Rich text field storage in the API
If an object such as a project, issue, or task contains rich text, it is stored and accessible as a parameter value through the Workfront API.
Requesting text information from a project object that contains rich text can be done using the field parameterValues.
For example, a simple HTTP request could resemble the following:
https://your-company.workfront.com/attask/api/v11.0/project?ID=your-project-ID&fields=parameterValues:*
If this example project contained a custom form with 3 custom fields: calc field, paragraph text, and rich 1. Then the above request would return a response that resembles the following, where the field “rich 1” is a rich text parameter field and the text value is “Hello World!”:
{
Data: {
ID: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
name: "new project with rich text",
objCode: "PROJ",
- parameterValues: {
DE:rich 1: "{
"blocks":[
{
"key":"7eibh",
"text":"Hello Word!",
"type":"unstyled",
"depth":0,
"inlineStyleRanges":[
{
"offset":0,
"length":6,
"style":"BOLD"
},
{
"offset":6,
"length":5,
"style":"ITALIC"
}
],
"entityRanges":[
],
"data":{
}
}
],
"entityMap":{
}
}",
DE: paragraph text: "here is some paragraph text",
DE: calc field: "here is a calc field entry",
}
}
}
For a more in depth look at how rich text information is stored and can be retrieved through the Adobe Workfront API, see Rich text fields in the Adobe Workfront API.