Great that you've already made progress with renderashtml—but I totally get wanting a cleaner, more reliable solution than parsing HTML. Let's dive into how you can leverage SharePoint's REST API properly to pull all the fields from your custom view without messy HTML scraping.

1. Fetch Data Directly Using the Custom View ID #

SharePoint's REST API lets you specify a view ID in your request, which will return all the fields included in that custom view. Here's how to implement this in Python:

First, grab your view ID:

• Switch to your custom view in the SharePoint list UI
• Check the URL—you'll see a segment like View={GUID}; that GUID is your view ID

Then use this code (adjust authentication to match your setup, e.g., NTLM, app-only credentials):

import requests

# Your SharePoint site and list details
site_url = "https://your-sharepoint-site.com/sites/your-team-site"
list_name = "YourTargetList"
view_id = "12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab"  # Replace with your view's GUID

# REST endpoint with view parameter
endpoint = f"{site_url}/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('{list_name}')/items?$view={view_id}"

# Auth headers (customize based on your authentication method)
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
    # Add your Authorization/Cookie headers here
}

response = requests.get(endpoint, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()  # Raise error if request fails

# Parse and use the data
items = response.json()["d"]["results"]
for item in items:
    print(item)  # Contains all fields from your custom view

2. Explicitly Select Required Fields (For Full Control) #

If specifying the view doesn't work as expected, you can explicitly list all fields you need using the $select parameter. This avoids relying on view configurations and ensures you get exactly what you want.

First, get your fields' internal names (SharePoint uses these in REST, not display names):

• Go to List Settings > Click the field name > Check the URL for the Field= parameter—that's the internal name (e.g., Customer_x0020_Name for a display name "Customer Name")

Then update your endpoint:

# List your fields' internal names
selected_fields = "ID,Title,Customer_x0020_Name,Order_x0020_Date"

endpoint = f"{site_url}/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('{list_name}')/items?$select={selected_fields}"

# Same headers and request logic as above
response = requests.get(endpoint, headers=headers)
items = response.json()["d"]["results"]

3. Dynamically Fetch View Fields (For Flexibility) #

If you don't want to hardcode fields or view IDs, you can first fetch the view's field list via REST, then build your $select parameter dynamically:

# First, get the view's fields
view_fields_endpoint = f"{site_url}/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('{list_name}')/views/getbyid('{view_id}')/ViewFields"
view_response = requests.get(view_fields_endpoint, headers=headers)
view_data = view_response.json()
view_fields = ",".join([field["InternalName"] for field in view_data["d"]["results"]])

# Now fetch items with those fields
items_endpoint = f"{site_url}/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('{list_name}')/items?$select={view_fields}"
items_response = requests.get(items_endpoint, headers=headers)
items = items_response.json()["d"]["results"]

Why This Is Better Than renderashtml #

• Stability: REST returns structured JSON, which won't break if SharePoint updates its UI HTML
• Efficiency: You only fetch the data you need, instead of downloading and parsing an entire HTML page
• Maintainability: Adjusting fields or views is as simple as updating parameters, not rewriting scraping logic

Just make sure your authentication has permissions to access the list and view fields, and double-check internal names—they often differ from display names (especially for fields with spaces or special characters).

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Jason Plowman