ParagraphCollection Object (JavaScript API for OneNote)

Applies to: OneNote Online

Represents a collection of Paragraph objects.

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Feedback
count	int	Returns the number of paragraphs in the page. Read-only.	Go
items	Paragraph[]	A collection of paragraph objects. Read-only.	Go

See property access examples.

Relationships

None

Methods

Method	Return Type	Description	Feedback
getItem(index: number or string)	Paragraph	Gets a Paragraph object by ID or by its index in the collection. Read-only.	Go
getItemAt(index: number)	Paragraph	Gets a paragraph on its position in the collection.	Go
load(param: object)	void	Fills the proxy object created in JavaScript layer with property and object values specified in the parameter.	Go

Method Details

getItem(index: number or string)

Gets a Paragraph object by ID or by its index in the collection. Read-only.

Syntax

paragraphCollectionObject.getItem(index);

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
index	number or string	The ID of the Paragraph object, or the index location of the Paragraph object in the collection.

Returns

Paragraph

getItemAt(index: number)

Gets a paragraph on its position in the collection.

Syntax

paragraphCollectionObject.getItemAt(index);

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
index	number	Index value of the object to be retrieved. Zero-indexed.

Returns

Paragraph

Examples

OneNote.run(function (context) {

    // Get the collection of pageContent items from the page.
    var pageContents = context.application.getActivePage().contents;

    // Get the first PageContent on the page, and then get its Outline's first paragraph.
    var pageContent = pageContents.getItemAt(0);
    var paragraphs = pageContent.outline.paragraphs;

    var firstParagraph = paragraphs.getItemAt(0);

    // Queue a command to load the type and richText.text property of this paragraph.
    firstParagraph.load("id,type");


    // Run the queued commands, and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    return context.sync()
        .then(function () {
            // Write text from paragraph to console
            console.log("First Paragraph found with id : " + firstParagraph.id + " and type " + firstParagraph.type);
        });
})
.catch(function(error) {
    console.log("Error: " + error);
    if (error instanceof OfficeExtension.Error) {
        console.log("Debug info: " + JSON.stringify(error.debugInfo));
    }
}); 

load(param: object)

Fills the proxy object created in JavaScript layer with property and object values specified in the parameter.

Syntax

object.load(param);

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
param	object	Optional. Accepts parameter and relationship names as delimited string or an array. Or, provide loadOption object.

Returns

void

Property access examples

items

OneNote.run(function (context) {

    // Get the collection of pageContent items from the page.
    var pageContents = context.application.getActivePage().contents;

    // Get the first PageContent on the page, and then get its Outline's first paragraph.
    var pageContent = pageContents.getItem(0);
    var paragraphs = pageContent.outline.paragraphs;
    
    // Queue a command to load the id and type of each paragraph.
    paragraphs.load("id,type");

    // Run the queued commands, and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    return context.sync()
        .then(function () {
            var firstParagraph = paragraphs.items[0];
            // Write text from first paragraph to console
            console.log("First Paragraph found with id : " + firstParagraph.id + " and type " + firstParagraph.type);
        });
})
.catch(function(error) {
    console.log("Error: " + error);
    if (error instanceof OfficeExtension.Error) {
        console.log("Debug info: " + JSON.stringify(error.debugInfo));
    }
});

traverse for richText

OneNote.run(function (context) {

    // Get the collection of pageContent items from the page.
    var pageContents = context.application.getActivePage().contents;

    // Get the first PageContent on the page, and then get its outline's paragraphs.
    var outlinePageContents = [];
    var paragraphs = [];
    var richTextParagraphs = [];
    // Queue a command to load the id and type of each page content in the outline.
    pageContents.load("id,type");

    // Run the queued commands, and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    return context.sync()
        .then(function () {
            // Load all page contents of type Outline
            $.each(pageContents.items, function(index, pageContent) {
                if(pageContent.type == 'Outline')
                {
                    pageContent.load('outline,outline/paragraphs,outline/paragraphs/type');
                    outlinePageContents.push(pageContent);
                }
            });
            return context.sync();
        })
        .then(function () {
            // Load all rich text paragraphs across outlines
            $.each(outlinePageContents, function(index, outlinePageContent) {
                var outline = outlinePageContent.outline;
                paragraphs = paragraphs.concat(outline.paragraphs.items);
            });
            $.each(paragraphs, function(index, paragraph) {
                if(paragraph.type == 'RichText')
                {
                    richTextParagraphs.push(paragraph);
                    paragraph.load("id,richText/text");
                }
            });
            return context.sync();
        })
        .then(function () {
            // Display all rich text paragraphs to the console
            $.each(richTextParagraphs, function(index, richTextParagraph) {
                var richText = richTextParagraph.richText;
                console.log("Paragraph found with richtext content : " + richText.text + " and richtext id : " + richText.id);
            });
            return context.sync();
        });
})
.catch(function(error) {
    console.log("Error: " + error);
    if (error instanceof OfficeExtension.Error) {
        console.log("Debug info: " + JSON.stringify(error.debugInfo));
    }
});