How to delete an item using REST for Sharepoint 2013
javascript, rest, sharepoint, sharepoint-2013
Solution
The code can't be for SharePoint 2010, as _api is new to SP 2013.
[Update] Maybe you mean that your code was working in SP 2013 preview? In SP2013 RTM you need to use:
"Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose"
Problem
I'm creating a Sharepoint App and i am restricted to using Javascript (jQuery included) and REST endpoints. I would like to delete an item from the host using the web app, but i'm getting an error (`403: FORBIDDEN`). This is the code i have so far: ``` executor = new SP.RequestExecutor(appweburl); executor.executeAsync({ url: appweburl + "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists/getbytitle('" + currentListTitle + "')/items(" + result.Id + ")/?@target='" + hostweburl + "'", method: "POST", headers: { "accept": "application/json", "X-RequestDigest": ????? "IF-MATCH": "*", "X-HTTP-Method": "DELETE" }, success: onDeleteItemSuccess, error: onDeleteItemFail }); ``` Now I found out this `X-RequestDigest` is mandatory and i found some call to get this from REST: ``` $.ajax({ url: appweburl + "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/contextinfo/?@target='" + hostweburl + "'", type: "POST", contentType: "application/x-www-url-encoded", dataType: "json", success: function (data) { if (data.d) { digestValue = data.d.GetContextWebInformation.FormDigestValue; alert(digestValue); } }, error: function (xhr) { alert(xhr.status + ': ' + xhr.statusText); } }); ``` But it isn't working at all (this might be because this code was for Sharepoint 2010) and it will keep giving me a `403: FORBIDDEN` message. Does anyone know how to delete a list item from one of the lists using REST (I can't use/edit any code outside of the javascript!)? Any help is appriciated and if you need any information please don't hesitate to ask.