sp-dev-fx-webparts/samples/react-sp-elevatedprivileges

Communicate using elevated privileges with SharePoint

Summary

Sample SharePoint Framework client-side web part illustrating communication with SharePoint using elevated privileges through a custom Web API.

Applies to

• SharePoint Framework Developer Preview
• Office 365 developer tenant

Solution

Solution	Author(s)
react-sp-elevatedprivileges	Waldek Mastykarz (MVP, Rencore, @waldekm)

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	October 12, 2016	Initial release

Disclaimer

THIS CODE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

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Minimal Path to Awesome

• clone this repo

Deploy custom Web API

• in the Azure Management Portal at https://portal.azure.com create a new API App
  • in the settings enable CORS for all origins using an *
  • copy the URL of the API App
• in your SharePoint site
  • create a new list called Tasks
  • navigate to https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appregnew.aspx
    • generate client ID and copy it
    • generate client secret and copy it
    • as the name use: SPFx sample elevated privileges
    • as the URL use the URL of the Azure API App created previously
    • as the domain use the host name of the Azure API App
  • navigate to https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx
    • lookup the newly registered Add-in using the client ID you copied
    • in the Permissions field past the following code:

<AppPermissionRequests AllowAppOnlyPolicy="true">
  <AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/content/sitecollection/web/list" Right="Write" />
</AppPermissionRequests>

• after confirming the changes, when prompted, select the previously created Tasks list
• from the api folder, in Visual Studio open the pnp.api.elevatedprivileges.sln file
• in the web.config file
  • update the value of the clientId setting with the previously copied client ID
  • update the value of the clientSecret setting with the previously copied client secret
  • update hte value of the siteUrl setting with the URL of your SharePoint site
  • if you named your list other than Tasks update the value of the listName property with the name of your list
• build the solution
• deploy the pnp.api.elevatedprivileges project to the newly created API App
• verify that you can access the API by navigating in your web browser to https://your-api-app.azurewebsites.net/api/items
  • you should get an error that GET is not a supported method

Configure web part

• in the command line
  • change the working directory to the webpart folder
  • run npm i
• in your code editor open the webpart folder
• in the ./src/webparts/createTask/components/CreateTask.tsx file
  • in line 76 replace the URL with the URL of your API App
• in the command line execute gulp serve
• add the web part to SharePoint workbench
• enter the name of the new item and click the Create button
  • verify that a new item with the name you specified has been created in the Tasks list

Features

This project contains sample Web API using app-only permissions to create items in a specific SharePoint list, and a client-side web part connected to that API.

This project illustrates the following concepts:

• elevating user privileges for communicating with SharePoint through a custom Web API
• connecting SharePoint Framework client-side web part to a custom Web API hosted in Azure
• persisting state in React components
• communicating state updates in React components to users
• executing REST API web requests from React components
• using Office UI Fabric React components in SharePoint Framework client-side web parts
• using form controls in Rest components