PnP-JS-Core: Get all non-hidden lists from SharePoint site

PnP-JS-Core library contains the number of extensible methods and properties. By using that we can achieve the various actions in a simple code. To know more about this library component, visit the below links,

Simplified JavaScript Library for SharePoint

PnP-JS-Core Library

This post explains,

How to get all non-hidden (visible) lists from SharePoint site using PnP JavaScript Library.

Syntax:

$pnp.sp.web.lists.filter(‘Hidden eq false‘).get().then(function(result){})

Example:

The below steps and code snippet used to all visible lists & libraries from SharePoint site using PnP JavaScript library,

1. Download Required files to use PnP-JS-Core library from the below links and upload that to Site Asstes or Style Library
   • Download pnp.js  PnP JS file
   • Download fetch.js Used by PnP js file to handle web requests and responses (Required in IE)
   • Download promise.js Used by PnP js file to handle web requests and responses (Required in IE)
2. Create new web part page and insert Content Editor web part
3. Create a sample.html file in Site Assets or Style library and insert the below code snippet

   <script type="text/javascript" src="/siteassets/scripts/fetch.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/siteassets/scripts/es6-promise.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/siteassets/scripts/pnp.min.js"></script>    <div id="sample"></div>    <script type="text/javascript"> //lists property returns all lists from the SharePoint site //Use the filter method to get only visible Lists by using the property "Hidden" //then( ) runs on success //catch( ) runs on failure $pnp.sp.web.lists.filter('Hidden eq false').get().then(function(result) {     var listsInfo = "";     for (var i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {         listsInfo += "Title: " + result[i].Title + "<br/>";     }     document.getElementById("sample").innerHTML = listsInfo; }).catch(function(err) {     alert(err); }); </script>

4. Add the URL of sample.html file to the content editor web part
5. Click OK to apply the changes to the web part and save the page.
6. Now the page displays a all the visible lists & libraries from the SharePoint website using PnP JavaScript method .

Note: Supports SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online. For on-premise environment, PnP requests will not work properly due to JSON Light is not enabled by default. To enable , we have to modify the headers before calling PnP methods. Check this link https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickrodgers/2016/06/13/pnp-jscore-1-0-1/ for setup the headers.

//Set response type in headers
$pnp.setup({
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose"
}
});

Output:

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