Returning Custom Fields

[jledfordtbc]

I am not understanding how I can pull in custom fields data. As an example I have a ChannelImages field and it simple pulls in ChannelImages for the data. The document says to specify a channel and I believe I am doing that, but if you could point me in the right direction it would be most appreciated.

my code
{exp:json:entries channel="{segment_4}" fields="title|url_title|page_images" limit="10" jsonp="yes" callback="callback"}

[rsanchez]

I’m afraid there’s no support for Channel Images built in. Any custom field that stores its data in a separate database table needs to have an adapter written for it. This is how the built-in support for Matrix and Grid works. I did once receive a pull request that added Channel Files support: #41 #41. I’d gladly accept a pull request with Channel Images support.

[jledfordtbc]

Does channel files work without any extra manipulation? Or how do I access the data in that field type? I have that as well and will look at adding a pull request for channel images if I get channel files working.

Thanks.

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I’m afraid there’s no support for Channel Images built in. Any custom field that stores its data in a separate database table needs to have an adapter written for it. This is how the built-in support for Matrix and Grid works. I did once receive a pull request that added Channel Files support: #41 #41. I’d gladly accept a pull request with Channel Images support.

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[rsanchez]

You should need to do anything extra to get channel files working, see the output format for channel files in the docs here: https://github.com/rsanchez/json#channel-files

[jledfordtbc]

I apologize if I am being dense. In my output for a channel file field I am just getting
"fieldname":[]

No values are coming through on the output. Do I need to specify that fieldname in a fields list and select it specifically in the json:entries line? Thanks in advanced for your help.

[rsanchez]

No, you shouldn't need to. It should just automatically work. The fact that it's coming back to you as an array (albeit empty) and not a string makes me thing that it is indeed passing through the channel files adapter. The Channel Files adapter was written by someone else, so I'm not entirely sure it works. Never used Channel Files myself. You might have to dive into the code to do some debugging.