Microsoft 365 · Schema
microsoft.graph.contentType
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only. |
| associatedHubsUrls | array | List of canonical URLs for hub sites with which this content type is associated to. This will contain all hub sites where this content type is queued to be enforced or is already enforced. Enforcing a |
| description | stringnull | The descriptive text for the item. |
| documentSet | object | |
| documentTemplate | object | |
| group | stringnull | The name of the group this content type belongs to. Helps organize related content types. |
| hidden | booleannull | Indicates whether the content type is hidden in the list's 'New' menu. |
| inheritedFrom | object | |
| isBuiltIn | booleannull | Specifies if a content type is a built-in content type. |
| name | stringnull | The name of the content type. |
| order | object | |
| parentId | stringnull | The unique identifier of the content type. |
| propagateChanges | booleannull | If true, any changes made to the content type are pushed to inherited content types and lists that implement the content type. |
| readOnly | booleannull | If true, the content type can't be modified unless this value is first set to false. |
| sealed | booleannull | If true, the content type can't be modified by users or through push-down operations. Only site collection administrators can seal or unseal content types. |
| base | object | |
| baseTypes | array | The collection of content types that are ancestors of this content type. |
| columnLinks | array | The collection of columns that are required by this content type. |
| columnPositions | array | Column order information in a content type. |
| columns | array | The collection of column definitions for this content type. |
JSON Schema
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"title": "microsoft.graph.contentType",
"x-generated": "2026-11-04",
"x-method": "derived",
"x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
"x-source": "openapi/microsoft-365-files-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.contentType",
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.entity"
},
{
"title": "contentType",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"associatedHubsUrls": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"description": "List of canonical URLs for hub sites with which this content type is associated to. This will contain all hub sites where this content type is queued to be enforced or is already enforced. Enforcing a content type means that the content type is applied to the lists in the enforced sites."
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The descriptive text for the item."
},
"documentSet": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.documentSet"
},
"documentTemplate": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.documentSetContent"
},
"group": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The name of the group this content type belongs to. Helps organize related content types."
},
"hidden": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether the content type is hidden in the list's 'New' menu."
},
"inheritedFrom": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.itemReference"
},
"isBuiltIn": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies if a content type is a built-in content type."
},
"name": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The name of the content type."
},
"order": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentTypeOrder"
},
"parentId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The unique identifier of the content type."
},
"propagateChanges": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If true, any changes made to the content type are pushed to inherited content types and lists that implement the content type."
},
"readOnly": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If true, the content type can't be modified unless this value is first set to false."
},
"sealed": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If true, the content type can't be modified by users or through push-down operations. Only site collection administrators can seal or unseal content types."
},
"base": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentType"
},
"baseTypes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentType"
},
"description": "The collection of content types that are ancestors of this content type.",
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
},
"columnLinks": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnLink"
},
"description": "The collection of columns that are required by this content type.",
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
},
"columnPositions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnDefinition"
},
"description": "Column order information in a content type.",
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
},
"columns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnDefinition"
},
"description": "The collection of column definitions for this content type.",
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
}
],
"$defs": {
"microsoft.graph.booleanColumn": {
"title": "booleanColumn",
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.calculatedColumn": {
"title": "calculatedColumn",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"format": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "For dateTime output types, the format of the value. The possible values are: dateOnly or dateTime."
},
"formula": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The formula used to compute the value for this column."
},
"outputType": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The output type used to format values in this column. The possible values are: boolean, currency, dateTime, number, or text."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.choiceColumn": {
"title": "choiceColumn",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"allowTextEntry": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If true, allows custom values that aren't in the configured choices."
},
"choices": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"description": "The list of values available for this column."
},
"displayAs": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "How the choices are to be presented in the UX. Must be one of checkBoxes, dropDownMenu, or radioButtons"
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.columnDefinition": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.entity"
},
{
"title": "columnDefinition",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"boolean": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.booleanColumn"
},
"calculated": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.calculatedColumn"
},
"choice": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.choiceColumn"
},
"columnGroup": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "For site columns, the name of the group this column belongs to. Helps organize related columns."
},
"contentApprovalStatus": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentApprovalStatusColumn"
},
"currency": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.currencyColumn"
},
"dateTime": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.dateTimeColumn"
},
"defaultValue": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.defaultColumnValue"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The user-facing description of the column."
},
"displayName": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The user-facing name of the column."
