Data types

Available data types
There are general types (e.g. string), subtypes (e.g. email) and formatting options for some of them.
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:
[email protected]
string
phone
—
String of numbers
// Example:
79201231212
string
color
—
 HEX color
// Example:
#AAA012
string
webLink
—
some URL
// Example:
http://directual.com
string
youTube
—
Youtube URL
// Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4U232MuTG4
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
—
​Formatting date format​
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
geo-data
array of objects, that include coordinates, title, image (link) and a description
// JSON example
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.
File
image
—
= String, the URL of the image (PNG, SVG, JPG, BMP).
File
multipleImages
—
= String, the URLs of images, comma separated.
File
multipleFiles
—
 String, the URLs of files, comma separated.
Operator
—
​
Comparison operator from the list.
// Examples:
>
<=
like
isEmpty
​

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