Creating SharePoint List URL Item - Fails if URL (Share link) isn't correct

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This one is strange to me. I'm creating a SharePoint List Item URL Field from workflow. The value is a Share Link URL from a user. The users oftentimes create the share link incorrectly so the URL wouldn't work if I tried to use it.

It seems somewhere in the process of writing the link to the list, something tries to validate whether it's valid. It LOOKS like a perfectly good URL except that it wouldn't work for me if I clicked it due to being created incorrectly.

The actual error is: Invalid URL value. A URL Field contains invalid data. Please check........

I mean syntactically the URL is fine.

So what is validating that it's a valid Share URL? SharePoint or Power Automate. I just want to turn off the error checking on it and write whatever the URL is into the field.

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Creating SharePoint List URL Item - Fails if URL (Share link) isn't correct

I would check the following at a minimum:

URL Format: Ensure that the URL is properly formatted. It should start with http:// or https://. Invalid formats or missing protocols can cause the update to fail.

Length: SharePoint has a maximum URL length limit. If the URL exceeds this limit, it may cause an error. Typically, the maximum length for a URL in SharePoint is 255 characters.

Special Characters: Check for and properly encode any special characters in the URL. Characters like spaces, ampersands, and others should be URL-encoded to avoid issues.