Get metadata for a list

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Return the metadata for a list.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Sites.Read.All Sites.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Sites.Read.All Sites.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}
GET /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-title}
GET /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}?expand=columns,items(expand=fields)

Request body

Do not supply a request body with this method.

Example

Request

GET /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "1234-112-112-4",
  "name": "MicroFeed",
  "createdDateTime": "2016-08-30T08:32:00Z",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-08-30T08:32:00Z",
  "list": {
    "hidden": false,
    "template": "genericList"
    }
}

With select and expand statements, you can retrieve list metadata, column definitions, and list items in a single request.

Request

The following example shows how to get a list from a SharePoint Online list title.

GET /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-title}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "1234-112-112-4",
  "name": "MicroFeed",
  "createdDateTime": "2016-08-30T08:32:00Z",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-08-30T08:32:00Z",
  "list": {
    "hidden": false,
    "template": "genericList"
    }
}

With select and expand statements, you can retrieve list metadata, column definitions, and list items in a single request.

Request

GET /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}?select=name,lastModifiedDateTime&expand=columns(select=name,description),items(expand=fields(select=Name,Color,Quantity))

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "name": "Inventory",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-08-30T08:32:00Z",
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "Name",
      "description": "Customer-facing name of the SKU"
    },
    {
      "name": "Color",
      "description": "Color of the item in stock"
    },
    {
      "name": "Quantity",
      "description": "Number of items in stock"
    }
  ],
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "2",
      "fields": {
        "Name": "Gadget",
        "Color": "Red",
        "Quantity": 503
       }
    },
    {
      "id": "4",
      "fields": {
        "Name": "Widget",
        "Color": "Blue",
        "Quantity": 2357
       }
    },
    {
      "id": "7",
      "fields": {
        "Name": "Gizmo",
        "Color": "Green",
        "Quantity": 92
       }
    }
  ]
}

Request

The following example shows how to get metadata for a list that contains three columns: Name, Quantity, and Category. Managed Metadata columns like Category return values as term ID and term name pair.

GET /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}?select=name,lastModifiedDateTime&expand=columns(select=name,description),items(expand=fields(select=Name,Quantity,Category))

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "name": "Inventory",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-08-30T08:32:00Z",
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "Name",
      "description": "Customer-facing name of the SKU"
    },
    {
      "name": "Quantity",
      "description": "Number of items in stock"
    },
    {
      "name": "Category",
      "description": "Category of the item"
    }
  ],
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "2",
      "fields": {
        "Name": "Gadget",
        "Quantity": 503,
        "Category": {
          "termId": "791d537a-9c1c-3b05-97b0-1ce7ece7e1a4",
          "name": "Tool"
         }
       }
    },
    {
      "id": "4",
      "fields": {
        "Name": "Widget",
        "Quantity": 2357,
        "Category": {
          "termId": "902e568b-9b2d-4d06-87c2-2cf8ecf9f2b5" ,
          "name": "Mechanical Device"
         }
       }
    }
  ]
}