Web apps

The Live SDK supports client-side and server-side websites and scripts, to work with info on Microsoft OneDrive.

The Live SDK enables client-side and server-side websites and scripts to work with info in Microsoft OneDrive, and other services that are compatible with Microsoft account. An example of a client-side or server-side website or script is a web browser or a web-browser control that enables a user to interact with a website.

Note

If you're working on a Windows Store app, a Windows Phone Store app app, or a mobile app (even if those apps include website implementations), this isn't the topic you need. Go to Windows Store apps, Windows Phone Store apps, or Windows desktop apps, respectively.

Choosing an implementation

Before you can start using the Live SDK, you need a client ID, a client secret, and a redirect domain.

If you're working on a client-side website or script that uses JavaScript, you use our JavaScript implementation. If you're working on a server-side website or script, or if you're working on a client-side website or script that can't use JavaScript, you use our Representational State Transfer (REST) implementation. For details, see JavaScript API and REST reference.

Topic	Description
Signing users in (Web apps)	Let users sign in to their OneDrive service on your web apps.
File picker for web apps	The Live SDK provides the OneDrive file picker, a pre-built, consistent user interface that enables your JavaScript-based web apps to get either a folder location or a list of files from your user. Your web app can then use this info to upload or download files to and from the user's OneDrive storage location.