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Calling SharePoint web services

After some research on calling SharePoint webservices, it seems that using the following URL: https://yoursite.sharepoint.com/_vti_bin/lists.asmx?wsdl would allow me to request data from SharePoint...

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Web app that runs other applications? [closed]

I am trying to write a web application that interacts with a service that would run scripts at the system level. Something like a website that you can schedule a job, the service will run the job with...

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Requiring authorisation on multiple devices

In creating a sort of “remote control” site, I’m wondering what the best way for authorisation is going to be. The simplest example would be: User logs in on desktop – page 1 is displayed (controlled...

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Where does the Id part of a User field come from?

I am using SP web services (usergroup.asmx.GetUserCollectionFromSite()) to get the user IDs of users that I am programmatically adding to a usermulti field in a list. Apparently this is not the user ID...

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Create a list item in a different site collection

I have a List called ‘Customers’ in a site collection named ‘A’. This Customers list is associated with a workflow. Also I have a another site collection called ‘B’. It has a list called ‘Products’. I...

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return all empty folders in a document library using webservice

For a client I’m looking at the following case: They have all sorts of documents within a document library grouped into folders (multiple levels deep). If a folder doesn’t contain a document, the...

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How to handle business rules with a REST API?

I have a REST API to manage a booking system I’m searching how to manage this situation : A customer can book a time slot : A TimeSlot resource is created and linked to a Person resource. In order to...

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Restricting access using IP address / Network Redirection?

I have a situation where we have a web server (lets call it A) that is hosting a set of HTTP based services. Due to some client restrictions, this web server is not open to the outside world but rather...

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Call HTTP Web Service: Unauthorized

I have a workflow that I’d like to have call a web page inside of the web that it was run. I have turned on Site App Permissions at the site level, looked up the Workflow app id and granted it...

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Implementing a modern web application with Web API on top of old services

My company has many WCF services which may or may not be replaced in the near future. The old web application is written in WebForms and communicates straight with these services via SOAP and returns...

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How to efficiently implement this background processing chain?

I am working on an audio software that uses The EchoNest web service to identify and retrieve metadata about audio songs and I would like to have some advice on implementing a background processing...

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get pictures from webservice in sharepoint hosted app

Is it possible to retrieve pictures from webservice and display it in a picture library? if yes how to do that?

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How to write a WCF Service for SharePoint 2013 hosted App?

I’ve deployed a WCF Service in SharePoint. I am able to retrieve data from it using URL: http://nit-hv8-itr4:1111/_vti_bin/PresidentsService.svc/GetAllPresidents The problem occurs when I try to access...

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how to display data in a web part that will function like OOTB sharepoint list?

I have received this webservice and I was asked to create an external list. I created the external list but the problem was that it contains filtering and I was inserting a value for this filtering in...

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What are the reasons to execute a WebService from SQL?

I was looking at some examples on how to call a Web Service from SQL Server. And all of them show very unreadable code, that I imagine would be a nightmare to maintain. So, the main question is why to...

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Check if A ListTemplate is hidden using Sharepoint web services

I am currently using Sharepoint web services in order to retrive information about some Lists and ListItems. My problem is about specifically dealing with hidden Lists i.e. lists whoe...

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Using email as a web service [closed]

I am looking for some arguments for or against a given solution. A public facing webserver hosts an aspx form and, based on user input, places the content of the form in XML within an email body. It...

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How to ensure multiple clients don't poll the server at the same time?

I am making an android app which will talk to a web service to get data. The web service has a rate limit of 100 calls per minute. Is there a way, recommended method to ensure that the app across...

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How can I expose Drupal data to external applications?

How can I expose data from my Drupal site via web services to external applications such as iPhone or Android?

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Setup Etherpad on a IIS7 machine with Port 80

I downloaded Etherpad for Windows On IIS7 Server I’ve created the directory “etherpad” and now I want to access from external. But while IIS Service is working on Port 80 the etherpad service is...

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