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PATCH – Send An HTTP Request to SharePoint using Power Automate to Update an Item

This post is about creating a manual flow to update an item in SharePoint using PATCH method of HTTP request.

You will need 3 details. The uri, metadata and the SharePoint column name.

To find metadata, enter this in your browser and search for

If your list has no space enter this https://companyname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/_api/web/lists/getbytitle(‘ListName’)

If your list has space in it enter this https://companyname.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename/_api/web/lists/getbytitle(‘List%20Name’)

Search for ListItemEntityTypeFullName

You will find your metadata search with SP.Data.LISTNAMEListItem

uri = _api/web/lists/getbytitle(‘List%20Name’)/items(1)

Where items(1) is the item whose ID = 1

content-type = application/json;odata=verbose
IF-MATCH = *
Body
{
“__metadata”: { “type”: “SP.Data.LISTNAMEListItem” },
“Employee_x0020_ID”: “12345”
}

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