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micha80
Expert
10 years ago

Could not save profile value with REST API

Hi,   I want to save a profile variable with a new value using the rest api. I checked the normal form names and values and recreated a custom settings area.   I could read the most values with t...
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OlivierS
Lithium Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago

micha80 

 

It shouldn't matter, but what happens if you change the order of the options?

 

<select class="lia-form-boardDistributionFrequency-input" name="boardDistributionFrequency" id="boardDistributionFrequency" data-key="board.sub_email_delivery_freq">
<option title="Sofort" value="immediate">Sofort</option>
<option title="Nie" value="never">Nie</option>
<option title="In einer Tagesübersicht" value="daily" selected="">In einer Tagesübersicht</option>
<option title="In einer Wochenübersicht" value="weekly">In einer Wochenübersicht</option>
</select>

 

Again, it shouldn't matter, but what happens if you keep the option for 'never' in English?

 

<select class="lia-form-boardDistributionFrequency-input" name="boardDistributionFrequency" id="boardDistributionFrequency" data-key="board.sub_email_delivery_freq">
<option title="Never" value="never">Never</option>
<option title="Sofort" value="immediate">Sofort</option>
<option title="In einer Tagesübersicht" value="daily" selected="">In einer Tagesübersicht</option>
<option title="In einer Wochenübersicht" value="weekly">In einer Wochenübersicht</option>
</select>

 

Lastly, what happen if you set the value to Immediate, manually. then try to set it up to Nie? You might receive an error 503 as the value is already set to Nie ...

 

  • tripp-bishop's avatar
    tripp-bishop
    Mentor
    10 years ago
    it sounds to me like the values of that profile field are constrained and that "never" is probably not a recognized value. Sometimes, REST calls will display a list of legal entries. Can you make a direct call and see if you can get back a useful error message rather than a useless 503?
    • micha80's avatar
      micha80
      Expert
      10 years ago

      OlivierS 

      tripp-bishop 

       

      Thanks for your replies!

       

      When I paste the following URL in the browser then I get an error 100: /users/self/profiles/name/board.sub_email_delivery_freq/set?value=never

       

      The error message is that the value must be one of the following values: immediate, daily, weekly

       

      But what if I want to set it to never which is an option on the original forms?

       

      Regards,

      Michael

      • tripp-bishop's avatar
        tripp-bishop
        Mentor
        10 years ago
        Have you tried not specifying any value? Definitely sounds like "never" is not a legal value.