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Adding a lookup field into a SharePoint list programmatically(Javascript), across the SharePoint REST API. http://www.delucagiuliano.com

SharePoint-Fields-REST-API

Adding a lookup field into a SharePoint list programmatically(Javascript), across the SharePoint REST API.

Sample:

    function createLookup() {
        $.ajax({
            url: _spPageContextInfo.siteAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/lists/getbytitle('test')/fields/addfield",
            type: "POST",
            data: "{ 'parameters': { '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.FieldCreationInformation' }, 'FieldTypeKind': 7, 'Title': 'Company', 'LookupListId': '87a5099f-012d-4853-a2f7-a36c92e35a73', 'LookupFieldName': 'Title' } }",
            headers: { 
                "X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
                "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
                "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose"
        },
            success: successHandler,
            error: errorHandler
        });
    }
    function successHandler() {
        alert("Lookup created successfully!");
    }
    function errorHandler(error) {
        alert(error);
    }

Add a lookup field