site - Site properties¶

Site collection are one of the fundamental entry points while working with SharePoint. Sites serve as container for webs, lists, features and other entity types.

Get context information for the current site collection¶

Using the library, you can get the context information of the current site collection

import { sp } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/sites";
import { IContextInfo } from "@pnp/sp/sites";

const oContext: IContextInfo = await sp.site.getContextInfo();
console.log(oContext.FormDigestValue);

Get document libraries of a web¶

Using the library, you can get a list of the document libraries present in the a given web.

Note: Works only in SharePoint online

import { sp } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/sites";
import { IDocumentLibraryInformation } from "@pnp/sp/sites";

const docLibs: IDocumentLibraryInformation[] = await sp.site.getDocumentLibraries("https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/test/subsite");

//we got the array of document library information
docLibs.forEach((docLib: IDocumentLibraryInformation) => {
    // do something with each library
});

Open Web By Id¶

Because this method is a POST request you can chain off it directly. You will get back the full web properties in the data property of the return object. You can also chain directly off the returned Web instance on the web property.

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

const w = await sp.site.openWebById("111ca453-90f5-482e-a381-cee1ff383c9e");

//we got all the data from the web as well
console.log(w.data);

// we can chain
const w2 = await w.web.select("Title")();

Get site collection url from page¶

Using the library, you can get the site collection url by providing a page url

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

const d: string = await sp.site.getWebUrlFromPageUrl("https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/test/Pages/test.aspx");

console.log(d); //https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/test

Access the root web¶

There are two methods to access the root web. The first, using the rootWeb property, is best for directly accessing information about that web. If you want to chain multiple operations off of the web, better to use the getRootWeb method that will ensure the web instance is created using its own Url vs. "_api/sites/rootweb" which does not work for all operations.

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

// use for rootweb information access
const rootwebData = await sp.site.rootWeb();

// use for chaining
const rootweb = await sp.site.getRootWeb();
const listData = await rootWeb.lists.getByTitle("MyList")();

Create a modern communication site¶

Note: Works only in SharePoint online

Creates a modern communication site.

Property	Type	Required	Description
Title	string	yes	The title of the site to create.
lcid	number	yes	The default language to use for the site.
shareByEmailEnabled	boolean	yes	If set to true, it will enable sharing files via Email. By default it is set to false
url	string	yes	The fully qualified URL (e.g. `https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/mysitecollection`) of the site.
description	string	no	The description of the communication site.
classification	string	no	The Site classification to use. For instance "Contoso Classified". See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-8Z2ggHcS0 for more information
siteDesignId	string	no	The Guid of the site design to be used.
			You can use the below default OOTB GUIDs:
			Topic: null
			Showcase: 6142d2a0-63a5-4ba0-aede-d9fefca2c767
			Blank: f6cc5403-0d63-442e-96c0-285923709ffc
hubSiteId	string	no	The Guid of the already existing Hub site
Owner	string	no	Required when using app-only context. Owner principal name e.g. user@tenant.onmicrosoft.com


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

const result = await sp.site.createCommunicationSite(
            "Title",
            1033,
            true,
            "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/commSite",
            "Description",
            "HBI",
            "f6cc5403-0d63-442e-96c0-285923709ffc",
            "a00ec589-ea9f-4dba-a34e-67e78d41e509",
            "user@TENANT.onmicrosoft.com");

Create from Props¶

You may need to supply additional parameters such as WebTemplate, to do so please use the createCommunicationSiteFromProps method.

import { sp } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/sites";

// in this case you supply a single struct deinfing the creation props
const result = await sp.site.createCommunicationSiteFromProps({
  Owner: "patrick@three18studios.com",
  Title: "A Test Site",
  Url: "https://{tenant}.sharepoint.com/sites/commsite2",
  WebTemplate: "STS#3",
});

Create a modern team site¶

Note: Works only in SharePoint online. It wont work with App only tokens

Creates a modern team site backed by O365 group.

Property	Type	Required	Description
displayName	string	yes	The title/displayName of the site to be created.
alias	string	yes	Alias of the underlying Office 365 Group.
isPublic	boolean	yes	Defines whether the Office 365 Group will be public (default), or private.
lcid	number	yes	The language to use for the site. If not specified will default to English (1033).
description	string	no	The description of the modern team site.
classification	string	no	The Site classification to use. For instance "Contoso Classified". See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-8Z2ggHcS0 for more information
owners	string array (string[])	no	The Owners of the site to be created
hubSiteId	string	no	The Guid of the already existing Hub site
siteDesignId	string	no	The Guid of the site design to be used.
			You can use the below default OOTB GUIDs:
			Topic: null
			Showcase: 6142d2a0-63a5-4ba0-aede-d9fefca2c767
			Blank: f6cc5403-0d63-442e-96c0-285923709ffc


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

const result = await sp.site.createModernTeamSite(
        "displayName",
        "alias",
        true,
        1033,
        "description",
        "HBI",
        ["user1@tenant.onmicrosoft.com","user2@tenant.onmicrosoft.com","user3@tenant.onmicrosoft.com"],
        "a00ec589-ea9f-4dba-a34e-67e78d41e509",
        "f6cc5403-0d63-442e-96c0-285923709ffc"
        );

console.log(d);

Create from Props¶

You may need to supply additional parameters, to do so please use the createModernTeamSiteFromProps method.

import { sp } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/webs";
import "@pnp/sp/sites";

// in this case you supply a single struct deinfing the creation props
const result = await sp.site.createModernTeamSiteFromProps({
  alias: "JenniferGarner",
  displayName: "A Test Site",
  owners: ["patrick@three18studios.com"],
});

Delete a site collection¶

Using the library, you can delete a specific site collection

import { sp } from "@pnp/sp";
import "@pnp/sp/sites";
import { Site } from "@pnp/sp/sites";

// Delete the current site
await sp.site.delete();

// Specify which site to delete
const siteUrl = "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/subsite";
const site2 = Site(siteUrl);
await site2.delete();

Check if a Site Collection Exists¶

Using the library, you can check if a specific site collection exist or not on your tenant

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

// Specify which site to verify
const siteUrl = "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/subsite";
const exists = sp.site.exists(siteUrl);
console.log(exists);