Text

Open-ended text input. The text.subType field determines whether the question is a short text, long text, or masked text field.

See the Short Text field help article for builder options like min/max length, placeholder, and default values.

Short text

Best for brief, open-ended answers.

Field	Type	Description
`text.subType`	`"shorttext"`	Single-line text input
`text.minLength`	number	Minimum character count
`text.maxLength`	number	Maximum character count

{
  "_id": "6a0ef62a3affac35058b05a9",
  "questionType": "text",
  "question": "Short text field title",
  "placeholder": "Short Text Question Placeholder",
  "displayOrder": 4,
  "isRequired": true,
  "isDeleted": false,
  "isActive": true,
  "description": "Short text Helper text",
  "text": {
    "subType": "shorttext",
    "minLength": 400,
    "maxLength": 30
  }
}

Long text

Multi-line input for longer, detailed responses.

Field	Type	Description
`text.subType`	`"longtext"`	Multi-line text area

{
  "_id": "6a0ef64c3affac35058b05aa",
  "questionType": "text",
  "question": "Long text field title",
  "displayOrder": 5,
  "isRequired": false,
  "isDeleted": false,
  "isActive": true,
  "description": "Long text Helper text",
  "text": {
    "subType": "longtext"
  }
}

Masked text

Forces input to match a pattern. Each @ in the mask represents one character.

Field	Type	Description
`text.subType`	`"maskedtext"`	Pattern-constrained text input
`text.maskPattern`	string	Input mask (for example, `"@@@"`)

{
  "_id": "6a0ef8603affac35058b0796",
  "questionType": "text",
  "question": "Ask your question here",
  "displayOrder": 13,
  "isRequired": false,
  "isDeleted": false,
  "isActive": true,
  "text": {
    "subType": "maskedtext",
    "maskPattern": "@@@"
  }
}