Opal Block Custom Field Values API

The Block Custom Field Values API from Opal — 2 operation(s) for block custom field values.

Operations 4

POST /loupe/v3/block_custom_field_values Create a new Block Custom Field Value. #
GET /loupe/v3/block_custom_field_values/{block_custom_field_value_id} Get a Block Custom Field Value by the given ID #
PATCH /loupe/v3/block_custom_field_values/{block_custom_field_value_id} Update an existing Block Custom Field Value. #
DELETE /loupe/v3/block_custom_field_values/{block_custom_field_value_id} Delete a Block Custom Field Value by the given ID #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 3.0.0
  title: Opal API (⚠️ WIP) Block Custom Field Values API
  license:
    name: Opal API License
    url: https://www.workwithopal.com/api-license
  description: "The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “NOT RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in this document are to be interpreted as described in [BCP 14](https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp14) [[RFC2119](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119)] [[RFC8174](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8174)] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.\n\n# Other API Versions\n\nThe [v2 API](/api/documentation/v2) is more complete than the v3 API. Currently, if a resource has endpoints in both the v2 API and the v3 API you **SHOULD** use the v2 API endpoints. At some point in the future we will recommend the v3 API instead.\n\n*Note:* Endpoints will be added to the v3 API as needed, and we will continue to support all v2 API endpoints in the  “JSON:API” and “Other” categories, even if we add an equivalent v3 API endpoint.\n\n# Key differences between v2 and v3 APIs\n\n## Resource Identifiers\n\nThe v3 API uses a different format for primary resource identifiers than the v2 API. Responses from v3 API endpoints include the resource’s v2 API id in the `attributes.legacy_id` field, in case you need to use both API versions. (v2 API resource identifiers are generally integers, but v2 API endpoints **MAY** use a different format.)\n\n*Note:* These are opaque strings, and you **MUST NOT** rely on the structure. Currently newly-created resources have a UUIDv4 identifier, but this behavior **MAY** change at any time. Existing identifiers will not be affected.\n\n# Documentation Organization\n\nv3 API endpoints are categorized by stability:\n\n1. Stable\n2. Unstable\n3. Proposed\n4. Experimental\n\nAll v3 API endpoints are [JSON:API](https://jsonapi.org)-compliant ([specification](https://jsonapi.org/format/)) and can be used with any [JSON:API-compliant client](https://jsonapi.org/implementations/).\n\nYour requests **MUST** set the `Accept` HTTP header to `application/vnd.api+json`. The server response’s `Content-Type` HTTP header will also be `application/vnd.api+json`.\n\n## Unstable Endpoints\n\n*Note:* This generally refers resources in the “Unstable” category, but includes endpoints with a summary that’s prefixed by `[UNSTABLE]`. These `[UNSTABLE]` endpoints may be part of a “Stable” resource.\n\nThe data structure and behavior of “Unstable” endpoints are not guaranteed, and we **MAY** change them at any time. You **MUST NOT** use these endpoints for production features, but **MAY** use them as a preview of upcoming features, and we welcome feedback.\n\n## Proposed Endpoints\n\n“Proposed” endpoints **MUST NOT** be used (they’re not yet implemented), and we **MAY** change or remove them at any time. We publish them at our discretion to share our plans and encourage internal feedback. We also welcome your feedback.\n\n# Design Principles\n\n## Breaking Changes\n\nWe **MAY** expand the data for “Stable” resources, but will not change or remove existing attributes or relationships for these resources. These expansions should not require any changes to your code.\n\nWe provide no guarantees for “Unstable,” \"Experimental,\" or “Proposed” endpoints.\n\n## Firehose Rule\n\nBy default endpoints include all the relevant data that’s accessible to the authenticated user. Clients **MAY** specify filters, ordering, pagination, sparse fields, and other limiting mechanisms to pare down the desired data.\n\n*Note:* Existing endpoints **MAY NOT** follow this maximalist approach, but new endpoints will, and we **MAY** enhance existing endpoints.\n\n## Obscurity\n\nIn order to provide customers with as much privacy as possible, many API calls that fail authorization will return `404 Not Found` rather than `403 Forbidden`. Do not design frontends around the expectation that a `404 Not Found` status code means a resource would not be returned given different authentication credentials.\n\n# Authentication Strategies\n## OAuth 2.0\nOpal uses OAuth 2.0 (https://oauth.net/2) to authenticate users and grant access to protected resources. After registering your application as an OAuth client, you must get permission from each user before accessing their account.\n\nThe main steps are:\n\n1. Register your application\n2. Direct the user to Opal, to authorize your application\n3. Opal confirm's user identity, and asks the user to grant your application permissions\n4. Opal issues tokens your application can use to access the user's Opal resources\n5. Your application can begin making requests to the Opal API on behalf of the user\n\n### Roles\n#### Client\nThe 3rd-party application accessing the API on behalf of the User.\n\n#### API\nAPI endpoints used to interact with a User's resources in Opal.\n\n#### User\nThe person authorizing the Client to access to their Opal account.\n\n### Registering your application\nApplication registration is currently a manual process.\n\nTo begin, you will need to provide the following information to the Opal integrations team:\n\n- Application name\n- Logo URI\n- Redirect URI\n\nIn return, expect to receive:\n\n- Client ID\n  - public\n- Application secret\n  - keep this private\n  - keep this written down someplace safe. Opal cannot retrieve this for you if it is lost.\n\n### Authorization\nFor a Client to make API requests on behalf of Users, the User must first give consent.\nHere is an overview of the consent flow:\n\n1. Direct the User to grant access in Opal\n\n```\nhttps://login.ouropal.com/oauth2/auth?grant_type=authorization_code&scope=offline_access&response_type=code&client_id={client_id}&state={state}&redirect_uri={url_encoded_redirect}\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `client_id`: Provided by Opal.\n- `grant_type`: Set the value to authorization_code to receive a code string that can be exchanged for an access token.\n- `redirect_uri`: Defined by Client. After authentication, the user will be directed to this location.\n- `response_type`: The value code should be set for refresh tokens to be issued.\n- `scope`: The value offline_access must be present if you wish to use refresh tokens.\n- `state`: Defined by the Client. A unique value used to validate the response.\n\n\n2. If logged out, User is directed to log in to Opal\n\n3. User is redirected to consent page (if the User has not already given consent)\n\n```\nhttps://login.ouropal.com/oauth2/consent?consent_challenge=abc123\n```\n\n4. If the User grants permission, User is sent to the specified `redirect_uri`\n\n```\nhttps://example.com/defined-by-client?code=Mu9z2DndN7TfXSLaf99O8ReqqXqMabXhSqP5e0jlx_Q.naLKbko-GyfPJRGYcWyclxU0sBGwygPy05OSFww0XZ8&scope=offline_access&state={state}\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `code`: The Client may use this to get an access token.\n- `scope`: API permissions granted to the Client by the User.\n- `state`: The validation string provided by the Client in step 1.\n\nIf the User declines the consent prompt, User will be sent to the same `redirect_uri`, but with an error parameter :\n\n```\nhttps://example.com/defined-by-client?error=consent+request+denied&state={state}\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `error`: A brief description of the issue.\n- `state`: The validation string provided by the Client in step 1.