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I am calling the create Pledge API ( v3) as follows:

Params for pledge API: Array ( [contact_id] => 8351 [pledge_create_date] => 20011231 [start_date] => 20011231 [scheduled_date] => 20011231 [pledge_amount] => 110.25 [pledge_status_id] => 2 [contribution_type_id] => 57 [pledge_original_installment_amount] => 110.25 [frequency_interval] => 1 [frequency_unit] => month [frequency_day] => 1 [note] => Carried forward balance [installments] => 1 [version] => 3 )


the call itself:
 $created_result_pledge =& civicrm_api('Pledge','Create',$params_pledge);

Then I print out the result:

Array ( [is_error] => 0 [version] => 3 [count] => 1 [id] => 76277 [values] => Array ( [76277] => Array ( [id] => 76277 [contact_id] => 8351 [contribution_type_id] => [contribution_page_id] => [amount] => 110.25 [original_installment_amount] => 110.25 [currency] => USD [frequency_unit] => month [frequency_interval] => 1 [frequency_day] => 1 [installments] => 1 [start_date] => 20011231 [create_date] => 20011231 [acknowledge_date] => [modified_date] => [cancel_date] => [end_date] => [honor_contact_id] => [honor_type_id] => [max_reminders] => [initial_reminder_day] => [additional_reminder_day] => [status_id] => 2 [is_test] => [campaign_id] => ) ) )


For some reason the "contribution_type_id" is not honored. If I look at the records in the table "civicrm_pledge" the column for contribution type is null.

I got it working by changing the parm name to "pledge_contribution_type_id".

But, what is the purpose of the other parm ( which I had been using without issue with v2 of the API) ?

Eileen you are right usually we prefix like "pledge_contribution_type_id" to avoid conflicts between fields that have same name and are in different tables.

Kurund

Not sure about the create but pretty sure on the GET it uses the BAO Query.php which also touches contribution_type_id.

Pledge is a real minefield from the point of view of unique fields & somewhat random field behaviour. The fields you get back on GET are plucked out of thin air.

Not sure why I started with the hardest api.