},
"enforceUniqueValues": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If true, no two list items may have the same value for this column."
},
"geolocation": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.geolocationColumn"
},
"hidden": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies whether the column is displayed in the user interface."
},
"hyperlinkOrPicture": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.hyperlinkOrPictureColumn"
},
"indexed": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies whether the column values can be used for sorting and searching."
},
"isDeletable": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether this column can be deleted."
},
"isReorderable": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether values in the column can be reordered. Read-only."
},
"isSealed": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies whether the column can be changed."
},
"lookup": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.lookupColumn"
},
"name": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The API-facing name of the column as it appears in the fields on a listItem. For the user-facing name, see displayName."
},
"number": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.numberColumn"
},
"personOrGroup": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.personOrGroupColumn"
},
"propagateChanges": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If 'true', changes to this column will be propagated to lists that implement the column."
},
"readOnly": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies whether the column values can be modified."
},
"required": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies whether the column value isn't optional."
},
"sourceContentType": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentTypeInfo"
},
"term": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.termColumn"
},
"text": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.textColumn"
},
"thumbnail": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.thumbnailColumn"
},
"type": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnTypes"
},
"validation": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnValidation"
},
"sourceColumn": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnDefinition"
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
}
]
},
"microsoft.graph.columnLink": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.entity"
},
{
"title": "columnLink",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The name of the column in this content type."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
}
]
},
"microsoft.graph.columnTypes": {
"title": "columnTypes",
"enum": [
"note",
"text",
"choice",
"multichoice",
"number",
"currency",
"dateTime",
"lookup",
"boolean",
"user",
"url",
"calculated",
"location",
"geolocation",
"term",
"multiterm",
"thumbnail",
"approvalStatus",
"unknownFutureValue"
],
"type": "string"
},
"microsoft.graph.columnValidation": {
"title": "columnValidation",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"defaultLanguage": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Default BCP 47 language tag for the description."
},
"descriptions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.displayNameLocalization"
},
"description": "Localized messages that explain what is needed for this column's value to be considered valid. User will be prompted with this message if validation fails."
},
"formula": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The formula to validate column value. For examples, see Examples of common formulas in lists."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.contentApprovalStatusColumn": {
"title": "contentApprovalStatusColumn",
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.contentType": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.entity"
},
{
"title": "contentType",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"associatedHubsUrls": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"description": "List of canonical URLs for hub sites with which this content type is associated to. This will contain all hub sites where this content type is queued to be enforced or is already enforced. Enforcing a content type means that the content type is applied to the lists in the enforced sites."
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The descriptive text for the item."
},
"documentSet": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.documentSet"
},
"documentTemplate": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.documentSetContent"
},
"group": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The name of the group this content type belongs to. Helps organize related content types."
},
"hidden": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether the content type is hidden in the list's 'New' menu."
},
"inheritedFrom": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.itemReference"
},
"isBuiltIn": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies if a content type is a built-in content type."
},
"name": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The name of the content type."
},
"order": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentTypeOrder"
},
"parentId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The unique identifier of the content type."
},
"propagateChanges": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If true, any changes made to the content type are pushed to inherited content types and lists that implement the content type."
},
"readOnly": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If true, the content type can't be modified unless this value is first set to false."
},
"sealed": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "If true, the content type can't be modified by users or through push-down operations. Only site collection administrators can seal or unseal content types."
},
"base": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentType"
},
"baseTypes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentType"
},
"description": "The collection of content types that are ancestors of this content type.",
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
},
"columnLinks": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnLink"
},
"description": "The collection of columns that are required by this content type.",
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
},
"columnPositions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnDefinition"
},
"description": "Column order information in a content type.",
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
},
"columns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnDefinition"
},
"description": "The collection of column definitions for this content type.",
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
}
]
},
"microsoft.graph.contentTypeInfo": {
"title": "contentTypeInfo",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The ID of the content type."
},
"name": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The name of the content type."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.contentTypeOrder": {
"title": "contentTypeOrder",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"default": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether this is the default content type"
},
"position": {
"maximum": 2147483647,
"minimum": -2147483648,
"type": [
"number",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies the position in which the content type appears in the selection UI.",
"format": "int32"
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.currencyColumn": {
"title": "currencyColumn",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies the locale from which to infer the currency symbol."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.dateTimeColumn": {
"title": "dateTimeColumn",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"displayAs": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "How the value should be presented in the UX. Must be one of default, friendly, or standard. See below for more details. If unspecified, treated as default."
