/config/{appId}/flows/ {flow}/fields/{field}

Provides methods for managing the fields in a specified flow. These methods enabled you to:

Return information about all the fields
Modify the specified field
Delete the specified field

A field essentially represents a user profile attribute; for example, a flow will typically have fields for a user's first name, a user's address, a user's phone number, etc.

Note. For detailed information about the different kinds of fields available to you, see the article Field Types.

This endpoint supports the following methods

GET
PUT
DELETE

GET

Returns a field definition from the flow. Includes validations.

URI Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
field	string	required	The field name.

API Client Permissions

The following table indicates the API clients that can (and the API clients that can't) be used to call this endpoint:

owner	access_issuer	direct_access	direct_read_access	login_client
Yes	No	Yes	No	No

Authentication

This endpoint supports Basic authentication.

How to Create an Authentication String

Base URL

The base URL for this endpoint is your Configuration API domain followed by /config/ followed by your application ID. For example, if you are in the US region and your application ID is htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr, then your base URL would be:


https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr

Allowed regions are:

Query Parameters

locale string

If supplied, the field will be translated into the specified locale before being returned. The response will be identical to calling /config/{app}/flows/{flow}/locales/{locale}/fields/{field}

Sample Request (curl)

This command returns information about the signInEmailAddress field associated with the documentation flow.


curl -G \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic c2dueXZ1czZwYzRqbTdraHIybmVxNWdzODlnYnIyZXE6d3Q0YzN1bjl3a2tjZnZ5a25xeDQ0eW5jNDc2YWZzNjg=' \
  https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr/flows/documentation/fields/signInEmailAddress \

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Responses

200 OK

Response Example (application/json)


{
  "_relationships": {
    "forms": [
      {
        "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow/forms/editProfileForm",
        "name": "editProfileForm"
      }
    ]
  },
  "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow/fields/myCustomTextField",
  "type": "text",
  "name": "myCustomTextField",
  "schemaAttribute": "displayName",
  "label": {
    "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow/translations/b6ced670-7140-4446-9839-da3474860b1a",
    "key": "b6ced670-7140-4446-9839-da3474860b1a",
    "path": "fields.displayName.label",
    "values": {
      "en-US": "Display Name"
    }
  },
  "tip": {
    "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow/translations/8b93448a-6f00-448c-952b-0f1536107cf7",
    "key": "8b93448a-6f00-448c-952b-0f1536107cf7",
    "path": "fields.displayName.tip",
    "values": {
      "en-US": ""
    }
  },
  "socialProfileData": "profile.displayName",
  "placeholder": {
    "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow/translations/6e15067b-2ca5-43c3-af96-930766d63375",
    "key": "6e15067b-2ca5-43c3-af96-930766d63375",
    "path": "fields.displayName.placeholder",
    "values": {
      "en-US": "Display Name"
    }
  },
  "validation": [
    {
      "rule": "required",
      "value": true,
      "message": {
        "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow/translations/bb2b21a1-98df-4dce-84f7-534013c46225",
        "key": "bb2b21a1-98df-4dce-84f7-534013c46225",
        "path": "fields.displayName.validation.messages.required",
        "values": {
          "en-US": "Display name is required."
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "rule": "unique",
      "value": true,
      "message": {
        "_self": "/config/v86cchggr5cdvbfh7ydk8s63zz/flows/myCoolFlow/translations/63f7c18f-521a-4b4f-94c4-0b04b870c82e",
        "key": "63f7c18f-521a-4b4f-94c4-0b04b870c82e",
        "path": "fields.displayName.validation.messages.unique",
        "values": {
          "en-US": "That display name is already taken."
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

404 Not Found

Field could not be found. Please check the value and try again.

Response Example (application/json)


{
  "errors": "Field not found."
}

PUT

Description

Updates/replaces a field in the flow.

API Client Permissions

The following table indicates the API clients that can (and the API clients that can't) be used to call this endpoint:

owner	access_issuer	direct_access	direct_read_access	login_client
Yes	No	Yes	No	No

Authentication

This endpoint supports Basic authentication.

How to Create an Authentication String

Base URL


https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr

Request Example (application/json)


{
  "type": "text",
  "name": "myCustomTextField",
  "schemaAttribute": "displayName",
  "label": {
    "key": "b6ced670-7140-4446-9839-da3474860b1a"
  },
  "tip": {
    "key": "8b93448a-6f00-448c-952b-0f1536107cf7"
  },
  "socialProfileData": "profile.displayName",
  "placeholder": {
    "key": "6e15067b-2ca5-43c3-af96-930766d63375"
  },
  "validation": [
    {
      "rule": "required",
      "value": true,
      "message": {
        "key": "bb2b21a1-98df-4dce-84f7-534013c46225"
      }
    },
    {
      "rule": "unique",
      "value": true,
      "message": {
        "key": "63f7c18f-521a-4b4f-94c4-0b04b870c82e"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Sample Request (curl)

This command updates the userFullName field associated with the documentation flow.


curl -X PUT \
  https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr/flows/documentation/fields/userFullName \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic c2dueXZ1czZwYzRqbTdraHIybmVxNWdzODlnYnIyZXE6d3Q0YzN1bjl3a2tjZnZ5a25xeDQ0eW5jNDc2YWZzNjg=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "type": "text",
    "schemaAttribute": "familyName",
    "name": "userFullName"	
}'

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Responses

204 No Content

Successfully updated the Field.

404 Not Found

Field could not be found. Please check the value and try again.

Response Example (application/json)


{
  "errors": "Field not found."
}

DELETE

Description

Removes a field from the flow. Also removes the field from any forms that were using it.

API Client Permissions

The following table indicates the API clients that can (and the API clients that can't) be used to call this endpoint:

owner	access_issuer	direct_access	direct_read_access	login_client
Yes	No	Yes	No	No

Authentication

This endpoint supports Basic authentication.

How to Create an Authentication String

Base URL


https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr

Allowed regions are:

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
force	string		Forces the deletion of a field even if it's still being used in forms. Forms in question will have the field removed. Allowed values are: true false

Sample Request (curl)

This command deletes the userFullName field from the documentation flow.


curl -X DELETE \
  https://v1.api.us.janrain.com/config/htb8fuhxnf8e38jrzub3c7pfrr/flows/documentation/fields/userFullName \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic c2dueXZ1czZwYzRqbTdraHIybmVxNWdzODlnYnIyZXE6d3Q0YzN1bjl3a2tjZnZ5a25xeDQ0eW5jNDc2YWZzNjg='

Responses

204 No Content

Successfully deleted the Field.

404 Not Found

Field could not be found. Please check the value and try again.

Response Example (application/json)


{
  "errors": "Field not found."
}

How to Create an Authentication String

To create an authentication string, combine your API client ID, a colon (:), and your client secret into a single value. For example, if your client ID is abcdefg and your client secret is hijklmnop, that value would look like this:

abcdefg:hijklmnop

Next, take the string and base64 encode it. For example, on a Mac, you can base encode the string using this command:

echo -n "abcdefg:hijklmnop" | base64

If you’re running Microsoft Windows, you can encode the string by using a Windows PowerShell command similar to this:

[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes("abcdefg:hijklmn"))

The resulting value (e.g., YWJjZGVmZzpoaWprbG1ub3A=) should be used in your authentication header.

If you are making API calls using Postman, select Basic Auth as your identification type, then use the client ID as the username and the client secret as the password.

Before you actually try your authentication string, make sure that your API client has the all the permissions (for example, the right to read user profile information) needed to complete the API call.

GET

PUT

DELETE

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