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#Create different field types

The following example shows you how to use the Management SDK with different field types.

Please consider that the example shown here creates fields in a certain order because said fields depend on something being created before them as part of the schema.

import {
Client,
RelationalFieldType,
SimpleFieldType,
VisibilityTypes,
} from '@hygraph/management-sdk';
const client = new Client({
authToken: '',
endpoint: '',
});
client.createModel({
apiId: 'Page',
apiIdPlural: 'Pages',
displayName: 'Page',
});
client.createModel({
apiId: 'Author',
apiIdPlural: 'Authors',
displayName: 'Author',
});
client.createModel({
apiId: 'Book',
apiIdPlural: 'Books',
displayName: 'Book',
});
// required title field of type string:
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
type: SimpleFieldType.String,
apiId: 'title',
displayName: 'Title',
isTitle: true,
isRequired: true,
visibility: VisibilityTypes.ReadWrite,
});
// simple field of type string:
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Author',
type: SimpleFieldType.String,
apiId: 'favouritePastime',
displayName: 'Author Favourite Pastime',
isRequired: true,
visibility: VisibilityTypes.ReadWrite,
});
// slug field:
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
type: SimpleFieldType.String,
apiId: 'slug',
displayName: 'Slug',
description: 'Enter the slug for this page, such as about, blog, or contact',
isRequired: true,
isUnique: true,
tableRenderer: 'GCMS_SLUG',
formRenderer: 'GCMS_SLUG',
});
// hidden integer field with custom field validation:
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
type: SimpleFieldType.Int,
apiId: 'count',
displayName: 'Count',
visibility: VisibilityTypes.Hidden,
validations: {
Int: {
range: {
max: 1000,
min: 0,
errorMessage: 'Counter has to be between 0 and 1000',
},
},
},
});
// required + unique string field with custom regex validation for emails:
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
type: SimpleFieldType.String,
apiId: 'email',
displayName: 'Email',
isRequired: true,
isUnique: true,
validations: {
String: {
matches: {
regex: '^([a-z0-9_\\.\\+-]+)@([\\da-z\\.-]+)\\.([a-z\\.]{2,6})$',
},
},
},
});
// basic richtext field
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
type: SimpleFieldType.Richtext,
apiId: 'content',
displayName: 'Content',
description:
'Enter the content for this page. The content uses the rich-text editor, giving you a better visual representation.',
isRequired: true,
});
// richtext with embeds and single allowed embeddable model:
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
type: SimpleFieldType.Richtext,
apiId: 'contentExtended',
displayName: 'Content Extended',
embedsEnabled: true,
embeddableModels: ['Author'],
});
// list of date times
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
type: SimpleFieldType.Datetime,
apiId: 'lastSeen',
displayName: 'Last Seen',
isRequired: true,
isList: true,
});
// required uni-directional asset field
client.createRelationalField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
apiId: 'preview',
displayName: 'Preview',
type: RelationalFieldType.Asset,
isRequired: true,
reverseField: {
isUnidirectional: true,
apiId: 'page',
displayName: 'Page',
modelApiId: 'Asset',
},
});
// regular bi-directional m-1 relation
client.createRelationalField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
apiId: 'writtenBy',
displayName: 'Written By',
type: RelationalFieldType.Relation,
reverseField: {
modelApiId: 'Author',
apiId: 'pages',
displayName: 'pages',
isList: true,
},
});
// m-n relation
client.createRelationalField({
parentApiId: 'Author',
apiId: 'favouriteBooks',
displayName: 'Favourite Books',
type: RelationalFieldType.Relation,
isList: true,
reverseField: {
modelApiId: 'Page',
apiId: 'favouriteOf',
displayName: 'Favourite of',
isList: true,
},
});
// create union field:
client.createUnionField({
parentApiId: 'Author',
apiId: 'favourites',
displayName: 'Author Favourite Books',
reverseField: {
apiId: 'authorFavouriteBook',
displayName: 'author favourite book',
modelApiIds: ['Book'],
},
});
// add a union member to the previous union field
client.updateUnionField({
parentApiId: 'Author',
apiId: 'favourites',
displayName: 'Favourite Pastime',
reverseField: {
modelApiIds: ['Book', 'Movie'],
},
});
// create a component:
client.createComponent({
apiId: 'Address',
apiIdPlural: 'Adresses',
displayName: 'Address',
});
client.createComponent({
apiId: 'Contributor',
apiIdPlural: 'Contributors',
displayName: 'Contributor',
});
client.createComponent({
apiId: 'VideoBlock',
apiIdPlural: 'VideoBlocks',
displayName: 'VideoBlock',
});
// add a field to the component:
client.createSimpleField({
parentApiId: 'Address',
type: SimpleFieldType.String,
apiId: 'city',
displayName: 'City',
});
// create basic component field:
client.createComponentField({
parentApiId: 'Author',
apiId: 'address',
displayName: 'Address',
description: 'Address of the author',
componentApiId: 'Address',
});
// create a component union field:
client.createComponentUnionField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
apiId: 'section',
displayName: 'Section',
componentApiIds: ['Contributor', 'VideoBlock'],
});
// remove VideoBlock from the previous component union field:
client.updateComponentUnionField({
parentApiId: 'Page',
apiId: 'section',
displayName: 'Section',
componentApiIds: ['Contributor'],
});

#Create nested componentApiIds

Essentially, the code syntax is the same as for creating a model, except that the parentApiId for a component field points to an ApiId of a component.

client.createModel({
apiId: 'Apple',
apiIdPlural: 'Apples',
displayName: 'Apple',
});
client.createComponent({
apiId: 'Level1',
apiIdPlural: 'Level1S',
displayName: 'Level1',
});
client.createComponent({
apiId: 'Level2',
apiIdPlural: 'Level2S',
displayName: 'Level2',
});
client.createComponentField({
apiId: 'sub1',
parentApiId: 'Apple', // Model
displayName: 'Entry1',
componentApiId: 'Level1',
});
client.createComponentField({
apiId: 'sub2',
parentApiId: 'Level1', // Component
displayName: 'Entry2',
componentApiId: 'Level2',
});