Describes how to view an individual custom field, and the entire collection of custom fields in a user's account.

GET the custom_field collection

Make a GET call to the /contact_custom_fields endpoint to retrieve the collection.

Query Parameters

This method does not currently support filtering results using the custom fields updated_at timestamp.

Example GET Collection Call

GET https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_custom_fields

Endpoint Requirements

User privileges: contacts:read

Authorization scopes: contact_data

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_custom_fields")
  .get()
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {access_token}")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
curl -X GET \
  'https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_custom_fields' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
<?php

$request = new HttpRequest();
$request->setUrl('https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_custom_fields');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_METH_GET);

$request->setHeaders(array(
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access_token}',
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json'
));

try {
  $response = $request->send();

  echo $response->getBody();
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
  echo $ex;
}

Response

{
    "custom_fields": [
        {
            "custom_field_id": "{custom_field_id}",
            "label": "first purchase",
            "name": "first_purchase",
            "type": "date",
            "updated_at": "2015-02-02T15:14:16-05:00",
            "created_at": "2015-02-02T15:14:16-05:00"
        },
        {
            "custom_field_id": "{custom_field_id}",
            "label": "maintenance contract",
            "name": "maintenance_contract",
            "type": "string",
            "updated_at": "2016-07-08T12:22:33-04:00",
            "created_at": "2016-07-08T12:22:33-04:00"
        },
        {
            "custom_field_id": "{custom_field_id}",
            "label": "Delivery preference",
            "name": "Delivery_preference",
            "type": "string",
            "updated_at": "2017-08-23T12:29:50-04:00",
            "created_at": "2017-08-23T12:29:50-04:00"
        }
    ]
}

GET an individual custom_field

Use the custom_field_id path parameter to specify an individual custom_field resource.

Example GET Resource Call

GET https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_custom_fields/{custom_field_id}

Endpoint Requirements

User privileges: contacts:read

Authorization scopes: contact_data

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n\t\"label\": \"first purchase or lease\",\n    \"type\": \"date\"\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_custom_fields/{custom_field_id}")
  .get()
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {access_token}")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
curl -X GET \
  https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_custom_fields/{custom_field_id} \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
<?php

$request = new HttpRequest();
$request->setUrl('https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_custom_fields/{custom_field_id}');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_METH_GET);

$request->setHeaders(array(
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access_token}',
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json'
));

try {
  $response = $request->send();

  echo $response->getBody();
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
  echo $ex;
}

Response

{
    "custom_field_id": "{custom_field_id}",
    "label": "first purchase or lease",
    "name": "first_purchase_or_lease",
    "type": "date",
    "updated_at": "2018-06-25T17:01:08-04:00",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T15:14:16-05:00"
}