Updating Custom Fields with API

[swdvv18]

I am using Formidable Forms and Formidable API to link up with eMembers and update a member’s profile. The core fields are working great with the Update form I created, but I still can not update the custom fields.

I have installed eMember in the last few months, using v10.0.4.

I have tried several variations of the field name, but I am not sure if its that.

I have one very basic text field, Test Field, that I am using for testing purposes.

I am missing something on the field name? or is there another method to update custom fields?

Ultimately I have 2 radio fields that I would like to update through my form.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

[wzp]

If the custom field name has a space character, replace it with an underscore. Are you using this API to access the custom fields?

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/how-to-retrieve-and-show-a-particular-info-of-the-logged-in-member#post-33345

[swdvv18]

Hi,

I can retrieve the field values from the text field into the form using eMember shortcode, [wp_eMember_user_details user_info=”Test_Field”].

It’s when I try to update the text field value using the API update.php that I run into problems. All the core fields I can update.

Here is the Formidable Forms API screen.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yv1aoX0_gALXboTBWND9qJjWZI3BKvQq/view?usp=sharing

I have a log result from FF API and it says it was successful, but when I check the member profile (WP eMember > Members > Edit) the test field is not updated.

Is there a log that I can check if there is an error?

frm_action

1390

frm_entry

190

frm_code

200

frm_message

Success!

Member profile updated.

frm_url

xxxx/wp-content/plugins/wp-eMember/api/update.php (I edited the path on my development server)

frm_request

secret_key=v76uzeyuswep&member_id=26&Test_Field=Toaster&first_name=Daffy&last_name=Duck

frm_headers

Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

[wzp]

If you look inside the api/update.php file at about line 44, there is a list of the fields that can be updated. Those are the fields that are part of the member’s basic profile.

Currently, there is no provision in api/update.php to handle the updating of custom fields.

Note: The api/query.php file seems to support custom field queries, so I don’t see why updating of custom fields couldn’t be done as well.

[swdvv18]

Ok, that was a great starting point.

I managed to inject code from eMember_profile_utils.php and custom_field_template.php in the root folder of eMember into the api/update.php to accomplish what I wanted.

Obviously this solution will be a problem with updates, but can live with it for now.

Thank you for help.

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