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…
There are still reasons to love the SOAP Web Services (hopefully using SPServices!) even though they have been deprecated by Microsoft in SharePoint 2013 (and one can assume to upcoming SharePoint 2016) and SharePoint Online. There are times when the REST API just doesn’t provide functionality we need, and the SOAP Web Services are a…
This will be a quick post. Recently, when I wanted to make a REST call to retrieve all of the high priority tasks from a set of task lists, I figured it would be no big deal. I’d just add something into the querytext and be done with it. Unfortunately, syntax is always a cruel…
Summary: Because of the significant inconsistencies in the SOAP Web Services, converting your calls to REST will be a different process for each of them. In this article, we’ll look at the real workhorse of SPServices: GetListItems. When my mechanic works on my car, sometimes he tells me about some different tires or parts I…
There is very little now in 2013 for which you need SPservices [sic] from /r/sharepoint It wouldn’t surprise you to hear that my answer to this is “it depends”. SPServices is nice in that it works the same way across SharePoint versions from 2007-2013, which might be enough reason to use it. But there are…