MaintainX Custom Fields API

Operations on Custom Fields

Operations 4

POST /customfields/{entity} Create custom field
GET /customfields/{entity} List custom fields
PATCH /customfields/{entity}/{id} Edit custom field
DELETE /customfields/{entity}/{id} Delete custom field

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maintainx-custom-fields-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Welcome to the MaintainX API documentation!<br/><br/>You can use the MaintainX API to programmatically interact with all the entities in MaintainX. Use it to retrieve and manage data of Work Orders, Work Requests, Assets, and more!<br/><br/>To get started, in your MaintainX account go to <a href="https://app.getmaintainx.com/settings/integrations/apiKeys">"Settings &gt; Integrations"</a> and click "&plus; New Key" button to generate a new Rest API key.<br/><br/><b>Missing something?</b><br/>Don't hesitate to reach out <a href="mailto:support@getmaintainx.com">support@getmaintainx.com</a><br/><br/>
  version: '1'
  title: MaintainX Asset Criticalities Custom Fields API
  contact:
    url: https://www.getmaintainx.com/
    name: Support
    email: support@getmaintainx.com
  x-logo:
    url: https://maintainx-static.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/img/default-org-logo.png
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
    altText: MaintainX logo
servers:
- url: https://api.getmaintainx.com/v1
  description: Endpoint
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:
- name: Custom Fields
  description: Operations on Custom Fields
  x-traitTag: false
paths:
  /customfields/{entity}:
    post:
      summary: Create custom field
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - assets
          - locations
          - parts
          - workOrders
          - vendors
          - purchaseOrders
          - lineItemPurchaseOrders
        name: entity
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Type of entity
        example: assets
      - schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Set `skipWebhook=true`, `skipWebhook=1` or `skipWebhook=yes` to skip all webhooks upon successful operation on the endpoint. [Learn more about webhooks](#tag/Subscriptions-and-Webhooks)
        name: skipWebhook
        in: query
        required: false
      - schema:
          type: integer
        description: Required if using a multi organizations token
        name: x-organization-id
        in: header
        required: false
        example: '1'
      requestBody:
        description: Custom fields to create
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: The custom field data
              required:
              - fields
              properties:
                fields:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    required:
                    - label
                    - type
                    properties:
                      label:
                        type: string
                        example: Date Purchased
                      type:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                        - oneline
                        - multiline
                        - number
                        - singleSelect
                        - date
                        - datetime
                        - link
                      options:
                        type:
                        - array
                        - 'null'
                        items:
                          type: string
                      includeInRecurrence:
                        type:
                        - boolean
                        - 'null'
                        description: Only relevent in the context of Work Orders
                      required:
                        type:
                        - boolean
                        - 'null'
                        description: Mark this field as required. This only affect the frontend.
                      unlisted:
                        type:
                        - boolean
                        - 'null'
                        description: Mark this custom field as unlisted. Once unlisted it will only be editable through the Rest API. When the custom field contains data, it will be displayed in the frontend; otherwise, it will remain hidden.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully created the custom fields
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  required:
                  - id
                  - label
                  - type
                  - sortOrder
                  properties:
                    id:
                      type: number
                      description: ID of the custom field
                      example: 1
                    label:
                      type: string
                      description: The label of the custom field
                      example: Date Purchased
                    sortOrder:
                      type: integer
                      description: The order which the field will be displayed in the UI
                      example: 25
                    type:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                      - oneline
                      - multiline
                      - number
                      - singleSelect
                      - date
                      - datetime
                      - link
                    options:
                      type: array
                      description: The possible choices to the field (if applicable).
                      items:
                        type: string
        '400':
          description: OrganizationId was not provided
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                example:
                  errors:
                  - error: Missing x-organization-id header.
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - error
                      properties:
                        error:
                          type: string
                        fieldPath:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        fieldValue:
                          oneOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: number
                          - type: boolean
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: Failed to create the custom field
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                example:
                  errors:
                  - error: User don't have the right permissions
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - error
                      properties:
                        error:
                          type: string
                        fieldPath:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        fieldValue:
                          oneOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: number
                          - type: boolean
        '404':
          description: Could not find the specified custom field.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: custom field Not Found
      tags:
      - Custom Fields
    get:
      summary: List custom fields
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - assets
          - locations
          - parts
          - workOrders
          - vendors
          - purchaseOrders
          - lineItemPurchaseOrders
        name: entity
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Type of entity
        example: assets
      - schema:
          type: integer
        description: Required if using a multi organizations token
        name: x-organization-id
        in: header
        required: false
        example: '1'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully fetched the custom fields
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  required:
                  - id
                  - label
                  - type
                  - sortOrder
                  properties:
                    id:
                      type: number
                      description: ID of the custom field
                      example: 1
                    label:
                      type: string
                      description: The label of the custom field
                      example: Date Purchased
                    sortOrder:
                      type: integer
