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SharePoint 2013 REST API Reference

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SharePoint 2013 introduces a Representational State Transfer (REST) interface that opens the SharePoint 2013 development platform to standard Web technologies and languages. These comparable to the existing SharePoint   client object models . Now, developers can interact remotely with SharePoint data by using any technology that supports REST web requests. This means that developers can perform   Create ,   Read ,   Update , and   Delete   (CRUD) operations from their apps for SharePoint, solutions, and client applications, using REST web technologies and standard Open Data Protocol (OData) syntax. Reference Sample REST endpoint: http://server/site/_api/lists/getbytitle('listname') the above api gets the List ‘listname’, by the method ‘getbytitle’.     Before it can do anything with SharePoint, your remote Web or mobile application must obtain authorized access. One of the approach would be using Oauth. The MSDN Library article, “ Authentication Code OAuth flo