Replace special characters of list name to make it compatible to use in Send HTTP Request to SharePoint action

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Hello everyone,

I have a list whose name is "SOX - PO without PR (YPONR) Tasks". I am trying to create a task within this list using Send an HTTP Request to SharePoint action as I have few hyperlinks to populate. I am confused how to specify the name of the list in the body of the action

__metadata": { "type": "ListNameListItem" }

I know spaces can be replaced with _x0020_ but not sure of special characters like "-" (hyphen), "(" and ")". How do I encode these here and what should they be replaced with? I couldn't find any documentation regarding this. We don't want to change the list name.

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Paulie78 8,424 Moderator on at

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Take a look at this blog post I did yesterday:

How to Encode SharePoint Column Display Names to Internal names

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Paulie78 8,424 Moderator on at

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This one would also be useful to you:

https://www.tachytelic.net/2021/03/update-hyperlink-column-sharepoint-power-automate/

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rameshmukka 1,123 on at

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@Paulie78
You did a great job in both the posts. I bookmarked them for future use. I was waiting such content since long time. Your form generated me blow json but it fails somehow. I tested with simple list called "TestList" and it works fine. Here is the screenshots

{ "__metadata": { "type": "SP.Data.SOX_x0020_-_x0020_PO_x0020_without_x0020_PR_x0020__x0028_YPONR_x0029__x0020_TasksListItem" }, "RelatedItems": { "Description": "Microsoft", "Url": "https://www.microsoft.com" } }

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Paulie78 8,424 Moderator on at

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Please go to the list in your browser and copy and paste the URL here. Then we can figure out what the list name should be.

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rameshmukka 1,123 on at

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Here is it

/sites/rameshtest/Lists/SOX%20%20PO%20without%20PR%20YPONR%20Tasks/AllItems.aspx

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rameshmukka 1,123 on at

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Hey @Paulie78
I just figured it out. I replaced all %20 with _x0020_ and it worked. You blog posts came to great rescue. Thank you so much.

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Paulie78 8,424 Moderator on at

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I think the list name would be:

SOX_x0020__x0020_PO_x0020_without_x0020_PR_x0020_YPONR_x0020_Tasks

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Paulie78 8,424 Moderator on at

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Well done @RameshMukka

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Hi @RameshMukka,

Hope you guys don't mind that I bud in.

You can also retrieve the correct value for the type field by retrieving the ListItemEntityTypeFullName value via an additional HTTP request action. Saves you a bit of manual encoding time 😉

Below is an example of such an approach.

1. First collect the ListItemEntityTypeFullName value of your SharePoint List. Replace/set the ListName variable by the name of your current list name.

2. Use the following Body to create a new item. You can use an expression to get to retrieve the correct entitytypefullname.

{ "__metadata": { "type": "@{outputs('Send_an_HTTP_request_to_SharePoint')?['body/ListItemEntityTypeFullName']}" }, "Title": "Testing Promoted Links", "LinkLocation": { "Description": "Microsoft", "Url": "https://www.microsoft.com" } }

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MalekFCH 7 on at

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Hello Paulie,

this link is just amazing but i'am looking for this specific caracter : '°' and i can't find it
do you have any idea about how can i replace it ?

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