CATSONE Custom Feilds Order Sequence

[Ahsan Hussain]

Hi

I've been working on CATS API V3, and I've up to 45+ custom fields in my candidates section. now I've been told that CATS don't return more then 25 custom fields either in Search Candidate OR Get a Candidate.

So i decided to check the sequence of custom fields but i can't see any sequence in it, neither its on id or name in the provided response of APIs.

So please let me know if there is any way to get to know the sequence and how the CATS returning random but the same custom fields each time. because its no where mentioned in the docs or anywhere else.

Thanks.

[Ahsan Hussain]

Can i sort or rearrange the custom fields in CATS to get the 25 what i am looking for? I want to keep all my fields on CATS but i need the cats the return only those custom fields which i need in my response.

[Anthony Allan]

Hi there,

The ordering of custom fields is on an internal id, which is why it looks consistent but arbitrary to you. Currently, there is no way to re-order them in the system.

The proper way to get all your custom fields for a candidate is to call this endpoint: `candidates/{id}/custom_fields?per_page=100`. This will give you up to 100 custom field values on the item. The `_embedded` snippet on the other endpoints is just meant as a preview.