Filter Channels with custom metadata

[fgirardey]

Hi everyone!

I can't find out how to filter channels with a custom field, is there a way to do so?

It seems that the documentation only points out how to filter with built
-in fields.

[VelikovPetar]

Hi @fgirardey,

You can filter on custom fields by directly using the filed name in a filter:

val filter = Filters.eq("your_custom_boolean_field", true)

Assuming your_custom_boolean_field exists in the Channel.extraData.

However we don't recommend doing this, because the queries are not optimised for custom fields, and you might experience performance issues. You can potentially take a look at filtering by filter_tags (See the section Filtering by tags on this page). You can specify custom tags for the channel at creation time, which you can then use to filter against. Perhaps this approach would also be suitable for your use case!

Best regards,
Petar