Get Content Type by Name

How to get a Content Type by filtering on the name in a SharePoint Online Content Type Gallery using the Graph API in a Power Automate flow.

URI

_api/v2.0/sites/@{variables('SiteId')}/contentTypes/getCompatibleHubContentTypes?$filter=name eq '@{variables('ContentTypeName')}'

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Headers

	{
	"Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
	"Content-Type": "application/json;odata=verbose"
	}

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Body

Not applicable

Screenshot with example

Sample data
SiteId – contoso.sharepoint.com,9b5b287b-b65d-4a49-b663-672a6643104e,31290b46-1ffd-4fee-b16b-db271d10e184 (Content Type Hub site)
ContentTypeName – IT FAQ

Expected response

An array in the value property will be returned with properties like id, group, etc.

	{
	"@odata.context": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/contentTypeHub/_api/v2.0/$metadata#sites('contoso.sharepoint.com%2C9b5b287b-b65d-4a49-b663-672a6643104e%2C31290b46-1ffd-4fee-b16b-db271d10e184')/contentTypes(base(base()))",
	"value": [
	{
	"id": "0x0100C3EB6546C4FF294797E0A7719864F9E3",
	"isBuiltIn": false,
	"description": "Documentation owned and published by IT Services.",
	"group": "Contoso Content Types",
	"hidden": false,
	"name": "IT FAQ",
	"readOnly": true,
	"sealed": false,
	"base": {
	"hidden": false,
	"name": "Item",
	"readOnly": false,
	"sealed": false
	}
	}
	]
	}

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Copy/paste example

Copy and paste the below code via the My Clipboard option in Power Automate.

{"id":"52f45989-3415-401c-93db-a131f45db72f","brandColor":"#036C70","connectionReferences":{"shared_sharepointonline":{"connection":{"id":"/exp_sharedsharepointonline_e5efa"}}},"connectorDisplayName":"SharePoint","icon":"https://connectoricons-prod.azureedge.net/releases/v1.0.1682/1.0.1682.3677/sharepointonline/icon.png","isTrigger":false,"operationName":"Send_an_HTTP_request_to_SharePoint","operationDefinition":{"type":"OpenApiConnection","inputs":{"host":{"connectionName":"shared_sharepointonline","operationId":"HttpRequest","apiId":"/providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apis/shared_sharepointonline"},"parameters":{"dataset":"@parameters('SPO_SiteCollection_ContentTypeHub (exp_SPO_SiteCollection_ContentTypeHub)')","parameters/method":"GET","parameters/uri":"_api/v2.0/sites/@{variables('SiteId')}/contentTypes/getCompatibleHubContentTypes?$filter=name eq '@{variables('ContentTypeName')}'","parameters/headers":{"Accept":"application/json;odata=verbose","Content-Type":"application/json;odata=verbose"}},"authentication":{"type":"Raw","value":"@json(decodeBase64(triggerOutputs().headers['X-MS-APIM-Tokens']))['$ConnectionKey']"}},"runAfter":{"Initialize_variable_-_ContentTypeName":["Succeeded"]},"metadata":{"operationMetadataId":"4250f97b-cb30-4804-a4ea-9194333610e9"}}}

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Resources

contentType: getCompatibleHubContentTypes

That’s it, Happy testing!