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Content Objects ¹¶

Once a Content Type has been defined in the system - the user can create Content Objects of that Content Type. This is done either directly through the API or via the convenient Content Entry tools provided within the Content Management Platform.

Note

You will need to use your Application Read and write API KEY to perform this action or User API KEY scoped to accept create on the Content Type you wish to add. Read more about API keys and scoped API keys.

Creating Content Objects through the API¶

For a Content Type defined according to the create Content Type example, a very simple POST payload can be sent to the supporting endpoint https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/{name} (where name is the name of the content type definition) to create a new Content Object:

{
  "title": "New object",
  "postContent": "This will be the new <b>content</b>"
}

Note

You can send custom id in the object data to assign a particular id to the object. Random id will be assigned when the id property is not present in the object.

Example

CURLC# + RestasharpGo + NativeJava + OkhttpJava + UnirestNode + RequestPHP + CURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts' \
--header 'X-AUTH-TOKEN: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Accept: */*' \
--data-raw '{
    "title": "New object",
    "postContent": "This will be the new <b>content</b>"
}'

var client = new RestClient("https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("X-AUTH-TOKEN", "YOUR_API_KEY");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"title\":\"New object\",\"postContent\":\"This will be the new <b>content</b>\"}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "strings"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

    url := "https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts"

    payload := strings.NewReader("{\"title\":\"New object\",\"postContent\":\"This will be the new <b>content</b>\"}")

    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

    req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
    req.Header.Add("X-AUTH-TOKEN", "YOUR_API_KEY")

    res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

    defer res.Body.Close()
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

    fmt.Println(res)
    fmt.Println(string(body))

}

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\"title\":\"New object\",\"postContent\":\"This will be the new <b>content</b>\"}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts")
.post(body)
.addHeader("content-type", "application/json")
.addHeader("X-AUTH-TOKEN", "YOUR_API_KEY")
.build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts")
    .header("content-type", "application/json")
    .header("X-AUTH-TOKEN", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .body("{\"title\":\"New object\",\"postContent\":\"This will be the new <b>content</b>\"}")
    .asString();

const request = require('request');

const options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts',
    headers: {'content-type': 'application/json', 'X-AUTH-TOKEN': 'YOUR_API_KEY'},
    body: {title: 'New object', postContent: 'This will be the new <b>content</b>'},
    json: true
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);

console.log(body);
});

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"title\":\"New object\",\"postContent\":\"This will be the new <b>content</b>\"}",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "X-AUTH-TOKEN: YOUR_API_KEY",
        "content-type: application/json"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}

Responses

200 OK400 Validation error401 Unauthorized404 Not found

Returned when data has been correct, and the object was saved

{
    "id": "blogposts-456712",
    "internal": {
        "contentType": "blogposts",
        "createdAt": "2021-04-09T13:30:48+00:00",
        "updatedAt": "2021-04-09T13:30:48+00:00",
        "deletedAt": ""
    },
    "title": "New object",
    "postContent": "This will be the new <b>content</b>"
}

Returned when data has not been correct, and the object was not saved

{
    "id": [
        "This value is already used",
        "Must be at least 1 characters long",
    ],
    "title": [
        "The property title is required",
        "Must be at least 1 characters long",
        "The property title is required"
    ],
    "postContent": [
        "The property postContent is required",
        "Must be at least 1 characters long",
        "The property postContent is required"
    ]
}

Returned when API key was missing or incorrect

{
    "code": 401,
    "massage": "Unauthorized"
}

Returned when content type definition wasn't found

{
    "code": 404,
    "massage": "Not found"
}

Possible validation errors¶

Error	Description
This value is already used	Send when the property has to be unique, and the value is already used in an existing object of that type
Must be at least 1 characters long	Send when the property is required, and an empty string was sent in object
The property {name} is required	Send when the property is required and was missing in the sent object
String value found, but a number is required	Send when the type of the property is `number` and string was sent
The value does not match possible options	Send when sent value do not match options in `select` and `radio` type
Does not match the regex pattern {pattern}	Send when the value does not match regex pattern specified for the property
This value does not exist in database	Send when object attached in relation or media array does not exist in the database
One of the block types ({block type} on index {index}) does not match possible types	Send when one of the types in the property of the type `block` does not match types specified in the schema

Creating Content Objects with relations to other types or media¶

To add objects with relations, you need to know ids and types of related objects. Relations are always an array, even if only one relation object is allowed. Order of relation object is preserved. Every relation object have to have type property (now only internal is possible), and dataUrl property containing relative url to the object (/api/v1/content/{type}/{id}).

