Long Text
The long text column holds texts of up to 2,000 characters in length.
Check out our help center to learn more about the long text column.
Reading the long text column
You can return the data in a long text column in two different formats. The text field will return the data as a simple string, and the value field will return the data as a JSON string.
Here is an example payload showing both fields:
{
"text": "Insert long text over 2,000 characters here.",
"value": "{\"text\":\"Insert long text over 2,000 characters here.\",\"changed_at\":\"2022-07-21T12:00:00.000Z\"}"
}
Updating the long text column
You can update a long text column with both a simple string and a JSON string.
Simple strings
To update the long text column, send a string with up to 2,000 characters.
For example: "Sample text"
JSON
To update the long text column, send a string up to 2,000 characters with the key “text”.
For example: "{\"text\":\"Sample text\"}"
Code example
mutation {
change_multiple_column_values(item_id:11111, board_id:22222, column_values: "{\"long_text1\" : {\"text\" : \"Sample text\"}}") {
id
}
}
fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
method: 'post',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValues:JSON!) { change_multiple_column_values(item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_values: $myColumnValues) { id }}",
variables : JSON.stringify({
myBoardId: YOUR_BOARD_ID,
myItemId: YOUR_ITEM_ID,
myColumnValues: "{\"long_text1\" : {\"text\" : \"Sample text\"}}"
})
})
})
curl "https://api.monday.com/v2" \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-H "Authorization:MY_API_KEY" \
-d '{"query":"mutation{change_multiple_column_values(item_id:162169283, board_id:162169280, column_values:\"{\\\"long_text1\\\" : {\\\"text\\\" : \\\"Sample text\\\"}}\"){name}}"}'
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Updated 7 days ago