public List <User> Search(string query, string uniqueField, int maxSuggestions = 100, PrincipalSource principalSource = PrincipalSource.All, PrincipalType principalType = PrincipalType.User, int sharePointGroupId = -1)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(query))
{
return(null);
}
ClientPeoplePickerQueryParameters querryParams = new ClientPeoplePickerQueryParameters();
querryParams.AllowMultipleEntities = false;
querryParams.MaximumEntitySuggestions = maxSuggestions;
querryParams.PrincipalSource = principalSource;
querryParams.PrincipalType = principalType;
querryParams.QueryString = query;
querryParams.SharePointGroupID = sharePointGroupId;
//execute query to Sharepoint
ClientResult <string> clientResult = ClientPeoplePickerWebServiceInterface.ClientPeoplePickerSearchUser(_clientContext, querryParams);
_clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
dynamic target = new JavaScriptSerializer().DeserializeObject(clientResult.Value);
var matches = new List <User>();
foreach (var user in target)
{
User ensuredUser = _clientContext.Web.EnsureUser(user[uniqueField]);
_clientContext.Load(ensuredUser);
matches.Add(ensuredUser);
}
_clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
return(matches);
}
public void setup(){
source = new PrincipalSource();
testuser = new GenericPrincipal(new GenericIdentity("test"), new string[]{});
source.BasePrincipal = null;
}
