Author Topic: How to get employer_id from the API? (Read 477 times)

samknelson · September 09, 2015, 05:00:14 am

I'm having trouble getting the empoyer_id from the API. On the public API explorer,

http://dmaster.demo.civicrm.org/civicrm/api/explorer#explorer

$result = civicrm_api3('Contact', 'get', array(
'sequential' => 1,
'id' => 25,
));

outputs the employer name, but not the employer ID. When I try to do a getvalue on the specific field -- listed as one of the options:

$result = civicrm_api3('Contact', 'getvalue', array(
'sequential' => 1,
'return' => "employer_id",
'id' => 25,
));

it throws a "field employer_id unset or not existing". I can go straight to the database, but I'd rather do it through the API. Any hints? Thank you!

Eileen · September 09, 2015, 02:01:12 pm

The contact api is a bit random because it uses the BAO Query object rather than the api-query-code. If you don't feel like going there & submitting a patch your options are

1) submit a unit test instead - if someone submits a JIRA on the api with a test we try pretty hard to fix them
2) use the relationship api instead - since you know the relationship type & there is 'usually' only one

samknelson · September 10, 2015, 06:10:37 am

Thanks for your answer, Eileen. I'll try to submit a patch.

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