Hi folks,
I am currently in the process of migrating my current client from another CRM product to HubSpot. This implies migrating some source data into custom properties, which I would like to be able to create programmatically for a fully automatic and repeatable process.
I have been able to develop a working solution using the Company Properties API, but one detail remains: is it possible to programmatically set a property to be displayed as currency, just like when one checks the relevant checkbox in the UI?
Thanks in advance!
Hi, @metamatik.
This is certainly possible!
I just created a new custom contact property with the Currency box checked with the following payload:
{
"name": "test_currency_property",
"label": "Test Currency Property",
"description": "A test currency property created via the Contact Properties API.",
"groupName": "contactinformation",
"type": "number",
"fieldType": "number",
"formField": true,
"displayOrder": 6,
"displayMode":"current_value",
"showCurrencySymbol":true
}
Note the parameters "displayMode":"current_value" and "showCurrencySymbol":true.
Thank you very much Isaac!
As I was unable to find guidance in the documentation, I had fiddled around a bit and tried to add
showCurrencySymbol
to the payload, but it hadn’t worked. Also adding
displayMode
was the trick 
As an aside, is my assessment correct that these parameters are not documented at the moment? Not looking to blame anyone here, but if they are I’d be interested in the relevant URL since I might need to use more in the near future ^^
(also, meta-annoyance: the rich text editor here is preventing me from using
<code>
tags in my reply to you :p)
Apologies for the delayed response, @metamatik.
Glad I could help!
You are absolutely correct that this isn’t currently documented; thanks for bringing this to our attention. I’ve shared feedback with the team which manages the docs.
I actually found the solution by creating a currency property in the UI and then retreiving its meta data with the Get a contact property endpoint. I then created a new currency property with this endpoint
.
Hi, I have created a custom contact property but I can not understand where I need to put it and how can I call them or what process I need to do to add created JSON property on Hubspot contact property. Thanks
Hi, @abdurrakib136.
Are you also trying to create a custom contact property which reflects currency?
It sounds like you’ve already created a custom contact property, perhaps in the UI, but are having trouble updating it via the Contact Properties API. Is that accurate?
If so, could you share a few details of what you have done so far and where you are getting stuck? Please share your Hub ID and the custom property’s internal name to start.