\n\n### Retrieving Access Token\nYou must make a POST request to the token endpoint to get an access token, before the code expires:\n\n```\ncurl -X POST \\\n  https://login.ouropal.com/oauth2/token \\\n  -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \\\n  -d 'code={code}&client_id={client_id}&redirect_uri={url_encoded_redirect}&client_secret={client_secret}&grant_type=authorization_code'\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `code`\n- `client_id`: Client ID provided by Opal.\n- `client_secret`: Client secret provided by Opal.\n- `grant_type`: Set value to authorization_code .\n- `redirect_uri`: Optional.\n\nIf successful, a JSON-formatted response body will contain the access_token and refresh_token:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"access_token\":\"ABC123\",\n  \"token_type\":\"bearer\",\n  \"expires_in\":3600,\n  \"refresh_token\":\"DEF456\",\n  \"scope\":\"offline_access\"\n}\n```\n\n### Refreshing an Access Token\nOnce the access_token expires, you may generate a new one at the same token endpoint, but with different parameters.\nNote that in this request, a \"refresh_token\" parameter is used instead of \"code\", and the \"grant_type\" value is now \"refresh_token\" instead of \"authorization_code\".\n\n```\ncurl -X POST \\\n  https://login.ouropal.com/oauth2/token \\\n  -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \\\n  -d 'refresh_token={refresh_token}&client_id={client_id}&redirect_uri={url_encoded_redirect}&client_secret={secret}&grant_type=refresh_token'\n```\n\nParameters:\n- `client_id`: Client ID provided by Opal.\n- `client_secret`: Client secret provided by Opal.\n- `grant_type`: Set value to refresh_token .\n- `redirect_uri`: Optional.\n- `refresh_token`: Refresh token value\n\n### Making Authenticated Requests\n\nSet an authorization header in your requests, specifying your access token as documented here: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6750#section-2.1.\n\n**NOTE** that the `Authorization` header supercedes the `Session-Token` header described in the documentation for many endpoints. Specifying an `Authorization` header means you do not need to specify a `Session-Token` header.\n\n```\nAuthorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN\n```\n\nFor example:\n```\n     GET /resource HTTP/1.1\n     Host: server.example.com\n     Authorization: Bearer mF_9.B5f-4.1JqM\n```\n\n### Client Revoke/Rolling OAuth secrets\nClient secrets must be kept secret and not exposed outside of the token retrieval requests. If a secret has been potentially compromised, please notify Opal as soon as possible and let us know the OAuth client id associated with the secret. We will roll/update the secret, which will invalidate all existing access and refresh tokens. Invalidating tokens will cause users to need to reauthenticate, but consent should be remembered.\n"
servers:
- url: https://login.ouropal.com
tags:
- name: Block Custom Field Values
paths:
  /loupe/v3/block_custom_field_values:
    post:
      tags:
      - Block Custom Field Values
      operationId: CreateBlockCustomFieldValueV3
      x-Operation-ID: CreateBlockCustomFieldValueV3
      summary: Create a new Block Custom Field Value.
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - offline_access
      - api_key: []
      parameters:
      - name: include
        in: query
        required: false
        description: A comma-separated value of related objects to include.
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - block
            - custom_field
        style: form
        explode: false
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - data
              properties:
                data:
                  type: object
                  required:
                  - type
                  - attributes
                  - relationships
                  properties:
                    type:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                      - block_custom_field_value
                    attributes:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - value
                      additionalProperties: false
                      properties:
                        value:
                          type:
                          - object
                          - 'null'
                          oneOf:
                          - enum:
                            - null
                          - title: Date
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - value
                            properties:
                              value:
                                type: string
                                format: date-time
                                description: An ISO8601 date-time value
                          - title: Text
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - value
                            properties:
                              value:
                                type: string
                                description: A plain text value.
                          - title: URL
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - url
                            properties:
                              label:
                                type:
                                - string
                                - 'null'
                                description: The display value for the URL.
                              url:
                                type: string
                                format: uri
                                description: The URL value.
                          - title: Single Select
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - id
                            properties:
                              id:
                                type: string
                                format: uuid
                                description: A UUID string representing the selected option.
                          - title: Multi Select
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - ids
                            properties:
                              ids:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: string
                                  format: uuid
                                description: An array of UUID strings representing the selected options
                          - title: Users Select
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              user_ids:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: string
                                  format: uuid
                                description: An array of user UUID strings representing the selected users
                              group_ids:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: string
                                  format: uuid
                                description: An array of user group UUID strings representing the selected groups
                    relationships:
                      type: object
                      required:
                      - block
                      - custom_field
                      properties:
                        block:
                          type: object
                          required:
                          - data
                          additionalProperties: false
                          properties:
                            data:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - id
                              - type
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                id:
                                  type: string
                                  format: uuid
                                type:
                                  type: string
                                  enum:
                                  - block
                        custom_field:
                          type: object
                          required:
                          - data
                          additionalProperties: false
                          properties:
                            data:
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - id
                              - type
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                id:
                                  type: string
                                  format: uuid
                                type:
                                  type: string
                                  enum:
