Constituent
This API manages constituent information and related entities such as addresses, phones, emails, and notes.
Request URL
Request parameters
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| constituent_id | Property is required | string | The constituent ID of the target constituent. |
Request headers
| Header | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content-Type | string | Media type of the body sent to the API. | |
| Bb-Api-Subscription-Key | Property is required | string | Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile. |
| Authorization | Property is required | string | OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from Blackbaud OAuth 2.0 Service. Supported grant types: Authorization code. |
Request body
The collection of custom fields to create.
[
{
"category": "Anniversary",
"comment": "Celebrated yearly",
"date": "2007-03-26T00:00:00Z",
"value": "1986-01-22T00:00:00Z"
},
{
"category": "Favorite color",
"date": "2007-03-26T00:00:00Z",
"value": "Blue"
}
]{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"description": "While records provide many fields to track information, organizations often require additional details. To track this specialized information, use custom fields.",
"required": [
"category"
],
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"description": "The custom field category. Available values are the entries in the <b>Custom Field Categories</b> table of the parent object.",
"type": "string"
},
"comment": {
"description": "The comment on the custom field. Character limit: 50.",
"maxLength": 50,
"minLength": 0,
"type": "string"
},
"date": {
"format": "date-time",
"description": "The date on the custom field. Uses <a href=\"https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339\">ISO-8601 format:</a><i>1969-11-21T10:29:43</i>.",
"type": "string",
"x-supports-datetime-offset": false
},
"parent_id": {
"description": "The parent object's immutable system record ID.",
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"description": "The value of the custom field. The <code>type</code> property determines the format. Character limit depends on data type.",
"type": "object"
}
},
"x-hidden": true,
"x-display-name": "Create custom field",
"x-display-id": "CreateCustomField",
"x-additional-info": "<a name=\"CustomFieldTypes\"></a>\r\n<p> </p>\r\n<p>\r\n Available values for the <b>type</b> of a <b>custom field</b>:\r\n</p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\r\n <table class=\"table table-striped table-hover\">\r\n <thead>\r\n <tr>\r\n <th class=\"col-xs-3\"><strong>Type</strong></th>\r\n <th class=\"col-xs-9\"><strong>Description</strong></th>\r\n </tr>\r\n </thead>\r\n <tbody>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>Boolean</td>\r\n <td>Defines the custom field as a boolean value.</td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>CodeTableEntry</td>\r\n <td>Defines the custom field as a string value that represents a code table entry description.</td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>ConstituentId</td>\r\n <td>Defines the custom field as a constituent identifier value.</td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>Currency</td>\r\n <td>Defines the custom field as a decimal value.</td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>Date</td>\r\n <td>\r\n Defines the custom field as a date value in <a href=\"https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339\">ISO-8601 format:</a> <i>1969-11-21T10:29:43</i>.\r\n </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>FuzzyDate</td>\r\n <td>\r\n Defines the custom field as a fuzzy date value.\r\n </td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>Number</td>\r\n <td>Defines the custom field as an integer value.</td>\r\n </tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>Text</td>\r\n <td>Defines the custom field as a string value. Character limit: 255.</td>\r\n </tr>\r\n </tbody>\r\n </table>\r\n</div>"
},
"example": [
{
"category": "Anniversary",
"comment": "Celebrated yearly",
"date": "2007-03-26T00:00:00Z",
"value": "1986-01-22T00:00:00Z"
},
{
"category": "Favorite color",
"date": "2007-03-26T00:00:00Z",
"value": "Blue"
}
]
}Response 200 OK
Returned when the operation successfully creates the collection of custom fields. The response body contains the collection of IDs of the new custom fields.
{
"id": "1281"
}{
"description": "Defines the shape of a post response object.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "The newly created ID",
"type": "string"
}
},
"x-hidden": true
}Response 400 Bad Request
Returned when the request body is not in the appropriate format.
Response 403 Forbidden
Returned when the user does not have permission to create a custom field.
Response 404 Not Found
Returned when the specified constituent is not found.
Code samples
@ECHO OFF
curl -v -X POST "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Bb-Api-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access token}"
--data-ascii "{body}"
using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;
namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
static class Program
{
static void Main()
{
MakeRequest();
Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
Console.ReadLine();
}
static async void MakeRequest()
{
var client = new HttpClient();
var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
// Request headers
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {access token}");
var uri = "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection?" + queryString;
// Request body
byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{body}");
using (var content = new ByteArrayContent(byteData))
{
content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("< your content type, i.e. application/json >");
var response = await client.PostAsync(uri, content);
}
}
}
}// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
public class JavaSample
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();
try
{
URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection");
URI uri = builder.build();
HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
request.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.setHeader("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {access token}");
// Request body
StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
request.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null)
{
System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JSSample</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
var params = {
// Request parameters
};
$.ajax({
url: "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection?" + $.param(params),
beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
// Request headers
xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Authorization","Bearer {access token}");
},
type: "POST",
// Request body
data: "{body}",
})
.done(function(data) {
alert("success");
})
.fail(function() {
alert("error");
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
NSString* path = @"https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection";
NSArray* array = @[
// Request parameters
@"entities=true",
];
NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];
NSLog(@"%@", path);
NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
[_request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
// Request headers
[_request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
[_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Bb-Api-Subscription-Key"];
[_request setValue:@"Bearer {access token}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
// Request body
[_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSURLResponse *response = nil;
NSError *error = nil;
NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
if (nil != error)
{
NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
}
else
{
NSError* error = nil;
NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
if (nil != _connectionData)
{
json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
}
if (error || !json)
{
NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
}
NSLog(@"%@", json);
_connectionData = nil;
}
[pool drain];
return 0;
}
<?php
// This sample uses the PEAR HTTP client from http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Request2
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection');
$url = $request->getUrl();
$headers = array(
// Request headers
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access token}',
);
$request->setHeader($headers);
$parameters = array(
// Request parameters
);
$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");
try
{
$response = $request->send();
echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
echo $ex;
}
?>########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64
headers = {
# Request headers
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {access token}',
}
params = urllib.urlencode({
})
try:
conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
conn.request("POST", "/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()
except Exception as e:
print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))
####################################
########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64
headers = {
# Request headers
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {access token}',
}
params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
})
try:
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
conn.request("POST", "/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()
except Exception as e:
print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))
####################################require 'net/http'
uri = URI('https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/constituent/v1/constituents/{constituent_id}/customfieldcollection')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['Bb-Api-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {access token}'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
http.request(request)
end
puts response.body
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