Example

Relation to test content type objectMultiple relation to media objects

"relation": [
    {
      "dataUrl": "/api/v1/content/test/test-1",
      "type": "internal"
    }
]

"media": [
    {
      "dataUrl": "/api/v1/content/_media/_media-1",
      "type": "internal"
    },
    {
      "dataUrl": "/api/v1/content/_media/_media-2",
      "type": "internal"
    }
]

Creating Content Objects with the editor.js blocks¶

Blocks contain json definitions of the html blocks instead of the real html blocks to make sure that the data will be displayed correctly in every environment (developer can manage them correctly in the standard React and React Native for example).

Block parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
id	true	Random identifier of the block
data	true	Data of the block, the parameters depend on the type of the block
type	true	Type of the block, the supported types are `paragraph`, `header`, `list`, `image`, `youtubeEmbed`, `quote`, `warning`, `code`, `table` and `delimiter`, types can be narrowed down in schema
tunes	false	Additional settings of the block, parameters depend on the type of the block

Blocks:

Paragraph

DescriptionExample

Contains standard text with limited text formatting (bolding, italicizing, alignment). Type: paragraph.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
text	true	Content of the paragraph, it can contain html formatting (`<b></b>` for bolding and `<i></i>` for italicizing)

Tunes parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
alignmentTuneTool	true	Information obout text alignment in the whole paragraph.

alignmentTuneTool parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
alignment	true	Information about text alignment in the whole paragraph. Possible values: `left`, `center`, `right`

{
    "id": "i5RZbGlOWy",
    "data": {
        "text": "<b>Exaple</b> <i>paragraph </i>with formatting"
    },
    "type": "paragraph",
    "tunes": {
        "alignmentTuneTool": {
            "alignment": "left"
        }
    }
}

Header

DescriptionExample

Contains standard header text with limited text formatting (bolding, italicizing, alignment). Type: header.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
text	true	Content of the header, it can contain html formatting (`<b></b>` for bolding and `<i></i>` for italicizing)
level	true	Level of the header. Possible values `1`, `2`, `3`, `4`, `5`, `6`.
anchor	false	Name of the navigation anchor fo the header

Tunes parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
alignmentTuneTool	true	Information obout text alignment in the whole header.

alignmentTuneTool parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
alignment	true	Information about text alignment in the whole header. Possible values: `left`, `center`, `right`

{
    "id": "dPSax4QzPU",
    "data": {
        "text": "Example level 2 header",
        "level": 2,
        "anchor": "anchor"
    },
    "type": "header",
    "tunes": {
        "alignmentTuneTool": {
            "alignment": "center"
        }
    }
}

List

DescriptionExample

Contains nested lists with limited text formatting (bolding, italicizing). Type: list.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
items	true	Items of the list
style	true	Style of the list. Possible values `ordered`, `unordered`.

Items parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
items	true	Items of the sublist
content	true	Text of the liust item, it can contain html formatting (`<b></b>` for bolding and `<i></i>` for italicizing)

{
    "id": "oCJRGb2FFb",
    "data": {
        "items": [
            {
                "items": [
                    {
                        "items": [],
                        "content": "Example <i>list</i>"
                    }
                ],
                "content": "Exaple list"
            }
        ],
        "style": "ordered"
    },
    "type": "list"
}

Image

DescriptionExample

Contains image from Flotiq Media Library. Type: image.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
url	true	Url to full size file
width	true	Width of the image
height	true	Height of the image
fileName	true	Name of the file
extension	true	File extension
caption	true	File caption
stretched	true	Information whether the image should be stretched to full display width
withBorder	true	Information whether the image should have border
withBackground	true	Information whether the image should have background