                                  - custom_field
      responses:
        '201':
          description: A newly created Block Custom Field Value resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    title: block_custom_field_value
                    type: object
                    required:
                    - id
                    - type
                    - attributes
                    - relationships
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                      type:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                        - block_custom_field_value
                      attributes:
                        type: object
                        required:
                        - value
                        - created_at
                        - updated_at
                        additionalProperties: false
                        properties:
                          value:
                            type:
                            - object
                            - 'null'
                            oneOf:
                            - enum:
                              - null
                            - title: Date
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - value
                              properties:
                                value:
                                  type: string
                                  format: date-time
                                  description: An ISO8601 date-time value
                            - title: Text
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - value
                              properties:
                                value:
                                  type: string
                                  description: A plain text value.
                            - title: URL
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - url
                              properties:
                                label:
                                  type:
                                  - string
                                  - 'null'
                                  description: The display value for the URL.
                                url:
                                  type: string
                                  format: uri
                                  description: The URL value.
                            - title: Single Select
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - id
                              properties:
                                id:
                                  type: string
                                  format: uuid
                                  description: A UUID string representing the selected option.
                            - title: Multi Select
                              type: object
                              required:
                              - ids
                              properties:
                                ids:
                                  type: array
                                  items:
                                    type: string
                                    format: uuid
                                  description: An array of UUID strings representing the selected options.
                            - title: Users Select
                              type: object
                              additionalProperties: false
                              properties:
                                user_ids:
                                  type: array
                                  items:
                                    type: string
                                    format: uuid
                                  description: An array of user UUID strings representing the selected users.
                                group_ids:
                                  type: array
                                  items:
                                    type: string
                                    format: uuid
                                  description: An array of user group UUID strings representing the selected groups.
                          created_at:
                            type: string
                            format: date-time
                            description: An ISO8601 date-time representing the entity's creation date-time.
                            readOnly: true
                          updated_at:
                            type: string
                            format: date-time
                            description: An ISO8601 date-time representing the entity's most recent updated date-time.
                            readOnly: true
                      relationships:
                        type: object
                        required:
                        - block
                        - custom_field
                        additionalProperties: false
                        properties:
                          block:
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - data
                            additionalProperties: false
                            properties:
                              data:
                                type: object
                                required:
                                - id
                                - type
                                additionalProperties: false
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: string
                                    format: uuid
                                  type:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                    - block
                          custom_field:
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - data
                            additionalProperties: false
                            properties:
                              data:
                                type: object
                                required:
                                - id
                                - type
                                additionalProperties: false
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: string
                                    format: uuid
                                  type:
                                    type: string
                                    enum:
                                    - custom_field
                          users:
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - data
                            additionalProperties: false
                            properties:
                              data:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - type
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                      format: uuid
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - user
                          groups:
                            type: object
                            required:
                            - data
                            additionalProperties: false
                            properties:
                              data:
                                type: array
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - type
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                      format: uuid
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - user_group
                  included:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      oneOf:
                      - title: block
                        type: object
                        required:
                        - id
                        - type
                        - attributes
                        - relationships
                        additionalProperties: false
                        properties:
                          id:
                            type: string
                            format: uuid
                          type:
                            type: string
                            enum:
                            - block
                          meta:
                            type:
                            - object
                            - 'null'
                            description: 'Optionally calculated block metadata which are not part of responses by default.

