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But It can’t return desired items.. It seems that ODATA for SharePoint REST does not support the filtering based on null. Thanks for contributing an answer to SharePoint Stack Exchange!
Are there null values in the REST API?
The current implementation of REST does not support null values for filtering on list item queries. But as this is a desirable feature, there is a bug tracking it and we are discussing on when we add this support.
Can You filter out null columns in SharePoint 2016?
You can filter out list items with null columns in SharePoint 2016 (definitely after feature pack 1) using REST. I was able to filter out null dates with a rest query by filtering on dates greater than 1/1/1900… they may have fixed the null thing on Office365, but my on premises install still has the issue.
How to filter on empty string value list items using REST API?
If nothing is stored in the title then it is null, and ODATA for SharePoint REST does not support the filtering based on null. The following code will bring back items if the Title has a space (empty). If nothing is stored in the title then it is null, and ODATA for SharePoint REST does not support the filtering based on null.
You can filter your list to contain only items which match a simple logical expression using the $filter parameter. Syntax: for this is $filter= (Column Internal Name operator value).
How to filter list using the REST API?
You can filter your list to contain only items which match a simple logical expression using the $filter parameter. Syntax: for this is $filter= (Column Internal Name operator value). /_api/web/lists/getbytitle (‘infolist’)/items?$filter=Start_x0020_Date le datetime’2016-03-26T09:59:32Z’
How to use filter query to select null dates?
I have no issues using filter query with text fields, but a date/time field obviously needs an expression of some kind as it is treating ‘null’ as a string: “message”: “String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
Are there OData filters on null date values?
To the best of my knowledge the REST API does not support OData filters on null date values. There is an MSDN forums post with someone having the same issue and a member of the SharePoint team mentions that it is a known issue and they are working on it.
Are there null values for list item queries in rest?
The current implementation of REST does not support null values for filtering on list item queries. But as this is a desirable feature, there is a bug tracking it and we are discussing on when we add this support. But you could use a CAML query.
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