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get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

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Posted on by 101

Hello,

 

I made a flow which aims to retrieve the list of all the SharePoint sites present in the tenant.

I manage to retrieve the information, but I do not know how to retrieve the creation date and the name of the site.

Then it's to retrieve each name of the site and insert it in a SharePoint list.

can you help me find a solution to retrieve each name of each SharePoint site from the output of the http request?

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{
    "type""object",
    "properties": {
        "createdDateTime" : {
            "type" : "string"
        },
        "id": {
            "type""string"
        },
        "lastModifiedDateTime": {
            "type""string"
        },
        "name": {
            "type""string"
        },
        "webUrl": {
            "type""string"
        },
        "displayName": {
            "type""string"
        },
        "root": {
            "type""object",
            "properties": {}
        },
        "siteCollection": {
            "type""object",
            "properties": {
                "hostname": {
                    "type""string"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
{    "type": "object",    "properties": {        "createdDateTime" : {            "type" : "string"        },        "id": {            "type": "string"        },        "lastModifiedDateTime": {            "type": "string"        },        "name": {            "type": "string"        },        "webUrl": {            "type": "string"        },        "displayName": {            "type": "string"        },        "root": {            "type": "object",            "properties": {}        },        "siteCollection": {            "type": "object",            "properties": {                "hostname": {                    "type": "string"                }            }        }    }}

 

Thanks

 

flow bug.PNG

 
 
 
 
 
  • Edvhdy Profile Picture
    101 on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    Hi @tom_riha 

     

    I think powerAutomat doesn't like me ..

     

    When I add only the Composer action and put the name content inside. it does not loop on the value. I set up Experimental Features to see if that makes any difference. but no ..

    Edit : after doing new tests it works perfectly. thank you very much for your help @tom_riha  🙂 

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    tom_riha Profile Picture
    10,127 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    Normally, I let Power Automate to add the 'Apply to each' for me. Add only the 'Compose' action, place the 'name' dynamic content inside and it'll add the proper 'Apply to each' around it.

  • Edvhdy Profile Picture
    101 on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    hi @tom_riha 

     

    indeed power automate does not like @ by deleting it I have good data output from JSON.

    I will work on the flow again to remove the @.

     

    in the flow you manage to buckle down on the value. is that what value you put?


    because no value is offered to me in Dynamic content.

     

    flow bug 1.PNG

  • tom_riha Profile Picture
    10,127 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    I think Power Automate has problem with the @ in:

    "@odata.context"

    at least on my environment it doesn't accept the input you shared as a valid JSON unless i remove the @.

    Other than that, you should loop through the 'value' array to get to the 'name' for each object.

    image.png

  • Edvhdy Profile Picture
    101 on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    @tom_riha 

     

    Thank you for your help.

    I made changes following your post.(see image)  and I have no data at the exit of "Compose".

     

    aaz.jpg

    Here is the output of the Json parse :

     

    {
     "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#sites",
     "value": [
     {
     "createdDateTime": "2019-06-17T13:54:24Z",
     "id": "###",
     "lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-08T08:21:10Z",
     "name": "Site 1",
     "webUrl": "https://###.sharepoint.com",
     "displayName": "Site 1",
     "root": {},
     "siteCollection": {
     "hostname": "###.sharepoint.com"
     }
     },
     {
     "createdDateTime": "2020-06-25T15:13:56Z",
     "id": "###",
     "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-06-25T15:18:55Z",
     "name": "Site 2",
     "webUrl": "###.sharepoint.com/",
     "displayName": "Site 2",
     "root": {},
     "siteCollection": {
     "hostname": "###.sharepoint.com"
     }
     },
    
    ........

     

    it seems to me that it will be necessary to loop on each element of the value "name" to be able to insert them in a list?

     

    What do you think ?

     

  • tom_riha Profile Picture
    10,127 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    'Parse JSON' will parse the HTTP output using the schema, after the 'Parse JSON' you'll have all the values from the JSON available as a dynamic content. You can then use the values later in the flow.

    image.png

  • Edvhdy Profile Picture
    101 on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    I would like to insert in a list the elements:
    DisplayName
    createdDateTime
    webUrl

     

    I think it would loop through each value of the Http request and retrieve the underscored items to insert them.

  • Edvhdy Profile Picture
    101 on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    hi @tom_riha ,

     

    yes it is the same. maybe I have an error.

     

    Body (Ouput)  Http request  :

    {
     "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#sites",
     "value": [
     {
     "createdDateTime": "2019-06-17T13:54:24Z",
     "id": "###",
     "lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-08T08:21:10Z",
     "name": "###",
     "webUrl": "###",
     "displayName": "Site ###",
     "root": {},
     "siteCollection": {
     "hostname": "###.sharepoint.com"
     }
     },

     

     

    Output Json (input body http request) -> Ouput :

     

    {
     "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#sites",
     "value": [
     {
     "createdDateTime": "2019-06-17T13:54:24Z",
     "id": "###",
     "lastModifiedDateTime": "2019-06-08T08:21:10Z",
     "name": "###.sharepoint.com",
     "webUrl": "###.sharepoint.com",
     "displayName": "Site ###",
     "root": {},
     "siteCollection": {
     "hostname": "###.sharepoint.com"
     }
     },
  • tom_riha Profile Picture
    10,127 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    That's strange, output of the HTTP request should be the actual data, output from Parse JSON should be a lot of dynamic contents parsed from the HTTP request output.

    Did you use the actual HTTP output as the sample data payload in the Parse JSON? And the output from the HTTP request as the value to parse in Parse JSON?

  • Edvhdy Profile Picture
    101 on at
    Re: get the info from an http request and insert it in a SharePoint list

    thanks @tom_riha 

     

    I used parse Json but the output of the http request is the same as the output of Parse Json.

     

    I would like to be able to recover certain elements and put them in an array then insert them in the list. (that's why I wanted to use the CSV connector) but I can't do it

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