There was a simple requirement I came across for which a page should list all the files and folders in a SharePoint document library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I came up with a solution using ODATA call. Following is the REST call I made to get the list of all folder and files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/_api\/web\/Lists\/GetByTitle(‘Documents’)\/Items?$select=FileLeafRef,FileRef&$orderby=FileRef asc<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Following is the code which quickly prints them out in a table. Just add this code to a script editor web-part.
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