Get contact field definitions

$ lightfield contact definitions

GET/v1/contacts/definitions

Returns the schema for all field and relationship definitions available on contacts, including both system-defined and custom fields. Useful for understanding the shape of contact data before creating or updating records. See Fields and relationships for more details.

Required scope: contacts:read

Rate limit category: Read

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contact_definitions_response: object { fieldDefinitions, objectType, relationshipDefinitions }

fieldDefinitions: map[object { description, label, typeConfiguration, 3 more } ]

Map of field keys to their definitions, including both system and custom fields.

description: string

Description of the field, or null.

label: string

Human-readable display name of the field.

typeConfiguration: object { currency, handleService, multipleValues, 2 more }

Type-specific configuration (e.g. select options, currency code).

currency: optional string

ISO 4217 3-letter currency code.

handleService: optional "TWITTER" or "LINKEDIN" or "FACEBOOK" or "INSTAGRAM"

Social platform associated with this handle field.

"TWITTER"

"LINKEDIN"

"FACEBOOK"

"INSTAGRAM"

multipleValues: optional boolean

Whether this field accepts multiple values.

options: optional array of object { id, label, description }

Available options for select fields.

id: string

Unique identifier of the select option.

label: string

Human-readable display name of the option.

description: optional string

Description of the option, or null.

unique: optional boolean

Whether values for this field must be unique.

valueType: "ADDRESS" or "CHECKBOX" or "CURRENCY" or 11 more

Data type of the field.

"ADDRESS"

"CHECKBOX"

"CURRENCY"

"DATETIME"

"EMAIL"

"FULL_NAME"

"MARKDOWN"

"MULTI_SELECT"

"NUMBER"

"SINGLE_SELECT"

"SOCIAL_HANDLE"

"TELEPHONE"

"TEXT"

"URL"

id: optional string

Unique identifier of the field definition.

readOnly: optional boolean

true for fields that are not writable via the API (e.g. AI-generated summaries). false or absent for writable fields.

objectType: string

The object type these definitions belong to (e.g. account).

relationshipDefinitions: map[object { cardinality, description, label, 2 more } ]

Map of relationship keys to their definitions.

cardinality: "HAS_ONE" or "HAS_MANY"

Whether this is a has_one or has_many relationship.

"HAS_ONE"

"HAS_MANY"

description: string

Description of the relationship, or null.

label: string

Human-readable display name of the relationship.

objectType: string

The type of the related object (e.g. account, contact).

id: optional string

Unique identifier of the relationship definition.

Get contact field definitions

lightfield contact definitions \
  --api-key 'My API Key'

{
  "fieldDefinitions": {
    "foo": {
      "description": "description",
      "label": "label",
      "typeConfiguration": {
        "currency": "currency",
        "handleService": "TWITTER",
        "multipleValues": true,
        "options": [
          {
            "id": "id",
            "label": "label",
            "description": "description"
          }
        ],
        "unique": true
      },
      "valueType": "ADDRESS",
      "id": "id",
      "readOnly": true
    }
  },
  "objectType": "objectType",
  "relationshipDefinitions": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
      "description": "description",
      "label": "label",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "id": "id"
    }
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "fieldDefinitions": {
    "foo": {
      "description": "description",
      "label": "label",
      "typeConfiguration": {
        "currency": "currency",
        "handleService": "TWITTER",
        "multipleValues": true,
        "options": [
          {
            "id": "id",
            "label": "label",
            "description": "description"
          }
        ],
        "unique": true
      },
      "valueType": "ADDRESS",
      "id": "id",
      "readOnly": true
    }
  },
  "objectType": "objectType",
  "relationshipDefinitions": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "HAS_ONE",
      "description": "description",
      "label": "label",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "id": "id"
    }
  }
}