Get metadata for a list

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Returns 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 headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Do not supply a request body with this method.

Example

Request

HTTP

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

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Sites["{site-id}"].Lists["{list-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc sites lists get --site-id {site-id} --list-id {list-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
lists, err := graphClient.Sites().BySiteId("site-id").Lists().ByListId("list-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

List result = graphClient.sites().bySiteId("{site-id}").lists().byListId("{list-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let list = await client.api('/sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->sites()->bySiteId('site-id')->lists()->byListId('list-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Sites

Get-MgSiteList -SiteId $siteId -ListId $listId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.sites.by_site_id('site-id').lists.by_list_id('list-id').get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

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.

HTTP

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

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Sites["{site-id}"].Lists["{list-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc sites lists get --site-id {site-id} --list-id {list-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
lists, err := graphClient.Sites().BySiteId("site-id").Lists().ByListId("list-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

List result = graphClient.sites().bySiteId("{site-id}").lists().byListId("{list-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let list = await client.api('/sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-title}')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->sites()->bySiteId('site-id')->lists()->byListId('list-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Sites

Get-MgSiteList -SiteId $siteId -ListId $listId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.sites.by_site_id('site-id').lists.by_list_id('list-id').get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

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

HTTP

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

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Sites["{site-id}"].Lists["{list-id}"].GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "id","name","lastModifiedDateTime" };
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Expand = new string []{ "columns(select=name,description)","items(expand=fields(select=Name,Color,Quantity)",")" };
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc sites lists get --site-id {site-id} --list-id {list-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphsites "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/sites"
	  //other-imports
)

requestParameters := &graphsites.SiteItemListItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Select: [] string {"id","name","lastModifiedDateTime"},
	Expand: [] string {"columns(select=name,description)","items(expand=fields(select=Name,Color,Quantity)",")"},
}
configuration := &graphsites.SiteItemListItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
lists, err := graphClient.Sites().BySiteId("site-id").Lists().ByListId("list-id").Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

List result = graphClient.sites().bySiteId("{site-id}").lists().byListId("{list-id}").get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"id", "name", "lastModifiedDateTime"};
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.expand = new String []{"columns(select=name,description)", "items(expand=fields(select=Name,Color,Quantity)", ")"};
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let list = await client.api('/sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}?select=id,name,lastModifiedDateTime&expand=columns(select=name,description),items(expand=fields(select=Name,Color,Quantity))')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Sites\Item\Lists\Item\ListItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new ListItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = ListItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->select = ["id","name","lastModifiedDateTime"];
$queryParameters->expand = ["columns(select=name,description)","items(expand=fields(select=Name,Color,Quantity)",")"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->sites()->bySiteId('site-id')->lists()->byListId('list-id')->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Sites

Get-MgSiteList -SiteId $siteId -ListId $listId -Property "id,name,lastModifiedDateTime" -ExpandProperty "columns(select=name,description),items)" 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.sites.item.lists.item.list_item_request_builder import ListItemRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = ListItemRequestBuilder.ListItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		select = ["id","name","lastModifiedDateTime"],
		expand = ["columns(select=name,description)","items(expand=fields(select=Name,Color,Quantity)",")"],
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.sites.by_site_id('site-id').lists.by_list_id('list-id').get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

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

{
  "id": "1234-112-112-4",
  "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
       }
    }
  ]
}