Pnpjs: PNP Search in list

[Namrata99sah]

Category

• [ ] Enhancement
• [ ] Bug
• [x] Question
• [ ] Documentation gap/issue

Version

Please specify what version of the library you are using: [ v2 ]

Please specify what version(s) of SharePoint you are targeting: [ SPO ]

If you are not using the latest release, please update and see if the issue is resolved before submitting an issue.

Expected / Desired Behavior / Question

I'm using pnp search in a custom webpart to find items based on text/search query. Can you help with the below questions?

1. is pnp search security trimmed?
2. is it possible to scope the search with a single library? I tried using the below but it gives error.

import { Search } from "@pnp/sp";

const search = new Search("Your URL");

const results = await search.execute({your query object or string})

[koltyakov]

Hi @Namrata99sah,

1. Yes, the search API is security trimmed.
2. Yes, search API allows it, e.g. by providing Path property in KQL:

import { sp } from '@pnp/sp/presets/all';

(async () => {

  const rootAbsPath = 'https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site/Shared%20Documents';
  const res = await sp.search(`* Path:"${rootAbsPath}"`);

  console.log(res.PrimarySearchResults);

})().catch(console.log);

[patrick-rodgers]

To add to what @koltyakov says here, there is no special pnp search. We call the REST search service in SharePoint, meaning all the features and security remain in effect.

[Namrata99sah]

Hi,

I'm getting below error when trying to map the results into Details List.

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined
at Selection.IDeG.Selection.setItems (Selection.js:70)
at DetailsListBase.DfTE.DetailsListBase.componentWillReceiveProps

Any ideas?

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 6:16 PM Patrick Rodgers [e-mail]
wrote:

To add to what @koltyakov https://github.com/koltyakov says here, there
is no special pnp search. We call the REST search service in SharePoint,
meaning all the features and security remain in effect.

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[koltyakov]

You're evoking length property for the object which is undefined, in a custom JS file with name Selection.js (oh, it looks like Office UI Fabric) on a line number 70. =) Anyways, this is not connected with PnPjs.

[koltyakov]

Going to close this.