Unable to create custom-fields via API #4509

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opened 2025-12-29 18:36:50 +01:00 by adam · 0 comments
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Originally created by @alop on GitHub (Jan 28, 2021).

Environment

  • Python version: 3.8
  • NetBox version: 2.10.3

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Attempt to create a custom-field
curl -H "content-type: application/json" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: <TOKEN> -X POST "https://netbox/api/extras/custom-fields/" -d '{"content_types":["ipam.ipaddress"],"name":"test_session_id","type":{"value":"text","label":"Text"},"label":"Test Session Index","description":"Index of the session to which IP address is assigned.","required":true,"default":null}'

Expected Behavior

Expected a 201 response about a new custom-field being created

Observed Behavior

400 Bad Request
{"type":["Value must be passed directly (e.g. \"foo\": 123); do not use a dictionary or list."]}

Originally created by @alop on GitHub (Jan 28, 2021). <!-- NOTE: IF YOUR ISSUE DOES NOT FOLLOW THIS TEMPLATE, IT WILL BE CLOSED. This form is only for reporting reproducible bugs. If you need assistance with NetBox installation, or if you have a general question, please start a discussion instead: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/discussions Please describe the environment in which you are running NetBox. Be sure that you are running an unmodified instance of the latest stable release before submitting a bug report, and that any plugins have been disabled. --> ### Environment * Python version: 3.8 * NetBox version: 2.10.3 <!-- Describe in detail the exact steps that someone else can take to reproduce this bug using the current stable release of NetBox. Begin with the creation of any necessary database objects and call out every operation being performed explicitly. If reporting a bug in the REST API, be sure to reconstruct the raw HTTP request(s) being made: Don't rely on a client library such as pynetbox. --> ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Attempt to create a custom-field 2. ``` curl -H "content-type: application/json" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: <TOKEN> -X POST "https://netbox/api/extras/custom-fields/" -d '{"content_types":["ipam.ipaddress"],"name":"test_session_id","type":{"value":"text","label":"Text"},"label":"Test Session Index","description":"Index of the session to which IP address is assigned.","required":true,"default":null}' ``` 3. <!-- What did you expect to happen? --> ### Expected Behavior Expected a 201 response about a new custom-field being created <!-- What happened instead? --> ### Observed Behavior 400 Bad Request `{"type":["Value must be passed directly (e.g. \"foo\": 123); do not use a dictionary or list."]}`
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Reference: starred/netbox#4509