How To Create Columns In A List Using REST API In SharePoint Online And Office 365

Welcome to an article on “How to create columns in a list using REST API in SharePoint Online and Office 365” where we will see the steps of creating an app using Napa Tool which will help us to create a column in a list using REST API.

• Open the “NAPA” Office 365 Development Tools through your SharePoint store.
  
  
• Click on Add New Project.
  
  
• It will ask you, what type of app do you want to build?
  
  
  
  
• Select SharePoint Add-in and provide a name to your app and click on Create.
  
  
  
  
• You will see the screen below on the app,
  
  
  
  
• Click on Default.aspx and paste the code below under the,
  

  “<asp:ContentContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">”.

  Code:
  

  <div>
      <p>
          <b>Create List Column</b>
          <br />
          <input type="text" id="createcolumnname" />
          <button id="createcolumn">Create Column</button>
      </p>
  </div>

  Now on the navigation click on the App.js file and paste the code below removing the previous code completely.
  
  Code:
  

  'use strict';
  var hostweblink;
  var applink;
  // get the links on app load
  $(document).ready(function()
  {
      hostweblink = decodeURIComponent(
          getQueryStringParameter("SPHostUrl"));
      applink = decodeURIComponent(
          getQueryStringParameter("SPAppWebUrl"));
      //Define click event
      $("#createcolumn").click(function(event) {
          createcolumn();
          event.preventDefault();
      });
      var scriptlink = hostweblink + "/_layouts/15/";
      $.getScript(scriptlink + "SP.RequestExecutor.js");
  });
  //get the data and clear it in a function
  function getQueryStringParameter(paramvalue)
  {
      var paramval = document.URL.split("?")[1].split("&");
      for (var i = 0; i < paramval.length; i = i + 1)
      {
          var paramval1 = paramval[i].split("=");
          if (paramval1[0] == paramvalue) return paramval1[1];
      }
  }
  // Create a column in a list
  function createcolumn()
  {
      var columnname = document.getElementById("createcolumnname").value;
      var play;
      play = new SP.RequestExecutor(applink);
      //DevData is the name of my list where I want to create a column
      play.executeAsync({
          url: applink + "/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/Lists/getbytitle('DevData')/fields?@target='" + hostweblink + "'",
          method: "POST",
          body: "{ '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.Field' }, 'FieldTypeKind': 2, 'Title':'" + columnname + "'}",
          headers:
          {
              "content-type": "application/json; odata=verbose",
          },
          success: createListcolumnsuccessful,
          error: createListcolumnfailure
      });
  }
  
  // Success Handler
  function createListcolumnsuccessful(data)
  {
      alert("Column Created Successfully")
  }
  
  // Error Handler
  function createListcolumnfailure(data, errorCode, errorMessage)
  {
      alert("Column coud not be created, view the error: " + errorMessage);
  }

• Click on the settings icon on the tool on the left.
  
  
  
  
• Under the properties, select Permissions and provide full control to the app on the Site Collection level.
  
  
  
  
• Click on the deploy button on the left and run the project.
  
  
  
  
• Click on the launch button.
  
  
  
  
• Accept the trust and click on ‘Trust It’.
  
  
  
  
• Your app will be deployed and open for you as per the following screenshot:
  
  
  
  
• Provide the name of the column you want to create and click on ‘Create Column’ button.
  
  
  
  
• Once you click on the button you will receive an alert that your column has been successfully created.
  
  
• Go to your list, you will see your created column.
  
  
  

Here we saw today how to create a column in a list using REST API in SharePoint Online and Office 365. You will love your app. Keep reading and keep learning!

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