POST api/v2.0/Demographics/AddDemographicCategory

Add a new demographic category. Can only be accessed by an Admin user.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Name: string, Description: string, IsNetwork: (Optional, Defaults to False) If True, contacts with demographics in this category will be placed into networks associated with those demographics., IsFreeFormAllowed: (Optional, Defaults False) If True, users will be able to supply their own custom values for this demographic category., IsMultiSelect: (Optional, Defaults to False) If True, users will be able to select multiple values for this demographic category., IsPerson: (Optional, Defaults to True) If True, this demographic category can be associated with contacts that have the IsCompany flag set to False. IsCompany: (Optional, Defaults to False) If True, this demographic category can be associated with contacts that have the IsCompany flag set to True. ShowDescriptionOnProfile: (Optional, Defaults to False) If True, the description of this demographic category will appear alongside the demographic on users' profiles.

DemographicTypeRequest

Name	Type	Additional information
Name	string	None.
Description	string	None.
IsNetwork	boolean	None.
IsFreeFormAllowed	boolean	None.
IsMultiSelect	boolean	None.
IsPerson	boolean	None.
IsCompany	boolean	None.
ShowDescriptionInProfile	boolean	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "Name": "sample string 1",
  "Description": "sample string 2",
  "IsNetwork": true,
  "IsFreeFormAllowed": true,
  "IsMultiSelect": true,
  "IsPerson": true,
  "IsCompany": true,
  "ShowDescriptionInProfile": true
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<DemographicTypeRequest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/HigherLogic.API.Models.Enterprise.Request">
  <Description>sample string 2</Description>
  <IsCompany>true</IsCompany>
  <IsFreeFormAllowed>true</IsFreeFormAllowed>
  <IsMultiSelect>true</IsMultiSelect>
  <IsNetwork>true</IsNetwork>
  <IsPerson>true</IsPerson>
  <Name>sample string 1</Name>
  <ShowDescriptionInProfile>true</ShowDescriptionInProfile>
</DemographicTypeRequest>

Response Information

Resource Description

DemographicType

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
DemographicTypeKey	Unique key for the Demographic Type.	globally unique identifier	None.
Name	Name of the Demographic Type.	string	None.
Description	Description of the Demographic Type.	string	None.
IsNetwork	Is this Demographic Type associated with a Network?	boolean	None.
IsFreeFormAllowed	Can this Demographic Type be used with Free-Form Demographic entries?	boolean	None.
IsMultiSelect	Is this Demographic Type to be used with Multi-select responses.	boolean	None.
IsPerson	Is this Demographic Type related to Contacts?	boolean	None.
ShowDescriptionInProfile	Should this Demographic Type's description be shown in a user's Profile?	boolean	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "DemographicTypeKey": "8862e074-1eee-4530-9f90-20333c07ac58",
  "Name": "sample string 2",
  "Description": "sample string 3",
  "IsNetwork": true,
  "IsFreeFormAllowed": true,
  "IsMultiSelect": true,
  "IsPerson": true,
  "ShowDescriptionInProfile": true
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<DemographicType xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/HigherLogic.API.Models.Enterprise.Demographics">
  <DemographicTypeKey>8862e074-1eee-4530-9f90-20333c07ac58</DemographicTypeKey>
  <Description>sample string 3</Description>
  <IsFreeFormAllowed>true</IsFreeFormAllowed>
  <IsMultiSelect>true</IsMultiSelect>
  <IsNetwork>true</IsNetwork>
  <IsPerson>true</IsPerson>
  <Name>sample string 2</Name>
  <ShowDescriptionInProfile>true</ShowDescriptionInProfile>
</DemographicType>