},
"format": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether the value should be presented as a date only or a date and time. Must be one of dateOnly or dateTime"
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.defaultColumnValue": {
"title": "defaultColumnValue",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"formula": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The formula used to compute the default value for the column."
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The direct value to use as the default value for the column."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.displayNameLocalization": {
"title": "displayNameLocalization",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"displayName": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "If present, the value of this field contains the displayName string that has been set for the language present in the languageTag field."
},
"languageTag": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Provides the language culture-code and friendly name of the language that the displayName field has been provided in."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.documentSet": {
"title": "documentSet",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"allowedContentTypes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentTypeInfo"
},
"description": "Content types allowed in document set."
},
"defaultContents": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.documentSetContent"
},
"description": "Default contents of document set."
},
"propagateWelcomePageChanges": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies whether to push welcome page changes to inherited content types."
},
"shouldPrefixNameToFile": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether to add the name of the document set to each file name."
},
"welcomePageUrl": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Welcome page absolute URL."
},
"sharedColumns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnDefinition"
},
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
},
"welcomePageColumns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.columnDefinition"
},
"x-ms-navigationProperty": true
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.documentSetContent": {
"title": "documentSetContent",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"contentType": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.contentTypeInfo"
},
"fileName": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Name of the file in resource folder that should be added as a default content or a template in the document set."
},
"folderName": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Folder name in which the file will be placed when a new document set is created in the library."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.entity": {
"title": "entity",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.geolocationColumn": {
"title": "geolocationColumn",
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.hyperlinkOrPictureColumn": {
"title": "hyperlinkOrPictureColumn",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"isPicture": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Specifies whether the display format used for URL columns is an image or a hyperlink."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.itemReference": {
"title": "itemReference",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"driveId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Unique identifier of the drive instance that contains the driveItem. Only returned if the item is located in a drive. Read-only."
},
"driveType": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Identifies the type of drive. Only returned if the item is located in a drive. See drive resource for values."
},
"id": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Unique identifier of the driveItem in the drive or a listItem in a list. Read-only."
},
"name": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The name of the item being referenced. Read-only."
},
"path": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Percent-encoded path that can be used to navigate to the item. Read-only."
},
"shareId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "A unique identifier for a shared resource that can be accessed via the Shares API."
},
"sharepointIds": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/microsoft.graph.sharepointIds"
},
"siteId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "For OneDrive for Business and SharePoint, this property represents the ID of the site that contains the parent document library of the driveItem resource or the parent list of the listItem resource. The value is the same as the id property of that site resource. It is an opaque string that consists of three identifiers of the site. For OneDrive, this property is not populated."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.keyValue": {
"title": "keyValue",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"key": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Key for the key-value pair."
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Value for the key-value pair."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.lookupColumn": {
"title": "lookupColumn",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"allowMultipleValues": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether multiple values can be selected from the source."
},
"allowUnlimitedLength": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether values in the column should be able to exceed the standard limit of 255 characters."
},
"columnName": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The name of the lookup source column."
},
"listId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The unique identifier of the lookup source list."
},
"primaryLookupColumnId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "If specified, this column is a secondary lookup, pulling an additional field from the list item looked up by the primary lookup. Use the list item looked up by the primary as the source for the column named here."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.numberColumn": {
"title": "numberColumn",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"decimalPlaces": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "How many decimal places to display. See below for information about the possible values."
},
"displayAs": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "How the value should be presented in the UX. Must be one of number or percentage. If unspecified, treated as number."
},
"maximum": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
],
"description": "The maximum permitted value.",
"format": "double"
},
"minimum": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
],
"description": "The minimum permitted value.",
"format": "double"
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.personOrGroupColumn": {
"title": "personOrGroupColumn",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"allowMultipleSelection": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Indicates whether multiple values can be selected from the source."
},
"chooseFromType": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Whether to allow selection of people only, or people and groups. Must be one of peopleAndGroups or peopleOnly."
},
"displayAs": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "How to display the information about the person or group chosen. See below."
}
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"microsoft.graph.sharepointIds": {
"title": "sharepointIds",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"listId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The unique identifier (guid) for the item's list in SharePoint."
},
"listItemId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "An integer identifier for the item within the containing list."
},
"listItemUniqueId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The unique identifie
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