# Creating and Adding Values to \`custom\_fields\` via API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-adding-values-to-custom-fields-via-api/93477>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 30, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-adding-values-to-custom-fields-via-api/93477 "2018-07-30T14:00:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-and-adding-values-to-custom-fields-via-api/93477/5 "2018-08-06T23:33:03Z")

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When updating the custom fields via the API, use the custom fields ‘number’ and not it’s name. If ‘test-val’ were the first field you created, the data line of your script would be:  
`-d '{ "user_fields": { "1": "0.1" } }'`

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