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Get the preview URL in SharePoint Document library via REST API
I am making a custom web part that connects to the Documents list on SharePoint via Fetch. This is the call that I use for retrieving information:
/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('Documents')/items?$select=EncodedAbsUrl,*,File/Name&$expand=Folder&$expand=File
Right now I get mostly all the data that I need for all the items, but I just need to also have the URL that redirects you to the preview of the file
If possible, I don't want to make another fetch, So is there any item property that I could expand to get the preview URL, via REST API?
I checked the values of EncodedAbsUrl and ServerRedirectedEmbedUrl, but these are not exactly the preview URL that I have in mind.
I've seen a similar question to mine, even tho I don't need the same thing I've also tried expanding the fetch to recieve more data of vti_x005f but still, I couldn't find the preview URL
With this one:
/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('Documents')/items?$select=EncodedAbsUrl,*,File/Name/Properties/vti_x005f_shortcuturl&$expand=Folder&$expand=File&$expand=Properties
Thank you in advance,
- Solved!
Using the next URL we can retrieve the value "FileRef"
/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Documents')/items?$select=*,FileLeafRef,FileRef
With these what I've made is
https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/<<Name of your Site>>/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id="+encodeURIComponent(file.FileRef.trim())+"&parent=/sites/<<fileName>>/Shared%20Documents
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- Solved!
Using the next URL we can retrieve the value "FileRef"
/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Documents')/items?$select=*,FileLeafRef,FileRef
With these what I've made is
https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/<<Name of your Site>>/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id="+encodeURIComponent(file.FileRef.trim())+"&parent=/sites/<<fileName>>/Shared%20Documents