Field Types

This resource lets you read the list of supported types of custom fields in YouTrack.

Resource	/api/admin/customFieldSettings/types
Returned entity	FieldType. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a List of FieldTypes.

FieldType attributes

Represents the type of a custom field in YouTrack.

Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

Field Types

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the FieldType entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the fields request parameter.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
id	String	A string representation of the custom field type. For the full list of possible field types, see the Custom Field Type column at Type Mapping for Custom Fields. `Read-only`.

Field

Type

Description

String

A string representation of the custom field type.

For the full list of possible field types, see the Custom Field Type column at Type Mapping for Custom Fields.

Read-only.

Read a List of FieldTypes

Get all available field types.

Request syntax

GET /api/admin/customFieldSettings/types?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}

null	Database ID of FieldType

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of FieldType attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.
$skip	Int	Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.
$top	Int	Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response. If you don't set the $top value, the server limits the maximum number of returned entries. The server returns a maximum of 42 entries for most resources that return collections. For more information, see Pagination.

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of FieldType attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the entityID is returned.

$skip

Int

Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.

$top

Int

Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response. If you don't set the $top value, the server limits the maximum number of returned entries.

The server returns a maximum of 42 entries for most resources that return collections. For more information, see Pagination.

Sample

Sample request

                    https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/customFieldSettings/types?fields=id,presentation,isMultiValue,valueType&$skip=4&$top=3
                

Sample response body

                    [
                      {
                        "isMultiValue": false,
                        "presentation": "integer",
                        "valueType": "integer",
                        "id": "integer",
                        "$type": "FieldType"
                      },
                      {
                        "isMultiValue": true,
                        "presentation": "enum[*]",
                        "valueType": "enum",
                        "id": "enum[*]",
                        "$type": "FieldType"
                      },
                      {
                        "isMultiValue": false,
                        "presentation": "enum[1]",
                        "valueType": "enum",
                        "id": "enum[1]",
                        "$type": "FieldType"
                      }
                    ]
                

19 March 2025