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Enable Content Approval in SharePoint using JSOM

The example in this topic show how to use JSOM to Enable Content Approval in SharePoint

You can use Content Editor or Script Editor web part on your site, put Html and JSOM (Java Script Object Model) code and that's it. You can perform any action supported by JSOM APIs

I have added below Html in Content Editor webpart. You can replace MainFunction with your actual method name.
<button onclick="MainFunction();" type="button">Click me</button>
And below references in Script Editor Webpart. You can keep jQuery reference as per your need. ScriptFile.js is a JavaScript file where you can keep below function i.e. your actual logic.
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/_layouts/15/sp.runtime.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/_layouts/15/sp.js"></script>

<script src="https://MyServer/sites/SiteCollection/style library/js/ScriptFile.js"></script>
Once you are done with setting your page, click on the button and your method should get executed.

function EnableContentApproval() {
// You can optionally specify the Site URL here to get the context
// If you don't specify the URL, the method will get the context of the current site
// var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext("http://MyServer/sites/SiteCollection");
var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext();
var listCollection = clientContext.get_web().get_lists();
var list = listCollection.getByTitle("Documents");
// Specify whether new items or changes to existing items should remain in a draft state until they have been approved
// NOTE: If you require content approval for a list or library that already contains items, all of the items in the library are marked Approved.
// After Enabling this, "Draft Item Security" option will also get enabled, later you can specify the option
list.set_enableModeration(true);
list.update();
// Execute the query to the server.
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onsuccess), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onfailed));
}
function onsuccess() {
console.log("success");
}
function onfailed(sender, args) {
console.log('Creation Failed' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}

Thank you for reading this article. This code was tested in SharePoint 2013

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