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How do I access SharePoint files and folders from outside of SharePoint?

I need to programmatically interact with SharePoint folders, files and lists from outside of SharePoint. Most of the tutorials focus on working with SharePoint itself, or at least the same server that SharePoint is installed on. I need to automate some tasks from completely different servers - tasks that require reading SharePoint lists, browsing folders, checking files and reading, reading files stored in SharePoint libraries, etc. It was simple using UNC folders and file paths. Currently, many of our SharePoint sites do not allow UNC access (probably for good reasons), but my needs are the same. What languages ​​/ libraries / interfaces will allow this? I would like to be able to do this with server-side .NET code and PowerShell scripts (not on a SharePoint server).Thanks for any pointers.

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SharePoint offers Web Services APIs. I won't argue that this is particularly friendly or funny, but it does work. You can start exploring here .



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Use Sharepoint Web Services , which provides a set of standard web service endpoints that you can use to do whatever you can with object architecture APIs.



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You can use SPServices , which is a jQuery library that abstracts SharePoint web services and makes them easy to use. It also includes features that use the various operations of the web service to provide more useful (and cool) capabilities. It works entirely on the client side and does not require a server installation.

Here's an example using SPServices Example

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If you are using SharePoint 2010 you can use the client side object model ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee537247(v=office.14).aspx ). It will help you access sharepoint objects, lists and everything. There are 3 types for C #, Silverlight and Javascript.

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there are several methods:

  • use csom (client object model)
  • use recreation services
  • use sharepoint from web services.
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If you want to choose the language you are programming in, I would recommend using the Sharepoint REST API. I am writing my service in Java, requesting data in JSON and using Jackson to parse it into Java objects.

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