'PrimitiveValue' node with non-null value was found when trying to read the value of a navigation property;

Question

How can I save document library lookup field using REST API Post in a SharePoint list? I tried like

'docItem':'1;#test'

But, it is throwing an error :

{
  "error": {
    "code": "-1,Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.InvalidClientQueryException",
    "message": {
      "lang": "en-US",
      "value": "A 'PrimitiveValue' node with non - null value was found when trying to read the value of a navigation property;however, a 'StartArray' node, a 'StartObject' node, or a 'PrimitiveValue' node with null value was expected."
    }
  }
}

Bad Request

Did you ever find a solution for this? – Camilo Terevinto Mar 16 '18 at 17:29 — Camilo Terevinto, Mar 16 '18 at 17:29

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '14 at 08:20

13

Assuming the lookup field name is docItem simply using

'docItemId':1

will do the trick.

answered Jan 31 '14 at 08:20

Aleksi Niiranen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '20 at 12:44

Check any of list column name match with any predefined column name in share point,if so change that column name.For me I have a Author column (people and group datatype we have /Author navigation) in list that troubled me so I changed that name to AuthorName and its started working then.

score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 26 '15 at 11:46

-2

Yes please save it like below:

where Model is ng-model.

ctrlSub is controller.

data = {'FieldId' :ctrlSub.Model.Id.toString()}

answered Jun 26 '15 at 11:46

Amay Kulkarni

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In mentioning Controllers and Models, this would be for a C# .NET MVC instance. You also wouldn't want to send the ID to string, but let it stay as `int`. The OP was asking about the REST API, which, from the error, is using JavaScript. – vapcguy Aug 14 '19 at 17:43

'PrimitiveValue' node with non-null value was found when trying to read the value of a navigation property;

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