SharePoint 2013 RESTful calls returning 404 not found

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Using the Get started with the SharePoint 2013 REST service, I am trying to access the following internal SharePoint site: http://mycs.nce.dirc.aon/sites/SuperSecret/default.aspx

I have tried sending a GET request to the following URLs:

http://mycs.nce.dirc.aon/sites/SuperSecret/_api/SuperSecret

http://mycs.nce.dirc.aon/sites/SuperSecret/_api/web

http://mycs.nce.dirc.aon/SuperSecret/_api/SuperSecret

http://mycs.nce.dirc.aon/SuperSecret/_api/web

Everytime the server responds with a 404, this leads me to believe I am crafting the URL wrong. Can someone take a look at the URL and recommend what the correct version might be.

Note: I have not "enabled" any type REST feature since I was not the one who originally set it up, so this might also be the case if the feature needs to be enabled.

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What about authentication? Is it completely open? – Apollo SOFTWARE
Also try /lists at he end of the second one. – Apollo SOFTWARE
I need to login, so what I was doing was logging in normally and then using that session and manually crafting the GET with a Chrome plugin. /lists did not work, still 404 – bulltorious

2 Answers

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http://mycs.nce.dirc.aon/sites/SuperSecret/_api/web would be an example of a valid web services url in your case and it should be possible to browse to it normally as a test.

That url should return an XML response with schema information. If it is coming back 404 then I would attempt to call the _api/web from your top level site collection.

I am not aware of anyway to activate or deactivate REST in SharePoint 2013.

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I also faced a similar issue, then I realized my library which I was making REST call had too many columns, lookups and long column name.

I tried creating a new list and making a rest call which worked. SharePoint is really strange!