Update contentType

Article
02/09/2024

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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.Manage.All	Sites.FullControl.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Sites.Manage.All	Sites.FullControl.All

HTTP request

PATCH /sites/{site-id}/contentTypes/{contentType-id}
PATCH /sites/{site-id}/lists/{list-id}/contentTypes/{contentType-id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the contentType resource to update.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated contentType object in the response body.

Example

Request

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/{site-id}/contentTypes/{contentType-id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "name": "updatedCt",
	"documentSet": {
		"shouldPrefixNameToFile": true,
		"allowedContentTypes": [{
			"id": "0x0101",
			"name": "Document"
		}],
		"defaultContents": [{
				"fileName": "a.txt",
				"contentType": {
					"id": "0x0101"
				}
			},
			{
				"fileName": "b.txt",
				"contentType": {
					"id": "0x0101"
				}
			}
		],
		"sharedColumns": [{
				"name": "Description",
				"id": "cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e"
			},
			{
				"name": "Address",
				"id": "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50"
			}
		],
		"welcomePageColumns": [{
			"name": "Address",
			"id": "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50"
		}]
	}
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new ContentType
{
	Name = "updatedCt",
	DocumentSet = new DocumentSet
	{
		ShouldPrefixNameToFile = true,
		AllowedContentTypes = new List<ContentTypeInfo>
		{
			new ContentTypeInfo
			{
				Id = "0x0101",
				Name = "Document",
			},
		},
		DefaultContents = new List<DocumentSetContent>
		{
			new DocumentSetContent
			{
				FileName = "a.txt",
				ContentType = new ContentTypeInfo
				{
					Id = "0x0101",
				},
			},
			new DocumentSetContent
			{
				FileName = "b.txt",
				ContentType = new ContentTypeInfo
				{
					Id = "0x0101",
				},
			},
		},
		SharedColumns = new List<ColumnDefinition>
		{
			new ColumnDefinition
			{
				Name = "Description",
				Id = "cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e",
			},
			new ColumnDefinition
			{
				Name = "Address",
				Id = "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50",
			},
		},
		WelcomePageColumns = new List<ColumnDefinition>
		{
			new ColumnDefinition
			{
				Name = "Address",
				Id = "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50",
			},
		},
	},
};

// 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}"].ContentTypes["{contentType-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);

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


// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc sites content-types patch --site-id {site-id} --content-type-id {contentType-id} --body '{\
    "name": "updatedCt",\
	"documentSet": {\
		"shouldPrefixNameToFile": true,\
		"allowedContentTypes": [{\
			"id": "0x0101",\
			"name": "Document"\
		}],\
		"defaultContents": [{\
				"fileName": "a.txt",\
				"contentType": {\
					"id": "0x0101"\
				}\
			},\
			{\
				"fileName": "b.txt",\
				"contentType": {\
					"id": "0x0101"\
				}\
			}\
		],\
		"sharedColumns": [{\
				"name": "Description",\
				"id": "cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e"\
			},\
			{\
				"name": "Address",\
				"id": "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50"\
			}\
		],\
		"welcomePageColumns": [{\
			"name": "Address",\
			"id": "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50"\
		}]\
	}\
}\
\
'

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



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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewContentType()
name := "updatedCt"
requestBody.SetName(&name) 
documentSet := graphmodels.NewDocumentSet()
shouldPrefixNameToFile := true
documentSet.SetShouldPrefixNameToFile(&shouldPrefixNameToFile) 


contentTypeInfo := graphmodels.NewContentTypeInfo()
id := "0x0101"
contentTypeInfo.SetId(&id) 
name := "Document"
contentTypeInfo.SetName(&name) 

allowedContentTypes := []graphmodels.ContentTypeInfoable {
	contentTypeInfo,
}
documentSet.SetAllowedContentTypes(allowedContentTypes)


documentSetContent := graphmodels.NewDocumentSetContent()
fileName := "a.txt"
documentSetContent.SetFileName(&fileName) 
contentType := graphmodels.NewContentTypeInfo()
id := "0x0101"
contentType.SetId(&id) 
documentSetContent.SetContentType(contentType)
documentSetContent1 := graphmodels.NewDocumentSetContent()
fileName := "b.txt"
documentSetContent1.SetFileName(&fileName) 
contentType := graphmodels.NewContentTypeInfo()
id := "0x0101"
contentType.SetId(&id) 
documentSetContent1.SetContentType(contentType)

defaultContents := []graphmodels.DocumentSetContentable {
	documentSetContent,
	documentSetContent1,
}
documentSet.SetDefaultContents(defaultContents)


