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description: Advanced creating and updating items
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# Advanced add/update

In addition to standard OData [add](../basic-crud#adding-an-item) and [update](../basic-crud#updating-an-item) items operations REST provides such useful methods as `AddValidateUsingPath` and `ValidateUpdateListItem`. The first is only presented in modern SharePoint, it not only allows adding items right in a sub folder but also operate with form data payloads and control check in process. `ValidateUpdateListItem` is handy for operations requiring [system-like-update](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/list-items-system-update-options-sharepoint-online-andrew-koltyakov/) logic via pure REST.

In Gosip, `AddValidateUsingPath` and `ValidateUpdateListItem` are represented with `Items().AddValidate()` and `Item.UpdateValidate()` methods correspondingly:

### Add validate

```go
list := sp.Web().GetList("Lists/MyList")

// Method options
options := &api.ValidateAddOptions{
  NewDocumentUpdate: true,
  CheckInComment: "test",
  DecodedPath: "Lists/MyList/subfolder" // is optional
}

// Form data payload
data := map[string]string{
  "Title": "New item",
}

if _, err := list.Items().AddValidate(data, options); err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
```

As `DecodedPath` option the relative path to folder can be provided. It's optional. The path should be relative to a web without trailing slash in the beginning. Gosip adds web relative URL automatically.

`ValidateAddOptions` are also optional, when no new document update or check-in comment or folder path are ever required, a `nil` value should be passed.

```go
list := sp.Web().GetList("Lists/MyList")

// Form data payload
data := map[string]string{
  "Title": "New item",
}

if _, err := list.Items().AddValidate(data, nil); err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
```

### Update validate

Using update validate is almost the same:

```go
options := &ValidateUpdateOptions{
  NewDocumentUpdate: true,
  CheckInComment: "test",
}

data := map[string]string{
  "Title": "New item",
}

if _, err := list.Items().GetByID(3).UpdateValidate(data, options); err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
```

### Form values fingerprints

Form values passed to the methods should stand for an array of `{ FieldName: "", FieldValue: "" }` objects where field value is a string of specific format depending on field's data type.

Gosip simplifies this payload operating with map of strings. In payload, map key should stand for a valid `FieldName`, a value, obviously, is the one mapped to `FieldValue`.

The fingerprints for the data types are following:

| Field data type                      | Value sample                                                                                             | Comment                                                                                             |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Text (single line and note)          | "text"                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     |
| Number                               | "123"                                                                                                    | as a string                                                                                         |
| Yes/No                               | "1"                                                                                                      | "1" - Yes, "2" - No                                                                                 |
| Person or group, single and multiple | \`\[{ "Key": "LoginName", "IsResolved": true }]\`                                                        | <p>"LoginName" is a valid login name, including  provider prefix</p><p>"IsResolved" is optional</p> |
| Date time                            | "6/23/2018 10:15 PM"                                                                                     | for different web locales is different                                                              |
| Date only                            | "6/23/2018'                                                                                              | for different web locales is different                                                              |
| Choice  (single)                     | "Choice 1"                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |
| Choice  (multi)                      | "Choice 1;#Choice 2"                                                                                     | ";#" separated list                                                                                 |
| Hyperlink or picture                 | "https://go.spflow.com, Gosip"                                                                           | a description can go after URL and ", " delimiter                                                   |
| Lookup (single)                      | "2"                                                                                                      | item ID as string                                                                                   |
| Lookup (multi)                       | "1;#;#2;#;#3;#"                                                                                          | ";#" separated list, after each ID goes additional ";#"                                             |
| Managed metadata (single)            | "Department 2\|220a3627-4cd3-453d-ac54-34e71483bb8a;"                                                    |                                                                                                     |
| Managed metadata (multi)             | "Department 2\|220a3627-4cd3-453d-ac54-34e71483bb8a;Department 3\|700a1bc3-3ef6-41ba-8a10-d3054f58db4b;" |                                                                                                     |
