--- schema_version: "1" id: 10d3c02fe7ddd9c48423dd7027a6dccebb2de44d05bcbec37862a2e5a8561d72 title: ContentArea collection: developer version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/developer/current/en-us/marketing-cloud/guides/mc-apis/apicontentarea.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/apicontentarea.html source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: be8192f998a3778eed7d25a89b2067e1b6f6dc6a8f20e99d52ebe807ea4bdab1 products: - Marketing Cloud Engagement APIs and Programmatic Languages - Marketing Cloud --- # ContentArea Represents a section of reusable content in an email. **note:** The ContentArea object is associated with classic content. We recommend that you use Content Builder to create content blocks. See [Content Builder Blocks](/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/blocks.html). ## Properties | Name | Data Type | Description | | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `BackgroundColor` | String | Indicates background color of content area. | | `BorderColor` | String | Indicates color of border surrounding content area. | | `BorderWidth` | Int | Indicates pixel width of border surrounding content area. | | `CategoryID` | Int | Specifies the identifier of the folder. | | `Cellpadding` | Int | Indicates pixel value of padding around content area. | | `Cellspacing` | Int | Indicates pixel value of spacing for content area. | | `Client` | [ClientID](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/clientid.md) object | Specifies the account ownership and context of an object. | | `Content` | String | Identifies content contained in a content area. | | `CorrelationID` | String | Identifies correlation of objects across several requests. | | `CreatedDate` | DateTime | The date and time when the object was created. | | `CustomerKey` | String | User-supplied unique identifier for an object within an object type. This property corresponds to the external key assigned to an object. | | `FontFamily` | String | Indicates font family used in content area. | | `HasFontSize` | Boolean | Indicates whether the content area includes a specified font size or not. | | `ID` | Int | Read-only identifier for an object. Some objects use the ObjectID property as a unique ID. | | `IsBlank` | Boolean | Indicates if specified content area contains no content. | | `IsDynamicContent` | Boolean | Indicates if specific content area contains dynamic content. | | `IsLocked` | Boolean | Indicates if specific email content area within an Enterprise or Enterprise 2.0 account is locked and can’t be changed by subaccounts. | | `IsSurvey` | Boolean | Indicates whether a specific content area contains survey questions. | | `Key` | String | Specifies key associated with content area in HTML body. Relates to the Email object via a custom type. | | `Layout` | [LayoutType](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/layouttype.md) object | The layout type of the content area. Accepted values are `HTMLWrapped`, `RawText`, and `SMS`. The layout value `HTMLWrapped` displays as a Free Form orientation content area in the UI. The value `RawText` displays as HTML only. | | `ModifiedDate` | String | The date and time when the object was last modified. | | `Name` | String | Name of the object or property. | | `ObjectID` | String | System-controlled, read-only text string identifier for object. | | `ObjectState` | String | Not used. | | `Owner` | [Owner](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/owner.md) object | Describes account ownership of subscriber in an on-your-behalf account. | | `PartnerKey` | String | Unique identifier provided by partner for an object. This property is accessible only via API. | | `PartnerProperties` | Array of [APIProperty](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/apiproperty.md) objects | A collection of metadata supplied by the client and stored by the system. These properties are accessible only via API. | | `Width` | Int | Indicates pixel width of content area. | ## Related Items - [Supported Operations for Objects and Methods](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/supported_operations_for_objects_and_methods.md) - [Asset endpoints in the REST API](/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/references/mc_rest_assets)