Create a new item in a list

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09/29/2021

Create a new listItem in a list.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Sites.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Sites.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

POST /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}/items

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the listItem resource to create.

Example

Here is an example of how to create a new generic list item.

POST /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}/items
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "fields": {
    "Title": "Widget",
    "Color": "Purple",
    "Weight": 32
  }
}

Response

If successful, this method returns a listItem in the response body for the created list item.

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

{
  "id": "20",
  "createdDateTime": "2016-08-30T08:26:00Z",
  "createdBy": {
    "user": {
      "displayName": "Ryan Gregg",
      "id": "8606e4d5-d582-4f5f-aeba-7d7c18b20cfd"
    }
  },
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-08-30T08:26:00Z",
  "lastModifiedBy": {
    "user": {
      "displayName": "Ryan Gregg",
      "id": "8606e4d5-d582-4f5f-aeba-7d7c18b20cfd"
    }
  }
}

Note: The response object is truncated for clarity. Default properties will be returned from the actual call.

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