Data types

Type

Subtype

Formatting options

Description

string

—

—

A sequence of characters used to represent text.

// Example:

Hello world!

string

markdown

—

Formatted text (see markdown cheatsheet)

string

html

—

Formatted HTML text

string

email

—

Formatted email address

// Example:

support@directual.com

string

phone

—

String of numbers

// Example:

79201231212

string

color

—

HEX color

// Example:

#AAA012

string

webLink

—

some URL

// Example:

http://directual.com

number

—

—

A numeric data type from –9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807.

// Examples:

42

-102

0

number

positiveNum

—

Positive number

decimal

—

—

An exact numeric data type. Directual interface displays up to 15 digits.

// Examples:

0.12

-99999999.9999999999

234.23123454

Supports up to 34 digits without any loss and exponent range from –6143 to +6144

Array

—

—

An array is an ordered collection of elements. Each element has its own type.

// Examples:

1,a,hello world,4,true

42.2,{"key1":true,"key2":"hello"},abc

Date

—

—

Date and time. By default has date-time format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ)

Also can be processed as timestamp, which represents the time, in milliseconds since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970.

// Examples:

2019-10-01T10:00:00.000Z = 01 October 2019 10:00:00 in date-time format;

1569924000000 = 01 October 2019 10:00:00 in timestamp format;

Boolean

—

Options names (true and false by default)

The type for yes or no. There are three options for its value: true, false, null

JSON

—

—

JavaScript object notation. Often used in integrations. MDN Documentation.

// Example:

{

"title": "War and peace",

"year": 1865, "Chapters": [1,2,3,4,5,6],

author: {

"name: "Leo",

"last_name": "Tolstoy"

},

"is_favourite": false

}

JSON

checkboxes

Checkbox options + custom option

// JSON example:

{ "option2": true, "customOption": "2021-01-06T00:00:00.000Z" }

JSON

radioOptions

Radio options + custom option

// JSON example:

{ "value": "hello" }

or

{ "customOption": "hello world" }

JSON

slider

Unit name + step + min, max values

// JSON example:

{ "firstValue": 3 }

JSON

rangeSlider

Unit name + step + min, max values

// JSON example:

{ "secondValue": 6, "firstValue": 3 }

JSON

keyValue

key + value + button text

key-value pairs.

// JSON example:

[ { "key": "1", "value": "2" }, { "key": "3", "value": "4" } ]

Link

—

—

The ID of an object from the linked structure.

arrayLink

—

—

Array of Links

File

—

—

= String, the URL of the file. Here the fileUpload structure is often used.

Operator

—

​

Comparison operator from the list.

// Examples:

>

<=

like

isEmpty