Unicode C++

Retrieve a Particular SharePoint List as XML

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Downloads a particular SharePoint list and parses the XML. Unicode C++

#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkXmlW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  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"

    CkHttpW http;

    //  If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    //  Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    http.put_Login(L"SHAREPOINT_USERNAME");
    http.put_Password(L"SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD");
    http.put_LoginDomain(L"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 an XML reply
    http.put_Accept(L"application/atom+xml");
    http.put_AcceptCharset(L"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)
    CkStringBuilderW sbXml;
    success = http.QuickGetSb(L"https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/Lists(guid'SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENTS_GUID')/items",sbXml);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkXmlW xml;
    xml.LoadSb(sbXml,true);

    CkStringBuilderW sbBase;
    sbBase.Append(xml.getAttrValue(L"xml:base"));
    wprintf(L"Base URL = %s\n",sbBase.getAsString());

    //  Find the number of entries in this list.
    int numEntries = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag(L"entry");
    wprintf(L"Number of Entries in this SharePoint List = %d\n",numEntries);

    CkStringBuilderW sbUri;

    int i = 0;
    while (i < numEntries) {
        xml.put_I(i);

        const wchar_t *title = xml.getChildContent(L"entry[i]|content|m:properties|d:Title");

        sbUri.SetString(sbBase.getAsString());
        sbUri.Append(xml.getChildContent(L"entry[i]|id"));

        wprintf(L"%d: %s\n",i + 1,title);
        wprintf(L"URI: %s\n",sbUri.getAsString());

        i = i + 1;
    }

    //  The output of this program (when I ran w/ my test SharePoint data) looks something like this:

    //  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...

    //  	Base URL = https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/
    //  	Number of Entries 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: 
    //  	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: 
    //  	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(9)
    //  	5: 
    //  	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: 
    //  	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(18)
    //  	9: 
    //  	URI: https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/_api/Web/Lists(guid'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx')/Items(19)
    //  	10: 
    //  	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)
    //  
    //
    }