columnDefinition := graphmodels.NewColumnDefinition()
name := "Description"
columnDefinition.SetName(&name) 
id := "cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e"
columnDefinition.SetId(&id) 
columnDefinition1 := graphmodels.NewColumnDefinition()
name := "Address"
columnDefinition1.SetName(&name) 
id := "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50"
columnDefinition1.SetId(&id) 

sharedColumns := []graphmodels.ColumnDefinitionable {
	columnDefinition,
	columnDefinition1,
}
documentSet.SetSharedColumns(sharedColumns)


columnDefinition := graphmodels.NewColumnDefinition()
name := "Address"
columnDefinition.SetName(&name) 
id := "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50"
columnDefinition.SetId(&id) 

welcomePageColumns := []graphmodels.ColumnDefinitionable {
	columnDefinition,
}
documentSet.SetWelcomePageColumns(welcomePageColumns)
requestBody.SetDocumentSet(documentSet)

contentTypes, err := graphClient.Sites().BySiteId("site-id").ContentTypes().ByContentTypeId("contentType-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

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


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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

ContentType contentType = new ContentType();
contentType.setName("updatedCt");
DocumentSet documentSet = new DocumentSet();
documentSet.setShouldPrefixNameToFile(true);
LinkedList<ContentTypeInfo> allowedContentTypes = new LinkedList<ContentTypeInfo>();
ContentTypeInfo contentTypeInfo = new ContentTypeInfo();
contentTypeInfo.setId("0x0101");
contentTypeInfo.setName("Document");
allowedContentTypes.add(contentTypeInfo);
documentSet.setAllowedContentTypes(allowedContentTypes);
LinkedList<DocumentSetContent> defaultContents = new LinkedList<DocumentSetContent>();
DocumentSetContent documentSetContent = new DocumentSetContent();
documentSetContent.setFileName("a.txt");
ContentTypeInfo contentType1 = new ContentTypeInfo();
contentType1.setId("0x0101");
documentSetContent.setContentType(contentType1);
defaultContents.add(documentSetContent);
DocumentSetContent documentSetContent1 = new DocumentSetContent();
documentSetContent1.setFileName("b.txt");
ContentTypeInfo contentType2 = new ContentTypeInfo();
contentType2.setId("0x0101");
documentSetContent1.setContentType(contentType2);
defaultContents.add(documentSetContent1);
documentSet.setDefaultContents(defaultContents);
LinkedList<ColumnDefinition> sharedColumns = new LinkedList<ColumnDefinition>();
ColumnDefinition columnDefinition = new ColumnDefinition();
columnDefinition.setName("Description");
columnDefinition.setId("cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e");
sharedColumns.add(columnDefinition);
ColumnDefinition columnDefinition1 = new ColumnDefinition();
columnDefinition1.setName("Address");
columnDefinition1.setId("fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50");
sharedColumns.add(columnDefinition1);
documentSet.setSharedColumns(sharedColumns);
LinkedList<ColumnDefinition> welcomePageColumns = new LinkedList<ColumnDefinition>();
ColumnDefinition columnDefinition2 = new ColumnDefinition();
columnDefinition2.setName("Address");
columnDefinition2.setId("fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50");
welcomePageColumns.add(columnDefinition2);
documentSet.setWelcomePageColumns(welcomePageColumns);
contentType.setDocumentSet(documentSet);
ContentType result = graphClient.sites().bySiteId("{site-id}").contentTypes().byContentTypeId("{contentType-id}").patch(contentType);

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


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const contentType = {
    name: 'updatedCt',
	documentSet: {
		shouldPrefixNameToFile: true,
		allowedContentTypes: [{
			id: '0x0101',
			name: 'Document'
		}],
		defaultContents: [{
				fileName: 'a.txt',
				contentType: {
					id: '0x0101'
				}
			},
			{
				fileName: 'b.txt',
				contentType: {
					id: '0x0101'
				}
			}
		],
		sharedColumns: [{
				name: 'Description',
				id: 'cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e'
			},
			{
				name: 'Address',
				id: 'fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50'
			}
		],
		welcomePageColumns: [{
			name: 'Address',
			id: 'fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50'
		}]
	}
};

await client.api('/sites/{site-id}/contentTypes/{contentType-id}')
	.update(contentType);

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


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ContentType;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\DocumentSet;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ContentTypeInfo;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\DocumentSetContent;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\ColumnDefinition;


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

$requestBody = new ContentType();
$requestBody->setName('updatedCt');
$documentSet = new DocumentSet();
$documentSet->setShouldPrefixNameToFile(true);
$allowedContentTypesContentTypeInfo1 = new ContentTypeInfo();
$allowedContentTypesContentTypeInfo1->setId('0x0101');
$allowedContentTypesContentTypeInfo1->setName('Document');
$allowedContentTypesArray []= $allowedContentTypesContentTypeInfo1;
$documentSet->setAllowedContentTypes($allowedContentTypesArray);

