HTTP - Management

Field

Created by Contensis product team, last modified by r.turner on 16 Jul 2020

The field object is the definition of a field within an entry. The field also contains the validations and editor configuration that is used within the Contensis UI and services.

Properties

Name	Data type	Data format	Description
id	string		A unique field identifier
name	object	localized value	A friendly name for the field
description	object	localized value	The description for the field's purpose
dataType	string	dataType	The field data type
dataFormat	string	dataFormat	The field data format
default	object	localized value	The default value for the field if no value is provided by an author
validations	object		The validations that will be performed on the field when the entry is either created or updated
editor	object	editor	Configuration for the Contensis entry field editor
groupId	string		The identifier of the group (defined in the content type groups property) that the field belongs to. Enables related fields to be grouped together in the UI

Example

JSON

{
      "id": "title",
      "name": {
        "en-GB": "Title"
      },
      "dataType": "String",
      "dataFormat": null,
      "description": {},
      "default": {},
      "validations": null,
      "editor": {
        "id": "text",
        "instructions": {
          "en-GB": "The title of the movie"
        },
        "properties": {
          "placeholderText": {
            "en-GB": "Enter the full title of the movie appropriate to the region"
          }
        },
        "groupId": "summary"
      }
    }