SP2016 - O365 - SP.MountPoint - Javascript create shortcut to the File or Folder

SharePoint 2016 (Preview) and O365 has the Mount files or folders api using CSOM and JSOM. 

The Javascript SP.MountPoint api allows us to create the shortcut url containing the link.

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://ift.tt/1Yj4lwq

The above contains the link to the _layouts/15/mountpoint.aspx which takes the following parameters,

• Site Id.
• Web Id
• Item Id

which is then used to redirect to the specified folder/files.

The below example creates the shortcut url in the specified folder using the JSOM and the equivalent CSOM is also available.

Initialise the parameters:

var context = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
var sourceWeb = context.get_web();
var sourceFolder = sourceWeb.getFolderByServerRelativeUrl("/sitepages/folder");
context.load(sourceFolder);
context.load(sourceWeb);
var targetSite = context.get_site();
context.load(targetSite);
context.executeQueryAsync(function(){},function(){});

Create the MountPoint:

SP.MountPoint.createMountPoint(context,   targetFolder, "Mount_Name", targetSite.get_id(),
sourceWeb.get_id(),
 sourceFolder.get_uniqueId());
context.executeQueryAsync(function(){},function(){});

• The above script creates the Mount_Name.url file within the targetFolder for the specified sourceFolder.

by Balamurugan Kailasam via Everyone's Blog Posts - SharePoint Community