Cannot get FileLeafRef property in SharePoint Rest API - rest

Question

Hi we are trying to retrieve the link URL of page in Site Pages using REST API the problem is that we cannot find the Name FileLeafRef property value.FileLeafReaf = null.
function fn_getListItems(webUrl,listTitle, queryText)
{
var viewXml = '<View><Query>' + queryText + '</Query></View>';
var url = webUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('" + listTitle + "')/getitems";
var queryPayload = {
'query' : {
'__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.CamlQuery' },
'ViewXml' : viewXml
}
};
return fn_executeJson(url,"POST",null,queryPayload);
}
function fn_getListViewItems(webUrl,listTitle,viewTitle)
{
var url = webUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('" + listTitle + "')/Views/getbytitle('" + viewTitle + "')/ViewQuery";
return fn_executeJson(url).then(
function(data){
var viewQuery = data.d.ViewQuery;
return fn_getListItems(webUrl,listTitle,viewQuery);
});
}
function fn_executeJson(url,method,headers,payload)
{
method = method || 'GET';
headers = headers || {};
headers["Accept"] = "application/json;odata=verbose";
if(method == "POST") {
headers["X-RequestDigest"] = $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val();
}
var ajaxOptions =
{
url: url,
type: method,
contentType: "application/json;odata=verbose",
headers: headers
};
if (typeof payload != 'undefined') {
ajaxOptions.data = JSON.stringify(payload);
}
return $.ajax(ajaxOptions);
}
Thanks.

Answer 1

SharePoint stores the full URL of a file in a hidden column EncodedAbsUrl.
So, you can request it explicitly as:
/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Site Pages')/items?$select=*,EncodedAbsUrl
After that, you can directly use it somewhat as below, watch out for the quotes :
var items = data.d.results;
$.each(items, function(index, value) {
//Append results to DIV
$("#lstGlobalNews").append("<tr><td class='ms-vb2'><a href="+value.EncodedAbsUrl+" target='_blank'>"+value.Title+"</a></td><td class='ms-vb2' style='text-align: right;'>"+fn_FormatDate(value.Date_x0020_Posted)+"</td></tr>");
});

Answer 2

To retrieve FileLeafRef property, it needs to be explicitly specified in $select query option, for example:
/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Site Pages')/items?$select=FileLeafRef
As alternative option it could also be retrieved via File resource, for example:
/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Site Pages')/items?$select=File/Name&$expand=File

Answer 3

The FileLeafRef property only get the file name. If you want to get the file url, we need use ServerRelativeUrl property of file.
The REST API using this.
/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Site%20Pages')/items?$select=File/ServerRelativeUrl&$expand=File