Property format
Describes the property format resource in Content Management System (CMS) (SaaS) and how to work with them.
A property format is a set of rules that apply to a content type's property. It can define validation rules, which editor to use, and settings for that editor. A property format is associated with a specific data type.
The available property formats are limited to formats defined by CMS (SaaS) and cannot be modified.
The property format resource contains the following fields:
key
– A string identifying the property group in the API.dataType
– The data type to which you can apply this format. It must be one of the data types. See Data types in Content types.displayName
– A user-friendly name for the group displayed to end users.
Pre-defined formats
The following formats represent pre-defined behaviors in the system. You can assign these to a content type property when such a behavior is preferable.
selectOne
(string
) – Indicates that the string should be one of a list of pre-defined values.selectMany
(string
) – Indicates that the string should be one or more values of a list of pre-defined values.
List property formats
Retrieve a list of property formats through the propertyformats
API. See List property formats API reference.
GET https://api.cms.optimizely.com/preview3/propertyformats
[
{
"key": "shortString",
"dataType": "string",
"displayName": "Short string"
},
{
"key": "switch",
"dataType": "boolean",
"displayName": "Switch"
},
]
Get a property format
Retrieve a specific property format through the propertyformats
API using its unique key. See Get property format API reference.
GET https://api.cms.optimizely.com/preview3/propertyformats/shortstring
{
"key": "shortString",
"dataType": "string",
"displayName": "Short string"
}
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