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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.

Note

Content object's id in endpoint https://api.flotiq.com/api/v1/content/contenttype/{id} is case insensitive.

Example

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

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": [
    {
      "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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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