HTTP - Management
Content type
Created by Contensis product team, last updated 17 Jul 2020
A content type resource can be retrieved from the Delivery API to understand the schema of an entry. Entries are constructed and validated using the information defined in the fields collection.
Properties
| Name | Data type | Data format | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | uuid | A unique content type identifier | |
| projectId | string | The project identifier found in the project overview screen of the management console | movieDb | |
| name | string | localized value | The friendly name given to a content type | |
| description | string | localized value | The description text given to a content type | |
| entryTitleField | string | The id of the field which should be used as the title in entry listings | ||
| entryDescriptionField | string | The id of the field which should be used as the description in entry listings | ||
| fields | object[...] | field | A collection of fields that form the schema for an entry | |
| groups | object[...] | content type group | A collection of groups that enable related fields to be grouped together in the UI | |
| enabled | boolean | If enabled then entries can be created from the content type | ||
| defaultLanguage | string | language | The default language of entries created using the content type | |
| supportedLanguages | string[...] | language | A list languages which the content type supports | |
| workflowId | string | The workflow that derived entries will follow | ||
| dataFormat | string | Either entry or asset | ||
| previewUrl | string | The URL where an example of an entry based on the content type can be viewed | ||
| defaultRendererId | string | uuid | The ID for the default renderer for the content type. Null if there is no default renderer | |
| defaultParentNodeId | string | uuid | The ID for the default parent node for the content type. Null if there is no default parent node. All entries created using the content type will be created in the following node. | |
| version | object | version | Version information about the content type |
Example
JSON
{
"id": "movie",
"projectId": "website",
"name": {
"en-GB": "Movie"
},
"description": {
"en-GB": "A movie type"
},
"entryTitleField": "title",
"entryDescriptionField": "overview",
"fields": [
{
"id": "title",
"name": {
"en-GB": "Title"
},
"dataType": "String",
"dataFormat": null,
"description": {},
"default": {},
"validations": null,
"editor": {
"id": "text",
"instructions": {
"en-GB": "The title of the movie"
},
"properties": {
"placeholderText": {
"en-GB": "Enter the full title of the movie appropriate to the region"
}
},
"groupId": "summary"
}
},
{
"id": "tagline",
"name": {
"en-GB": "Tagline"
},
"dataType": "String",
"dataFormat": null,
"description": {},
"default": {},
"validations": null,
"editor": null,
"groupId": null
},
{
"id": "overview",
"name": {
"en-GB": "Overview"
},
"dataType": "String",
"dataFormat": "html",
"description": {},
"default": {},
"validations": null,
"editor": null,
"groupId": "additionalInfo"
},
{
"id": "releaseDate",
"name": {
"en-GB": "Release Date"
},
"dataType": "dateTime",
"dataFormat": null,
"description": {},
"default": {},
"validations": null,
"editor": {
"id": "date",
"instructions": {
"en-GB": "The release date of the movie"
},
"properties": {}
},
"groupId": "summary"
},
{
"id": "actors",
"name": {
"en-GB": "Actors"
},
"dataType": "ObjectArray",
"dataFormat": "entry",
"description": {},
"default": {},
"validations": {
"contentType": {
"contentType": "dan"
}
},
"editor": {
"id": "entry",
"instructions": {
"en-GB": ""
},
"properties": {
"placeholderText": {
"en-GB": "Add the main actors"
}
}
},
"groupId": "additionalInfo"
}
],
"groups": [
{
"id": "summary",
"name": {
"en-GB": "Main summary fields"
}
},
{
"id": "additionalInfo",
"name": {
"en-GB": "Additional Information"
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"defaultLanguage": "en-GB",
"supportedLanguages": [
"en-GB",
"fr-FR",
"de-DE",
"es"
],
"workflowId": "ContensisMultilingual",
"dataFormat": "entry",
"previewUrl": "http://www.mymoviewebsite.com/movies/terminator",
"defaultRendererId": "F1A7ABD5-9241-4FBD-AD1C-E1F46B6F6D44",
"defaultParentNodeId": "3C7361CD-58A0-46CD-A414-F6D105BD8454",
"version": {
"createdBy": "s.derrickson",
"created": "2016-10-12T09:29:18.5144641+01:00",
"modifiedBy": "b.cumberbatch",
"modified": "2016-10-13T10:15:12.1973648+01:00",
"publishedBy": "b.cumberbatch",
"published": "2016-10-13T10:15:12.1973648+01:00",
"versionNo": "2.0"
}
}