                      description: A weighted value used to sort the custom fields. Fields are sorted lowest to highest. This is different from sortIndex.
                      example: 25
                    type:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                      - oneline
                      - multiline
                      - number
                      - singleSelect
                      - date
                      - datetime
                      - link
                    required:
                      type:
                      - boolean
                      - 'null'
                      description: This field is marked as required. This only affect the frontend.
                    unlisted:
                      type:
                      - boolean
                      - 'null'
                      description: This field is marked as unlisted. Once unlisted it will only be editable through the Rest API. When the custom field contains data, it will be displayed in the frontend; otherwise, it will remain hidden.
                    options:
                      type: array
                      description: The possible choices to the field (if applicable).
                      items:
                        type: string
        '400':
          description: OrganizationId was not provided
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                example:
                  errors:
                  - error: Missing x-organization-id header.
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - error
                      properties:
                        error:
                          type: string
                        fieldPath:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        fieldValue:
                          oneOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: number
                          - type: boolean
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError'
        '404':
          description: Could not find the specified custom field.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: custom field Not Found
      tags:
      - Custom Fields
  /customfields/{entity}/{id}:
    patch:
      summary: Edit custom field
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: integer
        name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the custom field
        example: '1'
      - schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - assets
          - locations
          - parts
          - workOrders
          - vendors
          - purchaseOrders
          - lineItemPurchaseOrders
        name: entity
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Type of entity
        example: assets
      - schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Set `skipWebhook=true`, `skipWebhook=1` or `skipWebhook=yes` to skip all webhooks upon successful operation on the endpoint. [Learn more about webhooks](#tag/Subscriptions-and-Webhooks)
        name: skipWebhook
        in: query
        required: false
      requestBody:
        description: Custom field to create
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: The custom field data
              required:
              - field
              properties:
                field:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    label:
                      type: string
                      example: Date Purchased
                    type:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                      - oneline
                      - multiline
                      - number
                      - singleSelect
                      - date
                      - datetime
                      - link
                    options:
                      type:
                      - array
                      - 'null'
                      items:
                        type: string
                    includeInRecurrence:
                      type:
                      - boolean
                      - 'null'
                      description: Only relevent in the context of Work Orders
                    sortIndex:
                      type: integer
                      description: 'Represents the actual index (zero based) that you wish the element to be set at. For example, if you have 6 custom fields, and would like to set the field as the second element, you would pass sortIndex: 1. This would in turn affect the sortOrder weight.'
                    required:
                      type:
                      - boolean
                      - 'null'
                      description: Mark this custom field as required
                    unlisted:
                      type:
                      - boolean
                      - 'null'
                      description: Mark this custom field as unlisted
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successfully edited the custom field
        '400':
          description: Failed to edit the custom field
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                example:
                  errors:
                  - error: Invalid Property
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - error
                      properties:
                        error:
                          type: string
                        fieldPath:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        fieldValue:
                          oneOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: number
                          - type: boolean
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: Failed to edit the custom field
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - errors
                example:
                  errors:
                  - error: User don't have the right permissions
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - error
                      properties:
                        error:
                          type: string
                        fieldPath:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        fieldValue:
                          oneOf:
                          - type: string
                          - type: number
                          - type: boolean
        '404':
          description: Could not find the specified custom field.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: custom field Not Found
      tags:
      - Custom Fields
    delete:
      summary: Delete custom field
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: integer
        name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ID of the custom field
        example: '1'
      - schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - assets
          - locations
          - parts
          - workOrders
          - vendors
          - purchaseOrders
          - lineItemPurchaseOrders
        name: entity
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Type of entity
        example: assets
      - schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Set `skipWebhook=true`, `skipWebhook=1` or `skipWebhook=yes` to skip all webhooks upon successful operation on the endpoint. [Learn more about webhooks](#tag/Subscriptions-and-Webhooks)
        name: skipWebhook
        in: query
        required: false
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successfully deleted the Custom Fields
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError'
        '404':
          description: Could not find the specified Custom Fields.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: Custom Fields Not Found
        '500':
          description: Internal server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: Internal server error.
      tags:
      - Custom Fields
components:
  responses:
    UnauthorizedError:
      description: Invalid token
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      description: "\n  <p>Authenticate by adding the following HTTP header to your requests:</p>\n<pre>Authorization: bearer {{token}}</pre>\n<p>The <code>token</code> can be generated in your MaintainX account. Go to <a href=\"https://app.getmaintainx.com/settings/integrations/apiKeys\">\"Settings &gt; Integrations &gt; API Keys\"</a> to generate a key for your user.</p>\n"
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT