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  1. User Fields
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  1. User Fields

Create Custom User Field

POST
/apis/v1/communities/{communityId}/user-fields
Creates a new custom field for a community.

Authorization#

Bearer token Required
Found in the platform under community settings > API keys.
Permission: User Fields

Community ID#

Community ID is needed in the path.
Found in the platform under community settings > Apperance.

Body#

field: the database name for the field, no spaces allowed.
name: the display name of the field, spaces are allowed.
type: the type of the field. List of available types:
single-line-text
multi-line-text
numerical
date
time
date-time
boolean
single-select-dropdown
multi-select-dropdown

Request

Authorization
Provide your bearer token in the
Authorization
header when making requests to protected resources.
Example:
Authorization: Bearer ********************
Path Params

Body Params application/json

Example
{
    "field": "userLevel",
    "name": "User Level",
    "type": "number"
}

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Request Request Example
Shell
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curl --location --request POST 'https://application.returning.ai/apis/v1/communities//user-fields' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "field": "userLevel",
    "name": "User Level",
    "type": "number"
}'

Responses

🟢201Created
application/json
Create user field successful
Body

Example
{
    "meta": {
        "status": "success",
        "statusCode": 201
    },
    "message": "Create user field successful",
    "data": {
        "_id": "6857de260f3c24d98fd7ca85",
        "name": "User Level",
        "type": "number",
        "creator": {
            "_id": "61100af5c548eb5c7ebc7819",
            "id": 123456789,
            "avatar": "https://returning-ai.com/avatar.png",
            "displayName": "Admin",
            "username": "admin"
        },
        "communityId": "6167dba9c548eb5c7ec28057",
        "createdAt": "2025-06-22T11:28:50.301Z",
        "updatedAt": "2025-06-22T11:28:50.301Z"
    }
}
🟠400Bad Request
🟠404Record Not Found
🔴500Server Error
Modified at 2025-09-10 09:59:23
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