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Retrieve a Particular SharePoint List as JSON

Downloads a particular SharePoint list and parses the JSON.
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llSuccess = .F.

// 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"

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
// Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
loHttp.Login = "SHAREPOINT_USERNAME"
loHttp.Password = "SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD"
loHttp.LoginDomain = "SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN"
loHttp.NtlmAuth = .T.

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 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
loHttp.Accept = "application/json;odata=verbose"
loHttp.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)
loSbJson = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
llSuccess = loHttp.QuickGetSb("https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/Lists(guid'SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENTS_GUID')/items",loSbJson)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loSbJson
    return
endif

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.LoadSb(loSbJson)
loJson.EmitCompact = .F.

// Iterate over the items in this list.
lnNumItems = loJson.SizeOfArray("d.results")
? "Number of Items in this SharePoint List = " + str(lnNumItems)

i = 0
do while i < lnNumItems
    loJson.I = i

    lcTitle = loJson.StringOf("d.results[i].Title")
    lcUri = loJson.StringOf("d.results[i].__metadata.uri")

    ? str(i + 1) + ": " + lcTitle
    // This is the URI for the Nth item in this list
    ? "URI: " + lcUri

    i = i + 1
enddo

// 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)
// 


release loHttp
release loSbJson
release loJson