The property '__metadata' does not exist on type 'SP.Field'

Question

I'm working on a flow that needs to create a column in a SharePoint library. I'm using the SP REST API for this. When I send start the I send the API request I get the following error:"

The property '__metadata' does not exist on type 'SP.Field'. Make sure to only use property names that are defined by the type.

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Try using configuration settings like below:

Uri:

_api/lists/getbytitle('FlowLibrary')/fields

Where FlowLibrary display name of document library

Headers:

accept: application/json;odata=verbose
content-type: application/json;odata=verbose

Body:

{
  '__metadata': {'type':'SP.FieldText'},
  'FieldTypeKind': 2,
  'Title': 'field title',
  'StaticName': 'field name'
}

Output: