Running the REST Sample Project

You can run the REST sample project to see how ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for Microsoft SharePoint works.

1. In the Project Explorer view, expand the Resource folder, and then expand the example-rest shared resource.
   You can see three SharePoint Rest Shared Resources and one HTTP Connection Resource:

   • HTTPConnectionResource.httpConnResource
   • SharedPoint_RestConnection_On_Premise_Kerberos.sharepointrestconnectionResource
   • Sharepoint_NTLM_RestConnection.sharepointrestconnectionResource
   • SharePointRestConnection_Online.sharepointrestconnectionResource

   Note: HTTP Connector shared resource is only used for the REST HTTP Notification Listener activity process listening to user event messages.
2. Double click the shared resource for which you want to configure the SharePoint REST Connection. Click Test SharePoint REST Connection after configuring the selected SharePoint rest shared resource.
3. After successfully connecting to the Microsoft SharePoint server, you have to get REST metadata from the server.
   See Getting REST Metadata from the Microsoft SharePoint Server for more details about how to get metadata from the server.
4. Configure the components:
   1. In the Project Explorer view, expand the Module Descriptors resource, and then double-click Components.
      Note: You can also navigate to the Module Properties window from the respective SharePoint REST connection shared resource editor. Click , Goto the Module Composite Property, to go to the Module Properties window. Replace the values.
   2. In the Components editor, click , and then double-click the process that you want to run. Select the process that you do not want to run and click .
5. On the toolbar, click the icon to save your changes.
6. From the menu, click Run > Run Configurations to run the selected process.
7. In the Run Configurations dialog, expand BusinessWorks Application , and click BWApplication.
8. In the right panel, click the Applications tab, select Deselect All and then select the check box next to Example-REST.application.
9. Click Run to run the process.
10. Click the icon to stop the process.