Gift
This API manages gift information and related entities such as gift splits, gift fundraisers, and soft credits.
Request URL
Request parameters
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom_field_id | Property is required | string | The immutable system record ID of the custom field to edit. |
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
An object that represents the properties of the custom field to edit.
{
"comment": "Sent to primary email and left voicemail",
"date": "2016-01-27T00:00:00Z"
}{
"description": "While records provide many fields to track information, organizations often require additional details. To track this specialized information, use custom fields.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"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
},
"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": "Edit custom field",
"x-display-id": "EditCustomField",
"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>"
}Response 200 OK
Returned when the operation successfully edits the custom field.
Response 400 Bad Request
Returned when the specified custom field ID in the request URL or the specified request parameters are not in the appropriate format.
Response 403 Forbidden
Returned when the user does not have permission to edit the custom field.
Response 404 Not Found
Returned when the specified custom field is not found.
Code samples
@ECHO OFF
curl -v -X PATCH "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}"
-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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}?" + 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 request = new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod("PATCH"), uri);
request.Content = content;
var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
}
}
}
}// // 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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}");
URI uri = builder.build();
HttpPatch request = new HttpPatch(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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}?" + $.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: "PATCH",
// 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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}";
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:@"PATCH"];
// 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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}');
$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_PATCH);
// 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("PATCH", "/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}?%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("PATCH", "/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}?%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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/{custom_field_id}')
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.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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