---
title: Possible Field Types
description: Field types available in the components endpoint of the Management API.
url: https://storyblok.com/docs/api/management/components/possible-field-types
---

# Possible Field Types

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `bloks` | Blocks: a field to interleave other components in your current one |
| `text` | Text: a text field |
| `textarea` | Textarea: a text area |
| `richtext` | Richtext: a richtext field |
| `markdown` | Markdown: write markdown with a text area and additional formatting options |
| `number` | Number: a number field |
| `datetime` | Date/Time: a date and time picker |
| `boolean` | Boolean: a checkbox - true/false |
| `option` | Single-Option: a single dropdown |
| `options` | Multi-Options: a list of checkboxes that allows multi-select |
| `asset` | Asset: Single asset (images, videos, audio, and documents) |
| `multiasset` | Multi-Assets: (images, videos, audio, and documents) |
| `multilink` | Link: an input field for adding links like internal linking to other stories, emails etc. |
| `table` | Table: a field for table format |
| `section` | Group: no input possibility - allows you to group fields in sections |
| `custom` | Plugin: Extend the editor yourself with a color picker or similar. Please take a look at Introduction to Field Plugins |
| `image` | Image (old): a upload field for a single image with cropping possibilities |
| `file` | File (old): a upload field for a single file |

Example object

```json
{
  "field_key": {
    "type": "text"
  }
}
```

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