VB.NET / Support API / Create Ticket Field
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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
http.BasicAuth = True
http.Login = "login"
http.Password = "password"
http.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json")
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/ticket_fields")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "ticket_field": {
' "type": "<string>",
' "title": "<string>",
' "active": "<boolean>",
' "agent_description": "<string>",
' "collapsed_for_agents": "<boolean>",
' "created_at": "<dateTime>",
' "custom_field_options": [
' {
' "name": "<string>",
' "value": "<string>",
' "id": "<integer>",
' "position": "<integer>",
' "raw_name": "<string>",
' "url": "<string>"
' },
' {
' "name": "<string>",
' "value": "<string>",
' "id": "<integer>",
' "position": "<integer>",
' "raw_name": "<string>",
' "url": "<string>"
' }
' ],
' "custom_statuses": [
' {
' "active": "<boolean>",
' "agent_label": "<string>",
' "created_at": "<dateTime>",
' "default": "<boolean>",
' "description": "<string>",
' "end_user_description": "<string>",
' "end_user_label": "<string>",
' "id": "<integer>",
' "status_category": "solved",
' "updated_at": "<dateTime>"
' },
' {
' "active": "<boolean>",
' "agent_label": "<string>",
' "created_at": "<dateTime>",
' "default": "<boolean>",
' "description": "<string>",
' "end_user_description": "<string>",
' "end_user_label": "<string>",
' "id": "<integer>",
' "status_category": "open",
' "updated_at": "<dateTime>"
' }
' ],
' "description": "<string>",
' "editable_in_portal": "<boolean>",
' "id": "<integer>",
' "position": "<integer>",
' "raw_description": "<string>",
' "raw_title": "<string>",
' "raw_title_in_portal": "<string>",
' "regexp_for_validation": "<string>",
' "relationship_filter": {},
' "relationship_target_type": "<string>",
' "removable": "<boolean>",
' "required": "<boolean>",
' "required_in_portal": "<boolean>",
' "sub_type_id": "<integer>",
' "system_field_options": [
' {
' "name": "<string>",
' "value": "<string>"
' },
' {
' "name": "<string>",
' "value": "<string>"
' }
' ],
' "tag": "<string>",
' "title_in_portal": "<string>",
' "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
' "url": "<string>",
' "visible_in_portal": "<boolean>"
' }
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim name As String
Dim value As String
Dim id As String
Dim position As String
Dim raw_name As String
Dim url As String
Dim active As String
Dim agent_label As String
Dim created_at As String
Dim default As String
Dim description As String
Dim end_user_description As String
Dim end_user_label As String
Dim status_category As String
Dim updated_at As String
Dim v_Type As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.type")
Dim Title As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.title")
Dim Active As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.active")
Dim Agent_description As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.agent_description")
Dim Collapsed_for_agents As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.collapsed_for_agents")
Dim Created_at As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.created_at")
Dim Description As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.description")
Dim Editable_in_portal As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.editable_in_portal")
Dim Id As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.id")
Dim Position As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.position")
Dim Raw_description As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.raw_description")
Dim Raw_title As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.raw_title")
Dim Raw_title_in_portal As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.raw_title_in_portal")
Dim Regexp_for_validation As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.regexp_for_validation")
Dim Relationship_target_type As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.relationship_target_type")
Dim Removable As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.removable")
Dim Required As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.required")
Dim Required_in_portal As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.required_in_portal")
Dim Sub_type_id As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.sub_type_id")
Dim Tag As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.tag")
Dim Title_in_portal As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.title_in_portal")
Dim Updated_at As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.updated_at")
Dim v_Url As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.url")
Dim Visible_in_portal As String = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.visible_in_portal")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("ticket_field.custom_field_options")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
name = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_field_options[i].name")
value = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_field_options[i].value")
id = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_field_options[i].id")
position = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_field_options[i].position")
raw_name = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_field_options[i].raw_name")
url = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_field_options[i].url")
i = i + 1
End While
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("ticket_field.custom_statuses")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
active = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].active")
agent_label = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].agent_label")
created_at = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].created_at")
default = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].default")
description = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].description")
end_user_description = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].end_user_description")
end_user_label = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].end_user_label")
id = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].id")
status_category = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].status_category")
updated_at = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.custom_statuses[i].updated_at")
i = i + 1
End While
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("ticket_field.system_field_options")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
name = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.system_field_options[i].name")
value = jResp.StringOf("ticket_field.system_field_options[i].value")
i = i + 1
End While
Curl Command
curl -u login:password -X POST
-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/ticket_fields
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Ticket Field",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/ticket_fields",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v2",
"ticket_fields"
]
},
"description": "Creates any of the following custom field types:\n\n| Custom field type | Description |\n|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| text | Default custom field type when `type` is not specified |\n| textarea | For multi-line text |\n| checkbox | To capture a boolean value. Allowed values are true or false |\n| date | Example: 2021-04-16 |\n| integer | String composed of numbers. May contain an optional decimal point |\n| decimal | For numbers containing decimals |\n| regexp | Matches the Regex pattern found in the custom field settings |\n| partialcreditcard | A credit card number. Only the last 4 digits are retained |\n| multiselect | Enables users to choose multiple options from a dropdown menu |\n| tagger | Single-select dropdown menu. It contains one or more tag values belonging to the field's options. Example: ( {\"id\": 21938362, \"value\": [\"hd_3000\", \"hd_5555\"]}) |\n| lookup | A field to create a relationship (see [lookup relationships](/api-reference/ticketing/lookup_relationships/lookup_relationships/)) to another object such as a user, ticket, or organization |\n\nSee [About custom field types](https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203661866) in the Zendesk Help Center.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Admins\n\n#### Field limits\n\nWe recommend the following best practices for ticket fields limits. Creating more than these amounts can affect performance.\n\n* 400 ticket fields per account if your account doesn't have ticket forms\n* 400 ticket fields per ticket form if your account has ticket forms\n"
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Created response",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
"key": "Authorization",
"value": "Basic <credentials>"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/ticket_fields",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v2",
"ticket_fields"
]
}
},
"status": "Created",
"code": 201,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"ticket_field\": {\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"title\": \"<string>\",\n \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"agent_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"collapsed_for_agents\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n \"custom_field_options\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"value\": \"<string>\",\n \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n \"position\": \"<integer>\",\n \"raw_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"url\": \"<string>\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"value\": \"<string>\",\n \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n \"position\": \"<integer>\",\n \"raw_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"url\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ],\n \"custom_statuses\": [\n {\n \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"agent_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n \"default\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"end_user_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"end_user_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n \"status_category\": \"solved\",\n \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\"\n },\n {\n \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"agent_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n \"default\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"end_user_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"end_user_label\": \"<string>\",\n \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n \"status_category\": \"open\",\n \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\"\n }\n ],\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"editable_in_portal\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n \"position\": \"<integer>\",\n \"raw_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"raw_title\": \"<string>\",\n \"raw_title_in_portal\": \"<string>\",\n \"regexp_for_validation\": \"<string>\",\n \"relationship_filter\": {},\n \"relationship_target_type\": \"<string>\",\n \"removable\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"required\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"required_in_portal\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"sub_type_id\": \"<integer>\",\n \"system_field_options\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"value\": \"<string>\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"value\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ],\n \"tag\": \"<string>\",\n \"title_in_portal\": \"<string>\",\n \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"visible_in_portal\": \"<boolean>\"\n }\n}"
}
]
}
