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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: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    --  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"

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    --  Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Login', 'SHAREPOINT_USERNAME'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Password', 'SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'LoginDomain', 'SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'NtlmAuth', 1

    --  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    --  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
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Accept', 'application/json;odata=verbose'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, '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)
    DECLARE @sbJson int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbJson OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'QuickGetSb', @success OUT, 'https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/Lists(guid''SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENTS_GUID'')/items', @sbJson
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJson
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbJson
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0

    --  Iterate over the items in this list.
    DECLARE @numItems int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @numItems OUT, 'd.results'

    PRINT 'Number of Items in this SharePoint List = ' + @numItems

    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i < @numItems
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i

        DECLARE @title nvarchar(4000)
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @title OUT, 'd.results[i].Title'
        DECLARE @uri nvarchar(4000)
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @uri OUT, 'd.results[i].__metadata.uri'



        PRINT @i + 1 + ': ' + @title
        --  This is the URI for the Nth item in this list

        PRINT 'URI: ' + @uri

        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    --  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)
    --  

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJson
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json


END
GO