Get custom fields list - ExpertSender Help Center

Fields collection allows retrieving information about all defined subscriber custom fields (custom subscriber properties) in business unit.

Request data format

Request URL parameters:

Parameter	Type	Notes
apiKey	string	Your API key, required for authentication. Required.

Examples:

https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/Fields?apiKey=test_api_key1

Response

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Fields	array[complex]	Array of Field elements.

Field element children:

Element/attribute	Type	Notes
Id	int	Custom field identifier.
Name	string	Custom field name.
FriendlyName	string	Custom field “friendly” name for display purposes.
Type	string	Custom field type. One of: Text, Number, Money, Date, Datetime, SingleSelect, Boolean, Url.
DefaultValue	mixed	Custom field default value. Content depends on field type. Optional.
Description	string	Text description of custom field. Optional.
Visible	boolean	True, if custom field is visible to subscribers in e.g. Preference Center.
Required	boolean	True, if custom field is required when subscribing to a list.

Examples

Request:

GET https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/Fields?apiKey=test_api_key1 HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Host: api.esv2.com
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1.1 (java 1.5)

OK response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
X-AspNetMvc-Version: 5.2
X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319
Set-Cookie: TEMP_DATA=c0d53e6c-d043-474f-b899-c7bc080f637d; path=/
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:06:10 GMT
Content-Length: 1877

<ApiResponse xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Data>
    <Fields>
      <Field>
        <Id>1</Id>
        <Name>booltest</Name>
        <FriendlyName>Test Boolean Field</FriendlyName>
        <Type>Boolean</Type>
        <DefaultValue>1</DefaultValue>
        <Description>This is a test boolean field with default value.</Description>
        <Visible>True</Visible>
        <Required>False</Required>
      </Field>
      <Field>
        <Id>2</Id>
        <Name>reqtext</Name>
        <FriendlyName>Required Text Field</FriendlyName>
        <Type>Text</Type>
        <DefaultValue />
        <Description>This is a test text value which is required.</Description>
        <Visible>False</Visible>
        <Required>True</Required>
      </Field>
      <Field>
        <Id>3</Id>
        <Name>numtest</Name>
        <FriendlyName>Test Number Field</FriendlyName>
        <Type>Number</Type>
        <Description>This is a test number field.</Description>
        <Visible>False</Visible>
        <Required>False</Required>
      </Field>
    </Fields>
  </Data>
</ApiResponse>