<p>You should have a look at the <a href="https://github.com/lewisjenkins/craft-lj-dynamicfields" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LJ Dynamic Fields plugin</a>, it sounds like everything you’re after is already doable with this plugin and if not, you can study the code or build upon it.</p>

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<p>I would like to create a custom dropdown field with dynamic data</p>

<p>Ideally I would get data from one of my services, and then inject it dynamically in the HTML select field</p>

<p>I read the plugin documentation on custom field types, but couldn't find anything about this</p>

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Create custom field type with dynamic data
# Create custom field type with dynamic data

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-20)

I would like to create a custom dropdown field with dynamic data

Ideally I would get data from one of my services, and then inject it dynamically in the HTML select field

I read the plugin documentation on custom field types, but couldn't find anything about this

**Tags:** plugin-development

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-12-20. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You should have a look at the [LJ Dynamic Fields plugin](https://github.com/lewisjenkins/craft-lj-dynamicfields), it sounds like everything you’re after is already doable with this plugin and if not, you can study the code or build upon it.


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