Managing URIs in your flows with Power Automate

Often I see the need to manage URIs when creating a flow. Power Automate has 6 operations available that can make your life easier.

Rather than using split function to split a URI, there are better options available.

The functions available in Flow are:

• • uriHost
  • uriPath
  • uriPathAndQuery
  • uriPort
  • uriScheme
  • uriQuery

In my examples I will use the following uri:

https://sharepains.com/about?Version=1.23

uriHost function

the uri Host function gives the host of the uri. So in my example when I run uriHost(…) I will get sharepains.com

uriPath function

The uriPath funciton gives the /about part of my uri.

uriPathAndQuery function

The uriPathAndQuery will return everything after the uriHost.

uriPort function

the uriPort function will return the port, not only if it has been sepcifically  specified within the uri but also like in my example 443 will be returned as I specified an https based uri.

uriScheme function

The uriScheme function returns everything in fornt on of the hostname from my uri. e.g. http or http.

uriQuery function

Rather than using the split function on the “?” within the output from the earlier mentioned uriPathAndQuery function there is also a uriQuery function that does this for you.

Pieter Veenstra

Is your business still running on paper trails, sprawling Excel files, or ageing Access databases? There's a better way — and I can show you exactly what it looks like. I'm the Technical Director of Vantage 365, a Microsoft solutions consultancy working with clients across the UK, the Netherlands, and worldwide. For over 30 years I've been turning messy, manual business processes into clean, automated systems that save time, reduce errors, and give teams the visibility they need to make better decisions. SharePains is not just any blog run by a Microsoft MVP. Have you ever used Try-Catch in Power Automate? The original post about Try-Catch in Power Automate can still be found on this site, https://sharepains.com/2018/02/07/try-catch-finally-in-power-automate-flow/ Or have you ever used the Pieter’s method to avoid variables and speed up your flows? https://sharepains.com/2020/03/11/pieters-method-for-advanced-in-flows/ You can contact me using contact@sharepains.com