$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent1 = new DocumentSetContent();
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent1->setFileName('a.txt');
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent1ContentType = new ContentTypeInfo();
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent1ContentType->setId('0x0101');
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent1->setContentType($defaultContentsDocumentSetContent1ContentType);
$defaultContentsArray []= $defaultContentsDocumentSetContent1;
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent2 = new DocumentSetContent();
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent2->setFileName('b.txt');
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent2ContentType = new ContentTypeInfo();
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent2ContentType->setId('0x0101');
$defaultContentsDocumentSetContent2->setContentType($defaultContentsDocumentSetContent2ContentType);
$defaultContentsArray []= $defaultContentsDocumentSetContent2;
$documentSet->setDefaultContents($defaultContentsArray);

$sharedColumnsColumnDefinition1 = new ColumnDefinition();
$sharedColumnsColumnDefinition1->setName('Description');
$sharedColumnsColumnDefinition1->setId('cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e');
$sharedColumnsArray []= $sharedColumnsColumnDefinition1;
$sharedColumnsColumnDefinition2 = new ColumnDefinition();
$sharedColumnsColumnDefinition2->setName('Address');
$sharedColumnsColumnDefinition2->setId('fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50');
$sharedColumnsArray []= $sharedColumnsColumnDefinition2;
$documentSet->setSharedColumns($sharedColumnsArray);

$welcomePageColumnsColumnDefinition1 = new ColumnDefinition();
$welcomePageColumnsColumnDefinition1->setName('Address');
$welcomePageColumnsColumnDefinition1->setId('fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50');
$welcomePageColumnsArray []= $welcomePageColumnsColumnDefinition1;
$documentSet->setWelcomePageColumns($welcomePageColumnsArray);

$requestBody->setDocumentSet($documentSet);

$result = $graphServiceClient->sites()->bySiteId('site-id')->contentTypes()->byContentTypeId('contentType-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

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


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Sites

$params = @{
	name = "updatedCt"
	documentSet = @{
		shouldPrefixNameToFile = $true
		allowedContentTypes = @(
			@{
				id = "0x0101"
				name = "Document"
			}
		)
		defaultContents = @(
			@{
				fileName = "a.txt"
				contentType = @{
					id = "0x0101"
				}
			}
			@{
				fileName = "b.txt"
				contentType = @{
					id = "0x0101"
				}
			}
		)
		sharedColumns = @(
			@{
				name = "Description"
				id = "cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e"
			}
			@{
				name = "Address"
				id = "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50"
			}
		)
		welcomePageColumns = @(
			@{
				name = "Address"
				id = "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50"
			}
		)
	}
}

Update-MgSiteContentType -SiteId $siteId -ContentTypeId $contentTypeId -BodyParameter $params

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


from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.content_type import ContentType
from msgraph.generated.models.document_set import DocumentSet
from msgraph.generated.models.content_type_info import ContentTypeInfo
from msgraph.generated.models.document_set_content import DocumentSetContent
from msgraph.generated.models.column_definition import ColumnDefinition

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = ContentType(
	name = "updatedCt",
	document_set = DocumentSet(
		should_prefix_name_to_file = True,
		allowed_content_types = [
			ContentTypeInfo(
				id = "0x0101",
				name = "Document",
			),
		],
		default_contents = [
			DocumentSetContent(
				file_name = "a.txt",
				content_type = ContentTypeInfo(
					id = "0x0101",
				),
			),
			DocumentSetContent(
				file_name = "b.txt",
				content_type = ContentTypeInfo(
					id = "0x0101",
				),
			),
		],
		shared_columns = [
			ColumnDefinition(
				name = "Description",
				id = "cbb92da4-fd46-4c7d-af6c-3128c2a5576e",
			),
			ColumnDefinition(
				name = "Address",
				id = "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50",
			),
		],
		welcome_page_columns = [
			ColumnDefinition(
				name = "Address",
				id = "fc2e188e-ba91-48c9-9dd3-16431afddd50",
			),
		],
	),
)

result = await graph_client.sites.by_site_id('site-id').content_types.by_content_type_id('contentType-id').patch(request_body)

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": "0x0101009B237E76EF94DC49B4E58139041E7C60",
    "description": "",
    "eTag": "\"7\"",
    "group": "Custom Content Types",
    "hidden": false,
    "name": "testdoc",
    "parentId": "0x0101",
    "base": {
        "id": "0x0101",
        "name": "Document"
    }
}

Update contentType

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Example

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Response

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