I have access to a document library item URL. E.g. /Documents/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=585
Based on this information, I would like to get the URL of the document associated with this item. E.g. /Documents/document-name.pdf
All using only javascript.
E.g. Pseudo-code:
function get-document-name(item-url)
{
return document-url; // E.g. /Documents/document-name.pdf
}
Is this possible?
Here's how to get it using jQuery and SharePoint 2010's REST interface so you don't have to write CAML code.
function get-document-name(item-url) {
var doc-id = item-url.split('=')[1]; ///Documents/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=585
var rest-url = "http://someserver/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/Documents(doc-id)";
var document-url = "";
$.getJSON(rest-url,function(data) {
$.each(data.d.results, function(i,result) {
var item-path = result.Path.toString();
var item-name = result.Name.toString();
document-url = item-path + item-name;
});
});
return document-url; // E.g. /Documents/document-name.pdf
}
I'm not sure what format you want the URL, as in where, but this adds the URL to the page in a tag. You need to download SPServices and jQuery and host them in your SharePoint library, such as 'Style Library' or a document library.
<script type="text/javascript" src="filelink/jquery-1.6.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="filelink/jquery.SPServices-0.6.2.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var myQuery = "<Query><Where><Eq><FieldRef Name='ID' /><Value Type='Number'>" + ID + "</Value></Eq></Where></Query>";
$(document).ready(function() {
$().SPServices({
operation: "GetListItems",
async: false,
listName: "Announcements", //YOUR LIST NAME HERE
CAMLQuery: myQuery,
CAMLViewFields: "<ViewFields><FieldRef Name='Title' /></ViewFields>",
completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
$(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function() {
var liHtml = "<li>" + $(this).attr("FileLeafRef") + "</li>";
$("#tasksUL").append(liHtml);
});
}
});
});
</script>
<ul id="tasksUL"/>
If you are not fond of programming, I found a rather simple way to get the url to a given item in a given list using right click on the 'edit item (link to edit entry)' column that you can add to any view.
I then trained my users to right click on this and use Ctrl-K in any office document to create a neat pointer directly to the item in the list.
The URL looks like :
http://intranet.company.local/units/subsite/sandbox/_layouts/listform.aspx?PageType=6&ListId={8B3C354B-392A-4B35-BFBB-C548CA339CEF}&ID=1
Note: because it is using list ID and item ID it should resist list renaming and moving within the given site collection .
I am also convinced that the PageType parameter could be used to display another form, (view instead of edit) and that other parameters also exist.
