How to make POST/PATCH request to add Hyperlink/Picture field in List?

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How to make POST/PATCH request to add Hyperlink/Picture field in List?

Vikharankar, Vishakha 25

I am trying to make a POST Request via Microsoft Graph Explorer Version v1 as well as Beta, to a list that has field of type HyperLink/Picture. I added request body for that field as

{  
	"fields": {
		"fieldName": {
            "Description": "This is desc",
            "Url": "abc.com"
        }
	}
}

But, this is giving invalidRequest error, which looks like

{
    "error": {
        "code": "invalidRequest",
        "message": "Invalid request",
        "innerError": {
            "date": "2023-10-05T07:49:15",
            "request-id": "XXXXXXXX-96c4-4a63-abcd-XXXXXXXXXXX",
            "client-request-id": ""
        }
    }
}

I went through a existing similar query - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/648271/upload-image-to-sharepoint-list-using-graph-api which was posted in 2021, but there is no solution to it. What is the issue? How can I make this request using GraphAPI?

Vaculin, Vladislav 0

This is extremely frustrating. However, as a workaround, create a normal text field instead and format it with this:

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "a",
  "attributes": {
    "href": "@currentField",
    "target": "_blank"
  },
  "txtContent": "@currentField"
}

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Vaculin, Vladislav 0 Reputation points

2025-06-30T11:09:32.2233333+00:00

This is extremely frustrating. However, as a workaround, create a normal text field instead and format it with this:

{ "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json", "elmType": "a", "attributes": { "href": "@currentField", "target": "_blank" }, "txtContent": "@currentField" }

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RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,486 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Vikharankar, Vishakha,

Per my research, currently we are still unable to update Hyperlink column by graph api. As a workaround, I would recommend you to use rest api to update the column. Here is a similar issue with yours to reference

https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/88540/how-do-i-update-a-hyperlink-field-using-the-rest-api

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Vikharankar, Vishakha 25 Reputation points

2023-10-05T10:48:02.2833333+00:00

Hi @RaytheonXie_MSFT

Is there any document or stackexchange thread that explains this in Java?
RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,486 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-09T01:50:10.56+00:00

Hi @Vikharankar, Vishakha,

You could refer to the following issue similar with yours

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51684142/upload-image-attachment-to-sharepoint-lsit-item-using-rest-api-java
RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,486 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-12T07:33:18.05+00:00

Hi @Vikharankar, Vishakha,

I am checking to see how things are going there on this issue.
RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,486 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-19T08:26:53.3466667+00:00

Hi @Vikharankar, Vishakha,

I am checking to see if the problem has been resolved.
RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,486 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-10-31T08:21:45.3666667+00:00

Hi @Vikharankar, Vishakha,

Would you tell me whether your issue has been resolved or have any update?

I am looking forward to your reply.
Vikharankar, Vishakha 25 Reputation points

2023-11-01T11:36:15.93+00:00

Hi!

Issue is resolved.

Thanks,
Vishakha
RaytheonXie_MSFT 40,486 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-11-02T01:15:31.7566667+00:00

Hi @Vikharankar, Vishakha,

Glad that you found the solution to this problem. Thanks for your sharing.

You could accept the answer via the "Accept Answer" button, it would be helpful to others who have similar issue in the future.

Answer 2

Michael Weinhardt 15

Currently, if this still isn't supported, that's lame.

Answer 3

Stefaan De Vreese 5

Still not possible, it's 2025 people! come on! how hard can it be to add this to the graph api...

Answer 4

Yuriy Zahreva 5

Hi @Vikharankar, Vishakha,

I came across a solution on Stack Overflow that should resolve this issue.

You just need to add to the request header:

 Prefer: apiversion=2.1

Full request looks should looks like this:

PATCH /v1.0/sites/{site_id}/list/{list_id}/items/{list_item_id}/fields
Prefer:apiversion=2.1
{
    "myUrl": {
        "Description": "http://www.google.com",
        "Url": "http://www.google.com"
    }
}

Could you please check if this works on your side?

Thanks,

Yuriy

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