Using ETags in SharePoint REST Calls to Manage Concurrency Control

Have you ever needed to generate a unique identifying number, sort of like the ID column in a list? Well, until I started learning the REST APIs, I had no idea how we could ever do this in SharePoint. With the adherence to the OData standards, we can do this and more using eTags to…

Getting User Information with the SharePoint 2013 REST API

Sometimes the tiniest little throw-away comment on an article out there somewhere can prove useful to someone. Sometimes, it’s even a comment I’ve made. That’s Andrew “AC” Clark (@bitterac) who tweeted. I may get a club soda out of it, but at Andrew’s suggestion, I figured I’d put up a post as well. There’s far…