need. From this link, you can find more documentations in left navigation:
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Texas_Technician Check these links:
- Complete basic operations using SharePoint REST endpoints
- Work with lists and list items
- Work with folders and files
- REST API reference and samples - I think this is what you need. From this link, you can find more documentations in left navigation:
Please click Mark as Best Response & Like if my post helped you to solve your issue. This will help others to find the correct solution easily. It also closes the item. If the post was useful in other ways, please consider giving it Like.
- Texas_TechnicianNov 09, 2022Copper Contributor
Wow, thank you. This: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/sharepoint-rest-reference/jj860569(v=office.15)
Is exactly what I was looking for. And I don't understand why it was so difficult to find.
I was operating off of this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/
And could not locate the reference.
I think my biggest confusion spawned from the fact that there is no clear structure to their docs. And every other article has a disclaimer at the top saying this article applies to SharePoint 2013, but doesn't say it also applies to SPO or SP 2019 etc.
- traywolfOct 31, 2023Copper Contributor
Texas_Technician
The post and replies to this point to the 2015 version of the REST API and documentation says "no longer being maintained". A more current link would be appreciated.- Texas_TechnicianNov 01, 2023Copper Contributor
You'll find that old documentation will provide information which applies to the latest version of sharepoint. New documentation often has missing information. In my case, I had to go all the way back to 2013 docs to find my answer for MS online.
I suggest, if you're using the sharepoint api, switch to using MS Graph. It's newer, and the docs are better.