contenttype-post-columns.md

author	ms.date	title	description	ms.localizationpriority	doc_type	ms.subservice
swapnil1993	08/30/2020	Create a columnDefinition in a content type	Add a column to a content type.	medium	apiPageType	sharepoint

Create a columnDefinition in a content type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Add a column to a content type in a site, or a list with a request that specifies a columnDefinition.

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Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

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HTTP request

POST /sites/{site-id}/contentTypes/{contentType-id}/columns
POST /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}/contentTypes/{contentType-id}/columns

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the columnDefinition resource to add.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and columnDefinition object in the response body.

Example

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{site-id}/contentTypes/{contentType-id}/columns
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "sourceColumn@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/root/columns/99ddcf45-e2f7-4f17-82b0-6fba34445103"
}

C#

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CLI

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Go

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Java

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JavaScript

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PowerShell

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Python

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Response

The response returns the column added to a content type.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "description": "",
  "displayName": "Title",
  "enforceUniqueValues": false,
  "hidden": false,
  "id": "99ddcf45-e2f7-4f17-82b0-6fba34445103",
  "indexed": false,
  "name": "Title",
  "text": {
    "allowMultipleLines": false,
    "appendChangesToExistingText": false,
    "linesForEditing": 0,
    "maxLength": 255
  }
}