This SharePoint rest api tutorial explains, how to get all SharePoint list items using Rest API and then how to display SharePoint list items in a data table using Rest API and jQuery in SharePoint Online or SharePoint 2013/2016.
We will see how to get all list items in sharepoint using rest api.
Here, we will use the datatables plug-in to display the SharePoint list items in a tabular format.
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DataTables
DataTables is a plug-in build on top of jQuery to enhance any HTML table with its own advanced features. Without writing any code, you can enhance your HTML tables like you can have paging, search, formating, etc.
To work the DataTables JavaScript library or plug-in, you just require to refer the following .css and .js file.
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.21/css/jquery.dataTables.css">
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf8" src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.21/js/jquery.dataTables.js"></script>If you do not want to provide the path from the CDN, you can also download and save it in your site and refer it from there.
Now, we will see how to get all list items in sharepoint using rest api and then display in a tabular format.
Here, I have a SharePoint Online list which has few columns like:
- Title
- Gender
- ContactNumber
- Department
- Address
And the SharePoint list looks like below:
Now, we will see how to display these SharePoint list items in a data table using Rest API, HTML, jQuery, etc in a web part page in SharePoint.
Here I will use a content editor web part to add the code into the web part page in SharePoint. So here, I have added two separated file, one is the HTML file which contents the HTML code and the other one is a js file which contains our JavaScript and Rest API code.
Both the files I have uploaded to the SiteAssets library in the SharePoint Online site.
HTML Code:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.12/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://onlysharepoint2013.sharepoint.com/sites/SharePointSky/SiteAssets/RetriveListItemsRestAPI.js"></script>
<!–External js file to get data from SharePoint List –>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.12/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/datatables/1.10.12/css/dataTables.jqueryui.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div>
<table id="Employee" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>EmpName</th>
<th>Gender</th>
<th>ContactNumber</th>
<th>Department</th>
<th>Address</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>RetriveListItemsRestAPI.js Code
$(document).ready(function() {
GetItems();
});
function GetItems() {
var siteUrl = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl;
var oDataUrl = siteUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('MyCompanyEmployeeList')/items?$select=Title,Gender,ContactNumber,Department,Address";
$.ajax({
url: oDataUrl,
type: "GET",
dataType: "json",
headers: {
"accept": "application/json;odata=verbose"
},
success: OnSuccess,
error: OnFailure
});
}
function OnSuccess(data) {
try {
$('#Employee').DataTable({
"aaData": data.d.results,
"aoColumns": [
{
"mData": "Title"
},
{
"mData": "Gender"
},
{
"mData": "ContactNumber"
},
{
"mData": "Department"
},
{
"mData": "Address"
}
]
});
} catch (e) {
alert(e.message);
}
}
function OnFailure(data, errMessage) {
alert("Error: " + errMessage);
}Then add a content editor web part to the web part page and give the HTML file reference like below:
Once you save the page, you can see the list data will appear in the datatable like below:
If you are familiar with the script editor web part, then you can add a script editor web part in the SharePoint web part page. Then add the below code in the script editor web part.
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.12/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<!–External js file to get data from SharePoint List –>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.12/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/datatables/1.10.12/css/dataTables.jqueryui.min.css">
<div>
<table id="Employee" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>EmpName</th>
<th>Gender</th>
<th>ContactNumber</th>
<th>Department</th>
<th>Address</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
GetItems();
});
function GetItems() {
var siteUrl = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl;
var oDataUrl = siteUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('EmployeesList')/items?$select=Title,Gender,ContactNumber,Department,Address";
$.ajax({
url: oDataUrl,
type: "GET",
dataType: "json",
headers: {
"accept": "application/json;odata=verbose"
},
success: OnSuccess,
error: OnFailure
});
}
function OnSuccess(data) {
try {
$('#Employee').DataTable({
"aaData": data.d.results,
"aoColumns": [
{
"mData": "Title"
},
{
"mData": "Gender"
},
{
"mData": "ContactNumber"
},
{
"mData": "Department"
},
{
"mData": "Address"
}
]
});
} catch (e) {
alert(e.message);
}
}
function OnFailure(data, errMessage) {
alert("Error: " + errMessage);
}
</script>The result will come like below:
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I hope this SharePoint tutorial helps to get all SharePoint list items using Rest API and display SharePoint list items in a datatables plug-in using Rest API and jQuery in SharePoint Online or SharePoint 2013/2016. Also, we saw how to get all list items sharepoint rest api.
I am Bijay from Odisha, India. Currently working in my own venture TSInfo Technologies in Bangalore, India. I am Microsoft Office Servers and Services (SharePoint) MVP (5 times). I works in SharePoint 2016/2013/2010, SharePoint Online Office 365 etc. Check out My MVP Profile.. I also run popular SharePoint web site SPGuides.com
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Hello, I’m so confused.
How do the code know which list we want to display. I can’t see the link to the list.
Thank you.
In the below line you can see the list name:
var oDataUrl = siteUrl + “/_api/web/lists/getbytitle(‘MyCompanyEmployeeList’)/items?$select=Title,Gender,ContactNumber,Department,Address”;
Here MyCompanyEmployeeList: Is my list name, you can change according to your list name.
Not sure why I can’t get the list. I just got the header for the table but not the list.. Do I need to change anything else besides the list name and JS file in HTML file?
You have to change the column names as per your list.
Items is not filtering after 5000, Can you please assist me if I have more than 5000 items in SharePoint List.