sp-dev-fx-webparts/samples/react-follow-document

Follow Document

Summary

This solution has the goal to easily identify/follow user key documents from all Tenant and easily access them in Modern Pages and Microsoft Teams. This solution uses the Out of Box Office Page > Favorites Files Tab with combination of MSGraph queries and extension for Microsoft Teams.

This is a 2 phase project with associated dependency of solution Follow-Document extension where users are allow to select and manage Followed Document in Libraries to be used in this project.

Available features:

• Display Follow Documents as Document Card Grid.
• Click on icon redirects to Document.
• Click on Site name redirects to Site.
• Team icon, Form to send message with html to Teams using adaptive cards.
• Folder Icon redirects to Library where document is located.
• Filled Start allow user to unfollow document.
• Info icon open the Properties of Document with capability to edit.
• Document with search icon allow to preview Document in Side Panel.
• Search by Filename.
• Grouping by Site.
• Microsoft Team integration with personal/Tab App that allow user focus on key Documents.

Usage of following Technologies:

• Usage of Microsoft Graph API "Follow drive item"
• Usage of Microsoft Graph API "Unfollow drive item"
• Usage of Microsoft Graph API "List followed items"- Usage of Graph queries using Graph explorer
• Usage of adaptive cards
• Microsoft Teams integration with following option [TeamsTab, TeamsPersonalApp]

Compatibility

Applies to

• SharePoint Framework
• Microsoft 365 tenant

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Prerequisites

Grant the service principal permission to the Microsoft Graph API

Once installed, the solution will request the required permissions via the Office 365 admin portal > SharePoint > Advanced > API access. If you prefer to approve the permissions in advance, for example when testing the solution in the Workbench page without installing it, you can do so using the CLI for Microsoft 365:

o365 spo login https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com
o365 spo serviceprincipal grant add --resource 'Microsoft Graph' --scope 'Files.Read'
o365 spo serviceprincipal grant add --resource 'Microsoft Graph' --scope 'Files.Read.All'
o365 spo serviceprincipal grant add --resource 'Microsoft Graph' --scope 'Sites.Read.All'
o365 spo serviceprincipal grant add --resource 'Microsoft Graph' --scope 'Files.ReadWrite.All'
o365 spo serviceprincipal grant add --resource 'Microsoft Graph' --scope 'Sites.ReadWrite.All'
o365 spo serviceprincipal grant add --resource 'Microsoft Graph' --scope 'Team.ReadBasic.All'
o365 spo serviceprincipal grant add --resource 'Microsoft Graph' --scope 'Channel.ReadBasic.All'
o365 spo serviceprincipal grant add --resource 'Microsoft Graph' --scope 'ChannelMessage.Send'

Solution

Solution	Author(s)
react-follow-document	André Lage (http://aaclage.blogspot.com, @aaclage)

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	June 22, 2021	Initial release
2.0	November 25, 2021	Change to use Microsoft Graph Follow
3.0	January 13, 2022	Graph fixes
3.1	May 17, 2022	Fixed issue when no items are returned

Minimal Path to Awesome

• Clone this repository
• Ensure that you are at the solution folder
• in the command-line run:
  • npm install
  • gulp serve
  • gulp bundle --ship
  • gulp package-solution --ship
  • Add to AppCatalog and deploy

This sample can also be opened with VS Code Remote Development. Visit https://aka.ms/spfx-devcontainer for further instructions.

Features

Description of the extension that expands upon high-level summary above.

This extension illustrates the following concepts:

• Usage of Office > Favorites to follow key Documents from users in Modern Sites.
• Simple UX to manage Followed documents and report list followed documents across Tenant and access properties and Preview of Document.
• Option to unfollow documents individually.
• Integration with other services of Office 365 such us (Preview, Microsoft Team Messages).

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Help

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References

• Getting started with SharePoint Framework
• Building for Microsoft teams
• Use Microsoft Graph in your solution
• Publish SharePoint Framework applications to the Marketplace
• Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices - Guidance, tooling, samples and open-source controls for your Microsoft 365 development

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.