{
    "id": "zX1gTCKJee",
    "data": {
        "url": "https://api.flotiq.com/image/0x0/_media-1bb7c3ad-53de-4029-a5a0-3500f9b8867e.png",
        "width": 317,
        "height": 265,
        "caption": "Example Caption",
        "fileName": "example.png",
        "extension": "png",
        "stretched": true,
        "withBorder": true,
        "withBackground": true
    },
    "type": "image"
}

Youtube

DescriptionExample

Contains link to YouTube video. Type: youtubeEmbed.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
url	true	YouTube video link

{
    "id": "JIRwiQdzs9",
    "data": {
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz3RK5qqhrQ"
    },
    "type": "youtubeEmbed"
}

Quote

DescriptionExample

Contains the quote with the caption. Type: quote.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
text	true	Text of the quote
caption	true	Caption of the quote
text	true	Alignment of the quote. Possible values: `left`, `center`

{
    "id": "V7WlZmeTuJ",
    "data": {
        "text": "Example quote",
        "caption": "Example quote caption",
        "alignment": "left"
    },
    "type": "quote"
}

Warning

DescriptionExample

Contains the warning with the name. Type: warning.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
message	true	Text of the warning
title	true	Title of the warning

{
    "id": "sVDwJq9ZCe",
    "data": {
        "title": "Exaple warning name",
        "message": "Example warning message"
    },
    "type": "warning"
}

Delimiter

DescriptionExample

Contains the information that displaying application should display delimiter, without other fomatting. Type: delimiter.

Data have to be empty object.

{
    "id": "dPSax4QzPU",
    "data": {},
    "type": "delimiter"
}

Code

DescriptionExample

Contains the code block. Type: code.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
code	true	Code block

{
    "id": "sVDwJq9ZCf",
    "data": {
        "code": "npm run dev",
    },
    "type": "code"
}

Table

DescriptionExample

Contains the table. Type: table.

Data parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
content	true	Array of arrays of data in rows, every row is an array of srings
withHeadings	true	Information if the first row should be treated as header

{
    "id": "sVDwJq9ZCg",
    "data": {
        "content": [
            [
                "First header",
                "Second header",
                "Third header"
            ],
            [
                "First column of the first row",
                "Second column of the first row",
                "Third column of the first row"
            ],
            [
                "First column of the second row",
                "Second column of the second row",
                "Third column of the second row"
            ]
        ],
        "withHeadings": true
    },
    "type": "table"
}

If we are missing a block type or tune that you require for your project, please leave a comment below or contact us on hello@flotiq.com.

Example of an object containing all property types

This example represents object for Content Type with every type of property, described here

