Long Text with /n newline not working

[Kerry_Douglas]

Hi,

I am using the API to create records in aritable, but cannot figure out how to create a new line in a long text field. I am currently passing a string with “/n” in it at the point I would like a new line, but all it does is show “/n” instead of creating a new line.

Any tips appreciated.

[ScottWorld]

You need to use \n, not /n.

[Sean_Douglas]

Whoops, sorry, typo. I used \n and still no luck. Even tried /n just in case, but it still just writes the sentence in one line with the \n in the text.

[ScottWorld]

Hmm, not sure. It works for me. (I am using CURL, not JavaScript.) Maybe someone else will have some additional advice for you.

[Sean_Douglas]

Thanks Scott- appreciate for the effort. I am using Curl also.

My php Code setting up the string (as address):
$shippingaddress = $order->shipping_address_1 . ‘,\n’ . $order->shipping_address_2 . ‘\n’ . $order->shipping_city . ‘,\n’ . $order->shipping_state . ’ ’ .$order->shipping_postcode;

which results in a string something like this being passed to Airtable:
“10 Any Street,\nSuburb,\nVIC3000”

The fields are added into an array, json encoded, then Posted using the following:
curling statement here;
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, “POST”);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_json);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
‘Content-Type: application/json’
));

This works fine, but \n is retained just as sent instead of being read as a line break.

[Sean_Douglas]

I found the problem. It was two-fold.

1. The \n needs to be in double quotes: “\n”
2. I needed to add options to the json_encode as it was adding another
   $data_json = json_encode($data,JSON_UNESCAPED_LINE_TERMINATORS | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);