Trello API and retrieving list-type values for a card

Question

Howdy!

We use a few custom fields on our cards, but I'm having difficulty retrieving them all via the API. I'm using the /cards/{id}/customFieldItems API to retrieve the items, but that response doesn't include items for any dropdown (list) fields. I've tested with a card that has one field of each type (checked, date, list, number, text) each with a value, and I get a value in the response for every field except the list field.

Is this a known issue? Is there some other way to get values for list fields?

- Toby

Toby Crawley · Accepted Answer

Ah, I see the problem. List field values *aren't* returned as strings. Instead, you have to use the idValue to look up the text of the option from the field definition.