Create an item and update its column values via the monday.com GraphQL API
domain: developer.monday.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Use the create_item mutation to add a new item to a board.
Use change_column_value or change_simple_column_value to set a single column's value by item_id, board_id, and column_id.
To set several columns at once, use change_multiple_column_values with a column_values argument as a JSON string keyed by column ID, e.g. {"text0":"New text","status2":"Done"}.
For status columns, values can be supplied either as {"label": "Done"} or as {"index": <numeric id>}.
To clear a column, send an empty string for text/number columns or "{}" for JSON-based columns; file columns require {"clear_all": true}.
Known gotchas
Column value payloads for change_multiple_column_values must be passed as a JSON-encoded string, not a native GraphQL object.
Clearing behavior differs by column type (empty string vs "{}" vs {"clear_all": true}), so match the clear syntax to the column type.
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