Custom Field Update API question

Developer Titan HST

Hello!

Is there an ability to patch a user to update a custom data field? For example, getting users gives the field "custom_field_one" that has a value. Is there an API to update the values of this entity?

Eddie Barker

What record specifically are you referring to? For Financial Edge NXT (as an example), patching custom fields is usually in the context of the main record; for example, PATCH vendor will also update vendor custom fields, PATCH invoice will update invoice custom fields. Drop a line and indicate which record you mean, and I can point you in the right direction for FE, or engage a colleague if it's another Blackbaud application (like Raiser's Edge NXT).


Thanks!

Eddie Barker

Financial Edge NXT Product Management

Developer Titan HST

Thanks for the response.


I'm trying to update a user from the school API. Specifically an extended user and the "custom_field_one" field. There is a /user endpoint that allows PATCH but the "custom_field_one" field isn't supported. Additionally, I'm only able to retrieve extended users as a list - there doesn't seem to be a singular GET extended user endpoint. If there was one, I'd assume I could use PATCH on that object but again, it doesn't exist.


So I'm still looking for a method to update "custom_field_one" field for an extended user.


Thanks