                              '
                            additionalProperties: false
                            properties:
                              effective_category_type:
                                type:
                                - object
                                - 'null'
                                description: The Block resource's most immediate ancestor's Category Type. See documentation for Category Type for additional details.
                                additionalProperties: false
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: string
                                    description: The Category Type's ID
                                  name:
                                    type: string
                                    description: The Category Type's display name
                                  description:
                                    type:
                                    - string
                                    - 'null'
                                    description: Optional additional descriptive text.
                                  deactivated_at:
                                    type:
                                    - string
                                    - 'null'
                                    format: date-time
                                    description: A flag indicating whether the category type is deactivated.
                              effective_privacy:
                                type: string
                                enum:
                                - whole_workspace
                                - some_but_not_all
                                description: 'The effective privacy of a resource is calculated based on all direct and

                                  inherited access. If a resource or any of its parents that it inherits

                                  access from are accessible to the entire workspace, the effective privacy

                                  is `whole_workspace`. Otherwise, the effective privacy is

                                  `some_but_not_all`.

                                  '
                              custom_fields:
                                type: array
                                description: "This metadata is available when requesting block resources from the\n`loupe/v3/blocks/{block_id}` `GET` endpoint.\n\nYou request that this metadata be included in responses with the `expose` query \nparameter like: `loupe/v3/blocks/{block_id}?expose[block][meta][custom_fields]`.\n\nEffective custom fields include both **directly assigned** and **inherited** fields from \nthe associated category type. Inherited fields may, or may not, have explicit \n`block_custom_field_value`s.\n\nThe result is a list of effective custom fields for the block. Can be empty or\ncontain multiple instances of any custom field type.\n\nOrdering:\n- Inherited custom fields appear first, ordered by the associated\n  Category Type’s saved custom field order.\n- Directly assigned custom fields (via block_custom_field_values)\n  follow, preserving their relative order as returned by the service.\n"
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  required:
                                  - id
                                  - display_name
                                  - type
                                  - options
                                  - deactivated_options
                                  - association_type
                                  - data
                                  additionalProperties: false
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: string
                                      format: uuid
                                      description: The ID of the custom field.
                                    display_name:
                                      type: string
                                      description: The display name for this custom field.
                                    type:
                                      type: string
                                      enum:
                                      - textarea
                                      - singleSelect
                                      - multiSelect
                                      - date
                                      - url
                                      - usersSelect
                                      description: The type of custom field.
                                    association_type:
                                      type: string
                                      description: Indicates whether the field is `direct` (explicitly assigned to the block) or `inherited` (comes from the category type).
                                      enum:
                                      - direct
                                      - inherited
                                    options:
                                      type: array
                                      description: Active options for this custom field (for select types). Empty array for non-select types.
                                      items:
                                        type: object
                                        required:
                                        - id
                                        - display_name
                                        - position
  

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