Post Data in a SharePoint list Using jQuery: Requirements: i) SharePoint List Name ii) Id for the data ii) List EntityType Name** Just fullFill the above requirement and you will able to post data in List. function saveData(id,listName){ var requestUri = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/Web/Lists/getbytitle('"+listName+"')/Items('" + id + "')"; $.ajax({ url: requestUri, // list item ID type: "POST", data: JSON.stringify({ __metadata: { type: "SP.Data.College_x0020_DataListItem"//// it defines the ListEntityTypeFullName }, 'Name' : 'Rajparam', 'Age' : 25, ...