Can I create a custom fields with infusionsoft rest API?

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#1

Hello,
I am looking to create a custom fields api for contacts with infusionsoft rest API. I have checked infusionsoft rest API (https://developer.infusionsoft.com/docs/rest/#!/Contact/createContactUsingPOST) but there is no endpoint that will create a custom fields and also infusionsoft xml rpc have provide to create custom fields (https://developer.infusionsoft.com/docs/xml-rpc/#data-create-a-custom-field) But infusionsoft xml rpc is legacy and I don’t want to use legacy xml rpc based API

Please Help me out
Thanks

#2

We do not currently have endpoints to manipulate Custom Fields via the REST API, although I can pass along the request to our product manager for possible future inclusion.

So long as you have a valid Access Token you can call the XMLRPC API to create the fields, then use REST to read and manipulate the data contained therein.

#3

Hi,
Is there any progress about creating Custom fields via the REST API or there are not plans for realization of this endpoint?

#4

Creating and removing Custom Fields via REST will not be something that we include in the short-term, although we do recognize the desire to have that functionality.

#5

Hi @Boyan_Ivanov,

For the moment, there is a custom field method available with the xml-rpc that you can use the same access token to work with under the data object. It’s not REST but if you create the task as a function then it will be a simple matter of just changing the function once REST has that capability.

#6

Yeah… OK. I did check it and i have only one question now:
Can I POST multiple Custom Fields at one time?

I mean when I make the request to DataService.addCustomField, can I create 3 or 4 Custom Fields at the same time, with one request?

#7

No, that method will only create one custom field at a time, however, note that you only have a 100 custom field limit on the contact so I don’t think when they designed the api that it was paramount to create multiple custom fields in one call.

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