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GraphQL queries

Querying content

You can query a single Content item or a list of Content items using fields defined in the domain schema.

Get a Content item

To get a specific Content item by its ID, use its relevant singular field, for example article, folder, image, etc.:

{
  content {
    article (id: 55) {
      title
      author {
        name
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "content": {
      "article": {
        "title": "Travel literature, how to get started",
        "author": [
          {
            "name": "Administrator User"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

You can request any Fields of the Content item. In the example above, these are title and author.

Get language versions

To get Fields of a Content item in a specific language, use the language argument. The language must be configured for the current SiteAccess.

{
  content {
    article(id: 57) {
      title: title(language: eng_GB)
      title_PL: title(language: pol_PL)
    }
  }
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "content": {
      "article": {
        "title": "Most interesting cat breeds",
        "title_PL": "Najciekawsze rasy kotów"
      }
    }
  }
}

When you do not specify a language, the response contains the most prioritized translation.

Get a group of Content items

To get a list of all Content items of a selected type, use the plural field, e.g. articles:

{
  content {
    articles {
      edges {
        node {
          _location {
            id
          }
          title
          author {
            name
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "content": {
      "articles": {
        "edges": [
          {
            "node": {
              "_location": {
                "id": 57
              },
              "title": "Travel literature, How to get started",
              "author": [
                {
                  "name": "Administrator User"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          {
            "node": {
              "_location": {
                "id": 58
              },
              "title": "Why we love NYC",
              "author": [
                {
                  "name": "Administrator User"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          # ...
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Edges

edges are used when querying plural fields to offer pagination.

Get Content Type information

To get the IDs and names of all Fields in the article Content Type:

{
  content {
    _types {
      article{
        _info {
          fieldDefinitions{
            id
            name
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "content": {
      "_types": {
        "article": {
          "_info": {
            "fieldDefinitions": [
              {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Title"
              },
              {
                "id": 152,
                "name": "Short title"
              },
              {
                "id": 153,
                "name": "Author"
              },
              {
                "id": 120,
                "name": "Intro"
              },
              {
                "id": 121,
                "name": "Body"
              },
              {
                "id": 123,
                "name": "Enable comments"
              },
              {
                "id": 154,
                "name": "Image"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Querying Locations

To query a Location and its children, use the repository schema:

{
  _repository {
    location(locationId: 2) {
      children {
        edges {
          node {
            content {
              _name
              _type {
                name
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

The query accepts locationId, remoteId, and urlAlias as arguments.

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "_repository": {
      "location": {
        "children": {
          "edges": [
            {
              "node": {
                "content": {
                  "_name": "About us",
                  "_type": {
                    "name": "About"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "node": {
                "content": {
                  "_name": "Travel literature, How to get started",
                  "_type": {
                    "name": "Article"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

You can also query the children of a Content item:

{
  content {
    folder(id: 1) {
      name
      _location {
        children {
          edges {
            # ...
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Filtering

To get all articles with a specific text:

{
  content {
    articles(query: {Text:"travel"}) {
      edges {
        node {
          title
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "content": {
      "articles": {
        "edges": [
          {
            "node": {
              "title": "Travel literature, How to get started"
            }
          },
          {
            "node": {
              "title": "Travel with your dog"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Sorting

You can sort query results using sortBy:

{
  content {
    articles(sortBy: _datePublished) {
      edges {
        node {
          title
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

You can use an array of clauses as well. To reverse the item list, add _desc after the clause:

articles(sortBy:[_datePublished,_desc])

Pagination

GraphQL offers cursor-based pagination for paginating query results.

You can paginate plural fields using edges:

{
  content {
    articles(sortBy: _datePublished, first:3) {
      pageInfo {
        hasNextPage
        endCursor
      }
      edges {
        node {
          title
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

This query returns the first three articles, ordered by their publication date. If the current Connection (list of results) is not finished yet and there are more items to read, hasNextPage will be true.

For the children node, you can use the following pagination method:

{
  _repository {
    location(locationId: 2) {
      children(first: 3) {
        pages {
          number
          cursor
        }
        edges {
          node {
            content {
              _name
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "_repository": {
      "location": {
        "children": {
          "pages": [
            {
              "number": 2,
              "cursor": "YXJyYXljb25uZWN0aW9uOjE="
            },
            {
              "number": 3,
              "cursor": "YXJyYXljb25uZWN0aW9uOjM="
            }
          ],
          "edges": [
            {
              # ...
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

In the response, number contains page numbers, starting with 2 (because 1 is the default).

To request a specific page, provide the cursor as an argument to children:

children(first: 3, after: "YXJyYXljb25uZWN0aW9uOjM=")

Get Matrix Field Type

To get a Matrix Field Type with GraphQL, see Matrix Field Type reference.