Retrieve a list's default properties.

Reference

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/apis/rest-api/navigation/list-operations

View source

import argparse

from office365.sharepoint.client_context import ClientContext
from tests.settings import cert_path, cert_thumbprint, client_id, site_url, tenant


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Retrieve a list's default properties")
    parser.add_argument("--list-title", default="Site Pages", help="list title")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    ctx = ClientContext(site_url).with_client_certificate(
        tenant, client_id=client_id, thumbprint=cert_thumbprint, cert_path=cert_path
    )
    target_list = ctx.web.lists.get_by_title(args.list_title).get().execute_query()
    print(f"Title:       {target_list.title}")
    print(f"Description: {target_list.description}")
    print(f"Items:       {target_list.item_count}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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