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How do I check if a Document Set already exists in a SharePoint library?

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Posted on by Spawn10 330

I am trying to check if a Document Set already exists within my document library. In my Flow, I have a "Send an HTTP request to SharePoint, that is configured as...

 

Site Address: Site address to where my Doc library is

Method: Get

Uri: _api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativePath(decodedUrl='/DocumentLibrary/User')/Exists

Headers: Accept | application/json;odata=verbose

               Content-Type | application/json;odata=verbose

 

 

I keep getting the error:

"Server relative urls mut start with SPWeb.ServerRelativeUrl\r\n" 

 

Am I using the wrong api call? How do I get to check if a Document Set already exists?

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    Spawn10 330 on at

    Found my snag. The property I passed to the api had a leading slash, once I took that out my call worked.

    incorrect: Uri: _api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativePath(decodedUrl='/DocumentLibrary/User')/Exists

    correct: Uri: _api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativePath(decodedUrl='DocumentLibrary/User')/Exists

     

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