accessing sharepoint list using javascript

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hi How to access sharepoint list from javascript using ajax? I am getting 404 error everytime.

     var d ="<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">
<soap:Body><GetListItems xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/\">
<listName>TEST</listName>
<queryOptions></queryOptions>
<query><Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name=\"Title\"/><Value Type=\"Text\">title</Value></Eq></Where></Query></query>
</GetListItems>
</soap:Body></soap:Envelope>";

Can someone check if Soap envelope is correct?

Using single quotes (') to enclose that string would save you the trouble of having to escape all the internal quotes. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Feb 8, 2011 at 19:17

Janis Veinbergs · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-10 09:16:33Z

4

It would be easyer to use a library instead of forging soap envelopes yourself. Try SPServices, a jQuery library for SharePoint web services.

Then you just do something like:

<script type="text/javascript" src="filelink/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="filelink/jquery.SPServices-0.5.4.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function() {
  $().SPServices({
    operation: "GetListItems",
    async: false,
    listName: "Announcements",
    CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields><FieldRef Name='Title' /></ViewFields>",
    completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
      $(xData.responseXML).find("[nodeName='z:row']").each(function() {
        var liHtml = "<li>" + $(this).attr("ows_Title") + "</li>";
        $("#tasksUL").append(liHtml);
      });
    }
  });
});
</script>
<ul id="tasksUL"/>

Nice!

answered Feb 10, 2011 at 9:16

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2 Comments

Anthony Graglia Over a year ago

I agree. SPServices is really easy to use. This should be marked as the answer. And because it is JQ, it also allows for other fun things like autocomplete, etc.

yancyn Over a year ago

if you are using jquery 1.7 and above the syntax cannot work anymore, see sympmarc.com/2011/11/23/…. Please use $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function() { }); instead.

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