(Android™) Retrieve a Particular SharePoint List as JSON

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Downloads a particular SharePoint list and parses the JSON.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The following comments apply to SharePoint Windows classic authentication.
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // For example, imagine our SharePoint endpoint is https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/
    // The SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN would be "mycompany.com"
    // The SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN would be "xyzoffice.mycompany.com"
    // Also, the SHAREPOINT_USERNAME would be just the name, not a full email address.
    // for example, "chilkat" instead of "chilkat@mycompany.com"

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    // Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    http.put_Login("SHAREPOINT_USERNAME");
    http.put_Password("SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD");
    http.put_LoginDomain("SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN");
    http.put_NtlmAuth(true);

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
    // If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
    // establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Indicate that we want a JSON reply
    http.put_Accept("application/json;odata=verbose");
    http.put_AcceptCharset("utf-8");

    // The contents of a SharePoint list can be downloaded by it's URI,
    // which has the following URL format:
    // https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/items
    // 
    // To get the URI's for all SharePoint lists, 
    // See Get SharePoint Lists.

    // Download the list like this (where the SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENTS_GUID is replaced with the actual GUID)
    CkStringBuilder sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    boolean success = http.QuickGetSb("https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/Lists(guid'SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENTS_GUID')/items",sbJson);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.LoadSb(sbJson);
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);

    // Iterate over the items in this list.
    int numItems = json.SizeOfArray("d.results");
    Log.i(TAG, "Number of Items in this SharePoint List = " + String.valueOf(numItems));

    int i = 0;
    while (i < numItems) {
        json.put_I(i);

        String title = json.stringOf("d.results[i].Title");
        String uri = json.stringOf("d.results[i].__metadata.uri");

        Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(i + 1) + ": " + title);
        // This is the URI for the Nth item in this list
        Log.i(TAG, "URI: " + uri);

        i = i + 1;
        }

    // My output when testing is like what is shown below.

    // I found that not every item has a Title,  but as viewed in a browser, I can see each of the item's name.
    // (The number of items agrees with what I can interactively see in a browser.) The mystery of what
    // is being shown for the name (or title) in the browser will be investigated further as Chilkat
    // continues to explore the SharePoint API...

    // 	Number of Items in this SharePoint List = 13
    // 	1: Domain Name created for Exchange Docx
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(3)
    // 	2: null
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(4)
    // 	3: VCAC_RA_Design.docx
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(5)
    // 	4: null
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(9)
    // 	5: null
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(10)
    // 	6: Architecture Briefv1
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(16)
    // 	7: PowerPoint Presentation
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(17)
    // 	8: null
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(18)
    // 	9: null
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(19)
    // 	10: null
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(20)
    // 	11: FRC Summit Brief
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(21)
    // 	12: VCAC DISA Brief 8-13-16
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(22)
    // 	13: TEST PROCEDURE
    // 	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(23)
    // 

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}