Easiest Way To Get Site Contents And Subsites Using REST API

In the modern UI, SharePoint “Site Contents” page contains the below two tabs. Each tab shows the apps present in the SharePoint site.

In the modern UI, SharePoint “Site Contents” page contains two tabs. Each tab shows the apps present in the SharePoint site.

• Contents
  
  
  • Shows Lists, Libraries, Apps from the current site.
  • REST API - https://ktskumar.sharepoint.com/_api/web/AppTiles

• Subsites
  
  
  • Shows subsites from the current site.
  • REST API - https:// ktskumar.sharepoint.com/_api/Web/GetSubwebsFilteredForCurrentUser(nWebTemplateFilter=-1)?$filter=WebTemplate ne ‘APP’

Each tab sends a separate REST API request to get the respective data from the SharePoint.



Contents / App Tiles

Below is the sample JavaScript code to get the lists of available Lists, Librarie, and Apps from the site.

<script src="/SiteAssets/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="outputInfo"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        jQuery.ajax({
            url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/AppTiles",
            method: "GET",
            headers: {
                "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose"
            },
            success: function(data) {
                var appTiles = data.d.results;
                console.log(appTiles);
                var tempValue = "<h2>Site Contents</h2><br/>";
                appTiles.forEach(function(app) {
                    tempValue += app.Title + " ( " + app.AppId + " )<br/>";
                });
                $("#outputInfo").html(tempValue);
            },
            error: function(data) {
                console.log(data);
            }
        });
    })
</script>

Output



Subsites

Below is sample JavaScript code to get the subsites for the current user using SharePoint REST API.

<script src="/SiteAssets/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="outputInfo"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        jQuery.ajax({
            url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/Web/GetSubwebsFilteredForCurrentUser(nWebTemplateFilter=-1)?$filter=WebTemplate ne 'APP'",
            method: "GET",
            headers: {
                "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose"
            },
            success: function(data) {
                var subSites = data.d.results;
                console.log(subSites);
                var tempValue = "<h2>Sub sites</h2><br/>";
                subSites.forEach(function(site) {
                    tempValue += site.Title + "( " + site.Id + " )<br/>";
                });
                $("#outputInfo").html(tempValue);
            },
            error: function(data) {
                console.log(data);
            }
        });
    })
</script>

Output