{
  "id": "example-1",
  "geo": {
    "lat": 0,
    "lon": 0
  },
  "date": "2021-12-12T12:00",
  "list": [
    {
      "geo_in_subobject": {
        "lat": 0,
        "lon": 0
      },
      "date_in_subobject": "2021-12-12T12:00",
      "text_in_subobject": "text_in_subobject",
      "block_in_subobject": {
        "time": "1624628260",
        "version": "2.22.0",
        "blocks": [
          {
            "id": "dPSax4QzPU",
            "data": {
              "text": "Example level 2 header",
              "level": 2,
              "anchor": "anchor"
            },
            "type": "header",
            "tunes": {
              "alignmentTuneTool": {
                "alignment": "center"
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "i5RZbGlOWy",
            "data": {
              "text": "<b>Exaple</b> <i>paragraph </i>with formatting"
            },
            "type": "paragraph",
            "tunes": {
              "alignmentTuneTool": {
                "alignment": "left"
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "id": "oCJRGb2FFb",
            "data": {
              "items": [
                {
                  "items": [
                    {
                      "items": [],
                      "content": "Example <i>list</i>"
                    }
                  ],
                  "content": "Exaple list"
                }
              ],
              "style": "ordered"
            },
            "type": "list"
          },
          {
            "id": "XB_EtsgceZ",
            "data": {
              "items": [
                {
                  "items": [
                    {
                      "items": [],
                      "content": "Example bullet list"
                    }
                  ],
                  "content": "Example bullet <b>list</b>"
                }
              ],
              "style": "unordered"
            },
            "type": "list"
          },
          {
            "id": "zX1gTCKJee",
            "data": {
              "url": "https://api.flotiq.com/image/0x0/_media-1bb7c3ad-53de-4029-a5a0-3500f9b8867e.png",
              "width": 317,
              "height": 265,
              "caption": "Example Caption",
              "fileName": "example.png",
              "extension": "png",
              "stretched": true,
              "withBorder": true,
              "withBackground": true
            },
            "type": "image"
          },
          {
            "id": "JIRwiQdzs9",
            "data": {
              "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz3RK5qqhrQ"
            },
            "type": "youtubeEmbed"
          },
          {
            "id": "V7WlZmeTuJ",
            "data": {
              "text": "Example quote",
              "caption": "Example quote caption",
              "alignment": "left"
            },
            "type": "quote"
          },
          {
            "id": "sVDwJq9ZCe",
            "data": {
              "title": "Exaple warning name",
              "message": "Example warning message"
            },
            "type": "warning"
          },
          {
            "id": "RTJ0lo2VGB",
            "data": [],
            "type": "delimiter"
          },
          {
            "id": "sVDwJq9ZCf",
            "data": {
              "code": "npm run dev",
            },
            "type": "code"
          },
          {
            "id": "sVDwJq9ZCg",
            "data": {
              "content": [
                [
                  "First header",
                  "Second header",
                  "Third header"
                ],
                [
                  "First column of the first row",
                  "Second column of the first row",
                  "Third column of the first row"
                ],
                [
                  "First column of the second row",
                  "Second column of the second row",
                  "Third column of the second row"
                ]
              ],
              "withHeadings": true
            },
            "type": "table"
          }
        ]
      },
      "emain_in_subobject": "emain_in_subobject",
      "media_in_subobject": [
        {
          "dataUrl": "/api/v1/content/_media/_media-1",
          "type": "internal"
        }
      ],
      "radio_in_subobject": "radio_in_subobject",
      "number_in_subobject": 0,
      "select_in_subobject": "Option a",
      "checkbox_in_subobject": false,
      "markdown_in_subobject": "markdown_in_subobject",
      "relation_in_subobject": [
        {
          "dataUrl": "/api/v1/content/test/test-1",
          "type": "internal"
        }
      ],
      "textarea_in_subobject": "textarea_in_subobject",
      "rich_text_in_subobject": "rich_text_in_subobject"
    }
  ],
  "text": "text",
  "block": {
    "time": "1624628260",
    "version": "2.22.0",
    "blocks": [
      {
        "id": "dPSax4QzPU",
        "data": {
          "text": "Example level 2 header",
          "level": 2,
          "anchor": "anchor"
        },
        "type": "header",
        "tunes": {
          "alignmentTuneTool": {
            "alignment": "center"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "i5RZbGlOWy",
        "data": {
          "text": "<b>Exaple</b> <i>paragraph </i>with formatting"
        },
        "type": "paragraph",
        "tunes": {
          "alignmentTuneTool": {
            "alignment": "left"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "oCJRGb2FFb",
        "data": {
          "items": [
            {
              "items": [
                {
                  "items": [],
                  "content": "Example <i>list</i>"
                }
              ],
              "content": "Exaple list"
            }
          ],
          "style": "ordered"
        },
        "type": "list"
      },
      {
        "id": "XB_EtsgceZ",
        "data": {
          "items": [
            {
              "items": [
                {
                  "items": [],
                  "content": "Example bullet list"
                }
              ],
              "content": "Example bullet <b>list</b>"
            }
          ],
          "style": "unordered"
        },
        "type": "list"
      },
      {
        "id": "zX1gTCKJee",
        "data": {
          "url": "https://api.flotiq.com/image/0x0/_media-1bb7c3ad-53de-4029-a5a0-3500f9b8867e.png",
          "width": 317,
          "height": 265,
          "caption": "Example Caption",
          "fileName": "example.png",
          "extension": "png",
          "stretched": true,
          "withBorder": true,
          "withBackground": true
        },
        "type": "image"
      },
      {
        "id": "JIRwiQdzs9",
        "data": {
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz3RK5qqhrQ"
        },
        "type": "youtubeEmbed"
      },
      {
        "id": "V7WlZmeTuJ",
        "data": {
          "text": "Example quote",
          "caption": "Example quote caption",
          "alignment": "left"
        },
        "type": "quote"
      },
      {
        "id": "sVDwJq9ZCe",
        "data": {
          "title": "Exaple warning name",
          "message": "Example warning message"
        },
        "type": "warning"
      },
      {
        "id": "RTJ0lo2VGB",
        "data": [],
        "type": "delimiter"
      },
      {
        "id": "sVDwJq9ZCf",
        "data": {
          "code": "npm run dev",
        },
        "type": "code"
      },
      {
        "id": "sVDwJq9ZCg",
        "data": {
          "content": [
            [
              "First header",
              "Second header",
              "Third header"
            ],
            [
              "First column of the first row",
              "Second column of the first row",
              "Third column of the first row"
            ],
            [
              "First column of the second row",
              "Second column of the second row",
              "Third column of the second row"
            ]
          ],
          "withHeadings": true
        },
        "type": "table"
      }
    ]
  },
  "email": "email",
  "media": [
    {
      "dataUrl": "/api/v1/content/_media/_media-1",
      "type": "internal"
    }
  ],
  "radio": "Option 1",
  "number": 0,
  "select": "Option 1",
  "checkbox": false,
  "markdown": "markdown",
  "relation": [
    {
      "dataUrl": "/api/v1/content/test/test-1",
      "type": "internal"
    }
  ],
  "textarea": "textarea",
  "rich_text": "rich_text"
}

