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.
