API to interact with SharePoint data remotely from script that executes in the browser
Source: Client object model resource center | SharePoint 2010: The new .NET managed, Silverlight, and ECMAScript (JavaScript, JScript) client object models in SharePoint Foundation provide powerful ways to interact with SharePoint data remotely from script that executes in the browser, from Silverlight applications, or from .NET client applications. These APIs include a subset of the features available in the server object model, providing access to objects at the site-collection level and lower within the SharePoint hierarchy.
SharePoint 2013 client APIs provides SharePoint client object model to retrieve, update, and manage data in SharePoint 2013. SharePoint makes the object model available in several forms:
- .NET Framework redistributable assemblies
- JavaScript library
- REST/OData endpoints
- Windows Phone assemblies
- Silverlight redistributable assemblies
synonyms: client-object-model