Introduction

This article helps to retrieve all the users following the current user using REST in SharePoint 2013. This is developed using the NAPA development tool.

Step 1

On your Developer Site, open the "Napa" Office 365 Development Tools and then choose Add New Project.

Step 2

Change the permission:

Step 3

Update the Default.aspx and App.js files

Default ASPX



App.js

  1. 'use strict';
  3. var hostweburl;
  4. var appweburl;
  5. var myFollowerEndpoint;
  6. var followers;
  8. $(document).ready(function(){
  9. hostweburl = decodeURIComponent(getQueryStringParameter("SPHostUrl"));
  10. appweburl = decodeURIComponent(getQueryStringParameter("SPAppWebUrl"))
  12. myFollowerEndpoint = decodeURIComponent(appweburl) + "/_api/social.following";
  13. getMyFollowers();
  14. });
  16. function getQueryStringParameter(paramToRetrieve)
  17. {
  18. var params = document.URL.split("?")[1].split("&");
  19. for (var i=0; i<params.length; i= i + 1)
  20. {
  21. var singleParam = params[i].split("=");
  22. if(singleParam[0] == paramToRetrieve) return singleParam[1];
  23. }
  24. }
  26. function getMyFollowers() {
  27. $.ajax( {
  28. url: myFollowerEndpoint + "/my/followers",
  29. headers: {
  30. "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose"
  31. },
  32. success: myFollowersSuccessHandler,
  33. error: myFollowersErrorHandler
  34. });
  35. }
  37. function myFollowersSuccessHandler(data)
  38. {
  39. var stringData = JSON.stringify(data);
  40. var jsonObject = JSON.parse(stringData);
  42. var folResult = jsonObject.d.Followers.results;
  43. followers = "<p>The Person who follows you are:</p>";
  44. for (var i=0; i<folResult.length; i++)
  45. {
  46. followers+= "<P>"+folResult[i].Name+"</p>";
  47. }
  49. document.getElementById("myFollowersResult").innerHTML = followers;
  50. }
  52. function myFollowersErrorHandler(data,errorcode,errormessage)
  53. {
  54. alert("Couldn't get the followers " + errormessage);
  55. }
Step 4

Publish the solution and click the Trust It Button.

Output