Gift

This API manages gift information and related entities such as gift splits, gift fundraisers, and soft credits.

POST

Adds custom field Category (GetOrCreate)

Creates a gift custom field category if it doesn't exist or retrieves the id of the existing category.

Try it

Request URL

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 custom field category to create.

{
  "name": "string",
  "type": "Text",
  "must_be_unique": true
}
{
  "description": "Add a new custom field category.",
  "required": [
    "name",
    "type"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "description": "The custom field category name.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "type": {
      "description": "The type of data for the custom field category.",
      "enum": [
        "Text",
        "Number",
        "Date",
        "Currency",
        "Boolean",
        "CodeTableEntry",
        "ConstituentId",
        "FuzzyDate"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "must_be_unique": {
      "description": "Indicates whether the values on this custom field category are meant to be unique. Defaults to false.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "x-hidden": true,
  "x-display-name": "Create custom field category",
  "x-display-id": "CreateCustomFieldCategory",
  "x-additional-info": "<a name=\"CustomFieldDataTypes\"></a>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>\r\n    Available values for the <b>type</b> of a <b>custom field category</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 creates or finds a custom field category. The response body contains the ID of the new custom field category.

{
  "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 the custom field category.

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X POST "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/categories"
-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/categories?" + 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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/categories");


            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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/categories?" + $.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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/categories";
    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/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/categories');
$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", "/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/categories?%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", "/gift/v1/gifts/customfields/categories?%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/categories')

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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