Schema: content_block_contact

Frontend schema

This schema doesn’t have a frontend schema. This means that it should not be used by rendering applications.

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Publisher content schema

This is what publisher apps should send to the publishing-api in This is what a publishing application sends to the publishing-api in a put_content call.

Attributes

access_limited object	auth_bypass_ids Deprecated: auth_bypass_ids should be sent as a separate field organisations A list of organisation content ids permitted access to this item users array
analytics_identifier string or null	A short identifier we send to Google Analytics for multi-valued fields. This means we avoid the truncated values we would get if we sent the path or slug of eg organisations.
auth_bypass_ids array
base_path null
bulk_publishing boolean
change_note ["null", "string"]
content_id_alias or null
description or null
details object	addresses object contact_links object description string email_addresses object telephones object
document_type string	Allowed values: content_block_contact
first_published_at string	The date the content was first published. Automatically determined by the publishing-api, unless overridden by the publishing application.
instructions_to_publishers or null
last_edited_at string	Last time when the content received a major or minor update.
last_edited_by_editor_id string	The UUID of the editor who edited the content.
links object	embed Content that will be embedded within the document, using embed tags. policy_areas A largely deprecated tag currently only used to power email alerts. primary_publishing_organisation The organisation that published the content block. Corresponds to the Edition’s ‘Organisation’ in Whitehall, and is empty for all other publishing applications.
locale string	Allowed values: ar, az, be, bg, bn, cs, cy, da, de, dr, el, en, es, es-419, et, fa, fi, fr, gd, gu, he, hi, hr, hu, hy, id, is, it, ja, ka, kk, ko, ky, lt, lv, ms, mt, ne, nl, no, pa, pa-pk, pl, ps, pt, ro, ru, si, sk, sl, so, sq, sr, sv, sw, ta, th, tk, tr, uk, ur, uz, vi, yi, zh, zh-hk, zh-tw
need_ids array
phase string	The service design phase of this content item - https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/phases Allowed values: alpha, beta, live
previous_version string
public_updated_at string	When the content was last significantly changed (a major update). Shown to users. Automatically determined by the publishing-api, unless overridden by the publishing application.
publishing_app string	The application that published this item. Allowed values: account-api, calculators, calendars, collections-publisher, contacts, content-publisher, content-tagger, email-alert-frontend, external-link-tracker, feedback, frontend, government-frontend, hmrc-manuals-api, local-links-manager, manuals-publisher, maslow, performanceplatform-big-screen-view, publisher, publishing-api, rummager, search-admin, search-api, service-manual-publisher, share-sale-publisher, short-url-manager, smartanswers, specialist-publisher, static, tariff, travel-advice-publisher, whitehall
redirects array
rendering_app null
routes array
schema_name string	Allowed values: content_block_contact
title string
update_type	Allowed values: major, minor, republish

