Delete/Remove/Clear Hyperlink using API
While there are a wealth of articles, discussions, and examples of adding and updating hyperlinks in cells using the Smartsheet API, I struggled to find any concrete guidance on how to remove a hyperlink or clear a cell that contains one via the API. I need the equivalent of going into the sheet, hitting "Delete" in the cell, and then saving, but this does not seem possible via the API.
I have tried:
- Passing both empty strings and Null values to the cell's "value" and "displayValue" fields.
- Passing a "hyperlink" property value of Null as well as a "blank" hyperlink
- Passing a "hyperlink" object with an empty string and Null value for the "url"
- Passing a "hyperlink" object with a 0 and Null value for a "sightId"
- Various combinations of the above.
Some of these return "Success," but the hyperlink remains, and some throw various 11## errors stating the hyperlink url, sheetId, or reportId values must be specified.
I'm perplexed by the apparent lack of a method in the API to remove or delete a hyperlink. If my approaches are incorrect, I'm eager to learn what specific values I need to pass through the API for the hyperlinks to be removed. Could someone shed some light on this?
Answers
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Historically this was possible by passing an empty string as the cell value:
"value": ""However using this I see the same thing that you're experiencing (a "success" statement but with no changes to the cell). I don't believe this is expected, but I'm unsure what changes may have been made. I see that you have already posted a Product Idea regarding this, thank you! I'll pass that feedback along to the product team.
Cheers,
Genevieve -
Thank you Genevieve! It is appreciated.
