This article provides the complete Guide to Getting and Setting Fields value using PnP JS in SharePoint Framework (SPFx).
Install the library and required dependencies
npm install @pnp/sp --saveFor PnP js selective import, refer PnP js site. I just imported below
import { sp } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/lists";
import "@pnp/sp/items";
import "@pnp/sp/site-users/web";
import { ISiteUserProps } from "@pnp/sp/site-users/";
import "@pnp/sp/fields";
Get a list item
const list = sp.web.lists.getByTitle("GetSet");
const item: any = await list.items.getById(1).get();
Single line of text
//get value
let textvalue: string = item["Title"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
Title: textvalue
});
Multiple lines of text (Plain text)
//get value
let multipleLineTextValue: string = item["MultipleLinesText"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
MultipleLinesText: multipleLineTextValue
});
Multiple lines of text (Enhanced rich text)
//get value
let multipleLineHTMLValue: string = item["MultipleLinesHTML"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
MultipleLinesHTML: multipleLineHTMLValue
});
Choice (single selection)
//get value
let singleChoice: string = item["Location"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
Location: singleChoice
});
Choice (multiple selections)
//get value
let multiChoice: string[] = item["Locations"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
Locations: { results: multiChoice }
});
Number
//get value
let numvervalue: number = item["Quantity"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
Quantity: numvervalue
});
Currency
//get value
let currencyvalue: number = item["Cost"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
Cost: currencyvalue
});
Date and Time
//get value
let datevalue: Date = item["BirthDay"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
BirthDay: datevalue
});
Lookup (single selection)
PnP always only return id value, also we get the value from different field name, Example <Field Internal Name> + ‘Id’. So “Id” is always added in the suffix of your filed internal name
//get value
let lookupvalue: number = item["ColorId"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
ColorId: lookupvalue
});
Lookup (multiple selection)
//get value
let lookupvalues: number[] = item["ColorsId"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
ColorsId: { results: lookupvalues }
});
Yes/No
//get value
let yesnovalue: boolean = item["IsActive"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
IsActive: yesnovalue
});
Person or Group (single selection)
PnP always only return id value, also we get the value from different field name, Example <Field Internal Name> + ‘Id’. So “Id” is always added in the suffix of your filed internal name
//get value
let uservalue: number = item["OwnerId"];
const user: ISiteUserProps = await sp.web.getUserById(uservalue).get();
console.log(user.LoginName)
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
OwnerId: uservalue
});
//FYI...
//import { ISiteUserProps } from "@pnp/sp/site-users/";
Person or Group (multiple selection)
//get value
let usersvalue: number[] = item["OwnersId"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
OwnersId: { results: usersvalue }
});
Hyperlink
//get value
let linkvalue: object = item["Reference"];
const Description = linkvalue["Description"];
const Url = linkvalue["Url"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
Reference: {
"__metadata": { type: "SP.FieldUrlValue" },
Description: Description,
Url: Url
}
});
Picture
let linkvalue: object = item["Image"];
const Description = linkvalue["Description"];
const Url = linkvalue["Url"];
//set value
let setvalue = JSON.stringify({
"fileName": Description,
"serverUrl": Url.replace(file.fileAbsoluteUrl.replace(/.*\/\/[^\/]*/, ''), ''),
"serverRelativeUrl": Url.replace(/.*\/\/[^\/]*/, '')
});
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
Image: setvalue
});
Managed Metadata (single selection)
//get value
let tagvalue: any = item["Tag"];
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).update({
Tag: {
"__metadata": { "type": "SP.Taxonomy.TaxonomyFieldValue" },
"Label": tagvalue.Label,
'TermGuid': tagvalue.TermGuid,
'WssId': '-1'
}
});
Managed Metadata (multiple selection)
//get value
let tagsvalue: any = item["Tags"];
let tagsString: string = '';
tagsvalue.forEach(function (v, i) {
tagsString += `${v.Label}|${v.TermGuid};`;
})
//set value
const i = await list.items.getById(1).validateUpdateListItem([{
ErrorMessage: null,
FieldName: "Tags",
FieldValue: tagsString,
HasException: false
}]);
Code can be view in the GitHub
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Happy coding!!!
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Can you made this post for Create operation?
In PnP SPFx Control React, the PeoplePicker provided selected people data like this:
[{
id: “i:0#.f | membership | person1@someurl.com”
imageInitials: “P1”
mageUrl: “https://someurl.com/sites/MyName/_layouts/15/userphoto.aspx?
accountname=person1%40someurl.com&size=M”
oginName: “i:0#.f | membership | person1@someurl.com”
optionalText: “”
secondaryText: “person1@someurl.com”
tertiaryText: “”
text: “Person 1”
}]
Is there any way to Create or Update an item without using Person/Group’s id?
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Getting user id is very simple
import { IWebEnsureUserResult } from “@pnp/sp/site-users/”;
const result: IWebEnsureUserResult = await web.ensureUser(“i:0#.f|membership|user@domain.onmicrosoft.com”);
let userid = result.data.Id;
check this URL for more details
https://pnp.github.io/pnpjs/sp/webs/#ensureuser
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Hi There,
EnsureUser :”Checks whether the specified login name belongs to a valid user in the web. If the user doesn’t exist, adds the user to the web”
I see a problem, If you use ensureuser in your code. It will work if you are an administrator.
If the logged in user is a visitor to the site – How do we allow him to add the user to the web?
Any thoughts on this??
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At the end user entry will be added by SharePoint backend service not by current user
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