# Create user field with options

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-user-field-with-options/44427>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [5월 18, 2016, 6:23오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-user-field-with-options/44427 "2016-05-18T06:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@alexu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexu)\
**Post date:** [5월 18, 2016, 7:58오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-user-field-with-options/44427/2 "2016-05-18T19:58:57Z")

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Woohoo, I figured out a way thanks to a random code snippets found on the web.

In local development, run like so:

~/discourse\> rails runner script/import\_scripts/test.rb

# test.rb

```
require "mysql2"

require File.expand_path(File.dirname( __FILE__ ) + "/base.rb")

class ImportScripts::UserFieldCreator < ImportScripts::Base

  def initialize
    super
  end

  def execute
     @interests_field = UserField.find_by_name("My interests5")
     unless @interests_field
       @interests_field = UserField.create(name: "My interests5", description: "Do you like stuff5?", field_type: "text", editable: true, required: true, show_on_profile: true, show_on_user_card: true)
     end

     @interests_field = UserField.find_by_name("My interests7")
     unless @interests_field
       @interests_field = UserField.create(name: "My interests7", description: "Do you like stuff6?", field_type: "dropdown", editable: true, required: true, show_on_profile: true, show_on_user_card: true)
        UserFieldOption.create(user_field_id: @interests_field.id, value: 'not really')
        UserFieldOption.create(user_field_id: @interests_field.id, value: 'a bit')
        UserFieldOption.create(user_field_id: @interests_field.id, value: 'some')
        UserFieldOption.create(user_field_id: @interests_field.id, value: 'a lot')
     end
  end
end

if __FILE__ ==$0
  ImportScripts::UserFieldCreator.new.perform
end

```

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