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Random example

{
  "access_limited": {
    "auth_bypass_ids": [
      "bfeb8cab-4bdc-127e-a67a-8c0fea6ef517",
      "4495505b-4b90-1cdf-a5a4-b3adeae7bad5",
      "ed3cd8e6-cbd3-11c3-a450-e6dda3ce6e5d",
      "3daf01af-d8dd-1045-aefb-2ef9f0c41d94",
      "2c3c7a3a-aec3-1f6a-a54b-4aad1d71e255",
      "db6904a8-fcd3-1d49-ac28-c22a92cfeaed"
    ]
  },
  "content_id_alias": "Pellentesque Mauris Sed Nam eros. dolor eu nisl",
  "details": {
    "addresses": {},
    "description": "sed tristique netus ac vel Duis interdum. tempor Pellentesque turpis ac libero. tempor vel et Suspendisse nibh lorem eros. vestibulum. nibh. senectus nisl ipsum hendrerit morbi massa a molestie dolor mauris imperdiet porttitor Ut Lorem fames eu scelerisque. volutpat Nam bibendum. egestas. est. tristique lectus ultricies leo eu non sem cursus ac sit finibus in Aenean ac adipiscing consectetur sagittis orci Ut Mauris Nam purus sollicitudin risus risus amet molestie Quisque habitant at et elit. interdum. aliquet. Sed dolor suscipit non pellentesque malesuada",
    "email_addresses": {},
    "telephones": {}
  },
  "document_type": "content_block_contact",
  "first_published_at": "2026-07-28T15:52:03+00:00",
  "instructions_to_publishers": null,
  "last_edited_at": "2024-09-01T03:25:49+00:00",
  "links": {
    "embed": [
      "4f55fb35-efc3-11be-acea-b9bf06ff1cbe"
    ],
    "primary_publishing_organisation": [
      "cbfa7fb2-e45e-18c0-ac07-ba47b7eeee2c"
    ]
  },
  "locale": "et",
  "need_ids": [
    "porttitor scelerisque. morbi Suspendisse ipsum Nam egestas. dolor eu orci a in Sed lorem mauris finibus vel adipiscing ultricies dolor tristique habitant non Lorem",
    "dolor molestie Pellentesque leo purus risus lorem porttitor Quisque nibh tempor Suspendisse molestie interdum. ac netus suscipit vestibulum. vel bibendum. malesuada ultricies Nam a sagittis ac Aenean ac tristique elit. est. at Ut imperdiet scelerisque. adipiscing Nam mauris morbi cursus Mauris volutpat egestas. et eu non orci habitant Sed interdum. turpis sollicitudin sem fames in ac nisl non nibh. ipsum Lorem finibus massa pellentesque sed aliquet. Ut tempor Duis senectus tristique",
    "Nam libero. finibus imperdiet Ut",
    "tempor hendrerit turpis Suspendisse Ut massa interdum. suscipit sollicitudin consectetur amet sagittis vel risus fames ac leo Mauris morbi imperdiet risus nisl bibendum. at lorem nibh cursus ac dolor senectus molestie sed finibus mauris Duis porttitor non netus molestie ipsum",
    "nisl",
    "pellentesque Lorem porttitor turpis eu adipiscing ultricies morbi interdum. ac elit. sollicitudin sed suscipit lorem volutpat lectus vestibulum. non senectus egestas. ac nibh. habitant tempor Duis nisl tristique fames Mauris netus est. libero. mauris nibh Quisque risus Nam interdum. risus scelerisque. leo ipsum massa tristique et at vel sit non orci eros.",
    "imperdiet ac tristique nisl vel ac non consectetur ipsum bibendum. massa senectus dolor scelerisque. habitant vestibulum. interdum. ac pellentesque Suspendisse volutpat",
    "eu tempor egestas. Mauris turpis senectus nibh. et elit. dolor eros. ac lectus",
    "volutpat scelerisque. vel leo hendrerit tempor pellentesque libero. orci eros. imperdiet ac Ut lectus nibh. nisl sagittis tristique netus interdum. Lorem sed Suspendisse eu massa ac Duis risus risus et ultricies senectus finibus sollicitudin sem porttitor molestie tempor vel fames non dolor ac eu nibh cursus malesuada mauris Aenean habitant purus a lorem Nam consectetur molestie Sed ipsum in tristique morbi dolor sit suscipit Nam ac adipiscing Pellentesque Mauris est. elit. egestas. aliquet. at non interdum. amet vestibulum. turpis et Ut bibendum. Quisque"
  ],
  "previous_version": "hendrerit Nam in volutpat tempor nisl suscipit Quisque purus ipsum lorem ac Nam cursus a eros. molestie tristique morbi ultricies fames sit mauris",
  "publishing_app": "feedback",
  "rendering_app": null,
  "routes": [
    "libero. vel Sed adipiscing porttitor Suspendisse eu volutpat ac interdum. sem Duis dolor Ut mauris eros. imperdiet risus tristique in vel malesuada vestibulum. molestie Lorem egestas. leo sollicitudin at finibus habitant Ut non molestie et lectus eu Mauris non hendrerit ultricies interdum. est. tempor morbi consectetur cursus et ac massa sit ac sagittis Nam ipsum netus fames lorem bibendum. senectus scelerisque. risus Pellentesque aliquet. elit. ac a tempor nibh turpis Aenean nisl Quisque",
    "et adipiscing at lorem massa",
    ""
  ],
  "schema_name": "content_block_contact",
  "title": "nisl dolor lectus ac Mauris habitant scelerisque. pellentesque cursus ac ultricies eu vestibulum. consectetur vel imperdiet et ac senectus Quisque suscipit orci non Suspendisse risus molestie et tristique egestas. leo non purus netus morbi Nam porttitor Aenean tristique sem at turpis ac massa Sed Nam nibh. tempor tempor Pellentesque libero. interdum. molestie volutpat nibh malesuada ipsum sollicitudin bibendum. mauris aliquet. est. sagittis Ut Duis amet adipiscing eros. Ut"
}

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Publisher links schema

The links for this item. This is what a publishing application sends in a patch_links call.

Attributes

bulk_publishing boolean
links object	finder Powers links from content back to finders the content is surfaced on lead_organisations DEPRECATED: A subset of organisations that should be emphasised in relation to this content item. All organisations specified here should also be part of the organisations array. mainstream_browse_pages Powers the /browse section of the site. These are known as sections in some legacy apps. meets_user_needs The user needs this piece of content meets. ordered_related_items Related items, can be any page on GOV.UK. Mostly used for mainstream content to power the sidebar. Ordering of the links is determined by the editor in Content Tagger. ordered_related_items_overrides Related items, can be any page on GOV.UK. Overrides ‘more like this’ automatically generated links in the beta navigation. organisations All organisations linked to this content item. This should include lead organisations. original_primary_publishing_organisation The organisation that published the original version of the page. Corresponds to the first of the ‘Lead organisations’ in Whitehall for the first edition, and is empty for all other publishing applications. parent The parent content item. policy_areas A largely deprecated tag currently only used to power email alerts. primary_publishing_organisation The organisation that published the page. Corresponds to the first of the ‘Lead organisations’ in Whitehall, and is empty for all other publishing applications. suggested_ordered_related_items Used for displaying related content on most pages, except for step-by-step and fatality notices. Links and their ordering are determined by the machine learning algorithms. taxons Prototype-stage taxonomy label for this content item
previous_version string

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Random example

{
  "bulk_publishing": true,
  "links": {
    "lead_organisations": [
      "feb8cab4-bdc2-17e6-a7a8-c0fea6ef5174"
    ],
    "organisations": [
      "aaa5b4b9-0cdf-15a4-ab3a-deae7bad5ed3",
      "cd8e6cbd-31c3-1450-ae6d-da3ce6e5d3da",
      "f01afd8d-d045-1efb-a2ef-9f0c41d942c3",
      "c7a3aaec-3f6a-154b-a4aa-d1d71e255db6"
    ],
    "parent": [],
    "suggested_ordered_related_items": [
      "a8fcd3d4-9c28-1c22-aa92-cfeaed226c5a",
      "21eaedea-11fb-173d-ae1b-3e6f10367a48",
      "16aaa975-c681-13f5-a9a6-a7b3dcdb4f55",
      "fb35efc3-1bec-1eab-a9bf-06ff1cbe91fa"
    ]
  }
}