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Accela Contacts/Custom Tables API

The Contacts/Custom Tables API from Accela — 3 operation(s) for contacts/custom tables.

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Operations 4

GET /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables Get All Custom Tables for Contact #
PUT /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables Update Custom Tables for Contact #
GET /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables/meta Get All Custom Tables Metadata for Contact #
GET /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables/{tableId}/meta Get Custom Table Metadata for Contact #

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OpenAPI Specification

accela-contacts-custom-tables-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: The Contacts and Professionals APIs enable apps to manage reference contacts and licensed professionals.
  title: Contacts and Professionals Contacts/Custom Tables API
  version: v4
servers:
- url: https://apis.accela.com/
tags:
- name: Contacts/Custom Tables
paths:
  /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables:
    get:
      description: 'Gets the custom tables associated with the specified contact.


        **API Endpoint**: GET /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables


        **Scope**: contacts


        **App Type**: All


        **Authorization Type**: Access token


        **Civic Platform version**: 7.3.3.4'
      summary: Get All Custom Tables for Contact
      operationId: v4.get.contacts.contactId.customTables
      tags:
      - Contacts/Custom Tables
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/authHeaderParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/contactId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Successful request. Note: A successful request may return no data matching the filter criteria. A successful request may also return messages related to Event Manager Scripting Engine back-end processing.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/response_tableModelArray'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request.
        '401':
          description: Authorization failed.
        '403':
          description: Forbidden request.
        '404':
          description: Requested resource not found.
        '500':
          description: Internal server error or bad connection.
    put:
      description: 'Updates a custom table for the specified contact.


        **API Endpoint**: PUT /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables


        **Scope**: contacts


        **App Type**: All


        **Authorization Type**: Access token


        **Civic Platform version**: 7.3.2'
      summary: Update Custom Tables for Contact
      operationId: v4.put.contacts.contactId.customTables
      tags:
      - Contacts/Custom Tables
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/authHeaderParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/contactId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Successful request. Note: A successful request may return no data matching the filter criteria. A successful request may also return messages related to Event Manager Scripting Engine back-end processing.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/response_resultModelArray'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request.
        '401':
          description: Authorization failed.
        '403':
          description: Forbidden request.
        '404':
          description: Requested resource not found.
        '500':
          description: Internal server error or bad connection.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/tableModel'
              type: array
        description: Custom tables to be updated.
        required: true
  /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables/meta:
    get:
      description: 'Gets the metadata associated with all custom tables for the contact.


        **API Endpoint**: GET /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables/meta


        **Scope**: contacts


        **App Type**: All


        **Authorization Type**: Access token


        **Civic Platform version**: 7.3.3.4'
      summary: Get All Custom Tables Metadata for Contact
      operationId: v4.get.contacts.contactId.customTables.meta
      tags:
      - Contacts/Custom Tables
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/authHeaderParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/contactId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Successful request. Note: A successful request may return no data matching the filter criteria. A successful request may also return messages related to Event Manager Scripting Engine back-end processing.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/response_customFormMetadataModelArray'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request.
        '401':
          description: Authorization failed.
        '403':
          description: Forbidden request.
        '404':
          description: Requested resource not found.
        '500':
          description: Internal server error or bad connection.
  /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables/{tableId}/meta:
    get:
      description: 'Gets the metadata associated with the specified custom table for the contact.


