site-post-contenttypes.md

author	title	description	ms.localizationpriority	doc_type	ms.subservice
swapnil1993	Create a content type	Create a content type in a site.	medium	apiPageType	sharepoint

Create a content type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new contentType in a site.

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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

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 contentType resource to create.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a contentType object in the response body.

Example

The following example shows how to create a new generic content type.

Request

HTTP

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

{
    "name": "docSet",
    "description": "custom docset",
    "base": {
        "name": "Document Set",
        "id": "0x0120D520"
    },
    "group": "Document Set Content Types" 
}

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Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "0x01002A2479FF33DD4BC3B1533A012B653717",
  "name": "docSet",
  "group":"Document Set Content Types",
  "description" : "custom docset",
  "base": {
        "name": "Document Set",
        "id": "0x0120D520"
   }
}