Batch create Content Objects through API¶

There is a way to add up to 100 Content Objects at once. It is possible by using the /batch endpoint (in our example, the URL would be https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts/batch). It can be only insert or insert or update operation. To use insert or update you need to set updateExisting to true in the query.

All objects must meet the same conditions as when adding a single object. The only difference is an array of objects in the request body instead of one object.

Note

In the next examples we assume that we have an object with id existing-id-1 in our system.

Updating one blog post and adding one new:

Example

curl 'https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts/batch?updateExisting=true' -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'X-AUTH-TOKEN: YOUR_API_TOKEN' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '[{"id":"existing-id-1","title":"Updated object","postContent":"This will be the updated <b>content</b>"},{"id":"new-object-1","title":"New object 2","postContent":"This will be the brand new <b>content</b>"}]'

response (code: 200):

{
    "batch_total_count": 2,
    "batch_success_count": 2,
    "batch_error_count": 0,
    "errors": []
}

Trying updating one blog post and adding one new with wrong data:

Example

curl 'https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts/batch?updateExisting=true' -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'X-AUTH-TOKEN: YOUR_API_TOKEN' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '[{"id":"existing-id-1","title":"Updated object"},{"id":"new-object-2","title":"New object 3","postContent":"This will be the brand new <b>content</b>"}]'

response (code: 400):

{
    "batch_total_count": 2,
    "batch_success_count": 1,
    "batch_error_count": 1,
    "errors": [
      {
        "id": "existing-id-1",
        "errors": {
          "postContent": [
            "The property postContent is required"
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
}

Trying updating one blog post and adding one new with duplicated id:

Example

curl 'https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/blogposts/batch?updateExisting=true' -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'X-AUTH-TOKEN: YOUR_API_TOKEN' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '[{"id":"example-id-1","title":"New object","content": "This will be the new <b>content</b>"},{"id":"example-id-1","title":"New object 2","postContent":"This will be the brand new <b>content</b>"}]'

response (code: 400):

{
  "data": [
    "There are duplications in object data, key: id"
  ]
}

Response parameters:

Parameter	Description
batch_total_count	number of elements sent in the request, present when there are no duplications in data
batch_success_count	number of correct elements sent in the request, present when there are no duplications in data
batch_error_count	number of incorrect elements sent in the request, present when there are no duplications in data
errors	array of errors in the elements, errors are objects containing the id of the object and list of errors, present when there are no duplications in data
data	present only when there are duplications in data, listing keys containing duplications (see example above)

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Last update: June 30, 2022

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