        **API Endpoint**: GET /v4/contacts/{contactId}/customTables/{tableId}/meta


        **Scope**: contacts


        **App Type**: All


        **Authorization Type**: Access token


        **Civic Platform version**: 7.3.3.4'
      summary: Get Custom Table Metadata for Contact
      operationId: v4.get.contacts.contactId.customTables.tableId.meta
      tags:
      - Contacts/Custom Tables
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/authHeaderParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/contactId'
      - description: The ID of the custom table to fetch.
        in: path
        name: tableId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lang'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Successful request. Note: A successful request may return no data matching the filter criteria. A successful request may also return messages related to Event Manager Scripting Engine back-end processing.'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/response_customFormMetadataModelArray'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request.
        '401':
          description: Authorization failed.
        '403':
          description: Forbidden request.
        '404':
          description: Requested resource not found.
        '500':
          description: Internal server error or bad connection.
components:
  parameters:
    lang:
      description: Language parameter to support I18N. Default language is en_US.
      in: query
      name: lang
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    fields:
      description: Comma-delimited names of fields to be returned in the response. Note - Field names are case-sensitive and only first-level fields are supported. Invalid field names are ignored.
      in: query
      name: fields
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    contactId:
      description: The ID of the contact to fetch.
      in: path
      name: contactId
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
    authHeaderParam:
      description: Construct oAuth2 authentication token
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    tableModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          description: The custom table id.
          type: string
        rows:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/rowModel'
          description: A table row containing custom fields.
          type: array
    response_resultModelArray:
      type: object
      properties:
        result:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/resultModel'
          type: array
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP return status.
    childDrill:
      type: object
      properties:
        drillId:
          description: The ID of the drilldown child record.
          format: int64
          type: integer
        id:
          description: The ID of the current record.
          type: string
    customFormField:
      type: object
      properties:
        displayOrder:
          description: ''
          format: int64
          type: integer
        drillDown:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/aSITableDrill'
        fieldType:
          description: The custom field data type.
          type: string
        id:
          description: The custom field system id assigned by the Civic Platform server.
          type: string
        isReadonly:
          description: Indicates whether or not the custom field is read-only.
          enum:
          - Y
          - N
          type: string
        isRequired:
          description: Indicates whether or not the custom field is required.
          enum:
          - Y
          - N
          type: string
        maxLength:
          description: The custom field length
          format: int64
          type: integer
        options:
          items:
            type: object
            description: Contains dropdown option values.
            properties:
              text:
                description: The localized display value.
                type: string
              value:
                description: The data value.
                type: string
          type: array
        text:
          description: The custom field localized text.
          type: string
        value:
          description: The custom field stored value.
          type: string
    response_tableModelArray:
      type: object
      properties:
        result:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/tableModel'
          type: array
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP return status.
    customFormMetadataModel:
      description: Contains the metadata for a custom table.
      type: object
      properties:
        displayOrder:
          description: The custom table's display order.
          format: int64
          type: integer
        fields:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/customFormField'
          type: array
        id:
          description: The custom table id.
          type: string
        text:
          description: The custom table name.
          type: string
    resultModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          description: The error code, if an error is encountered.
          type: string
        id:
          description: The system id of the object in this operation.
          format: int64
          type: integer
        isSuccess:
          description: Indicates whether or not the operation on the object is successful.
          type: boolean
        message:
          description: The error message, if an error is encountered
          type: string
    customAttributeModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        aCustomFieldName:
          description: ''
          type: string
        aCustomFieldValue:
          description: ''
          type: string
    rowModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        action:
          description: The requested operation on the row.
          enum:
          - add
          - update
          - delete
          type: string
        fields:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/customAttributeModel'
        id:
          description: The row id.
          type: string
    response_customFormMetadataModelArray:
      type: object
      properties:
        result:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/customFormMetadataModel'
          type: array
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP return status.
    aSITableDrill:
      description: Contains drilldown field information.
      type: object
      properties:
        children:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/childDrill'
          type: array
        isRoot:
          type: boolean
x-api-evangelist-provenance:
  generated: '2026-09-06'
  method: searched
  source: https://developer.accela.com/api/v4/v4-contacts-professionals.json
  note: Harvested verbatim from the Accela Developer Portal API Reference, which renders these Swagger 2.0 documents via ReDoc (spec-url on developer.accela.com/docs/api_reference/api-*.html). The byte-identical original is kept at openapi/_original/. This copy is the same document serialized to YAML.