The below is done in PowerShell, but I imagine other languages supports the same features as well. When utilizing the SharePoint REST API to create a new List Item which contains characters such as æ, ø, or å you might get a response of Error (500) Internal Server Error. The reponse might also include the […]
Category: Gotchas
Saving time and bandwidth by reviewing/refactoring old code
Prelude I build multiple minor web apps at work. They might be forms for data collection, or registries with basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) capabilities. These are written in HTML/JS/CSS and hosted on SharePoint – utilizing the SharePoint REST API to handle storage and permissions. When data is stored in a SharePoint list, I […]
Docker-Compose up – The system cannot find the file specified
If you get the following error when trying to run docker-compose up, then you probably have not started the docker service. Do that and try again.
SharePoint Online Management Shell – Current site is not a tenant administration site
I run into this error from time to time. it occurs when connecting via Connect-SPOService and entering the URL for the actual site instead of the one for the SharePoint Online Administration Center. Solution: Append “-admin” to the first part of the URL as in the following example. URL for the site: https://example.sharepoint.com URL for the […]
Google Maps and React Rendering gotcha
While working on Project #7 in the openclassrooms Front-end developer path I hit a bug that I had a really hard time solving and my mentor, Mike Preble, made me promise to share the experience – so here we go. The Project requires that Google Maps is used in combination with React. In order to […]