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GraphQL - Is there a Way to Get the Image Metadata From an Image Component?

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Last updated: Oct 29, 2021
Using GraphQL is there a way to get the Image metadata from an image component used inside the 
block
type?
Oct 28, 2021, 5:44 PM
The schema generator will expose a 
<your-type-name>Raw
field for your Portable Text, but in order to resolve references you need to use one of our source plugins for Gatsby or Gridsome .
Oct 28, 2021, 5:53 PM
For example, Gatsby source allows you to do the following:
{
  allSanityProject {
    edges {
      node {
        _rawTasks(resolveReferences: {maxDepth: 5})
      }
    }
  }
}
Oct 28, 2021, 5:53 PM
I have the basic 
Raw
field, I'm using 
Apollo
with 
nextjs
. Previously i've looked into the 
_raw
field but couldn't figure out how to use it in this stack.
Oct 28, 2021, 5:54 PM
Got it. You unfortunately can't pass the 
resolveReferences
argument unless you're using one of those source plugins.
Oct 28, 2021, 5:55 PM
So the answer my initial question in the context of my stack (sorry i should have said it in the ticket), it's a no? 😓
Oct 28, 2021, 5:56 PM
Yeah, it's a no 😞 . But since you're using a Next frontend, have you considered making a change over to using GROQ as your query language? It has a much more intuitive way of handling references within Portable Text.
Oct 28, 2021, 5:58 PM
yeah in hindsite it would be better to do this. Are you able to create chunks of a GROQ call and stitch them? i.e one for each CMS module (we have a modular CMS)
Oct 28, 2021, 6:46 PM
GROQ queries are strings. You can concatenate them or use template literals with string interpolation. for example: https://gist.github.com/mornir/4905c0d9adaa8612d797f8e054764087
Oct 28, 2021, 6:52 PM
Yeah, the great thing about GROQ is that you can stitch information together across any document in your dataset. There's a really good intro here . It's only simple examples, but it'll give you a look at how powerful it is.
Oct 28, 2021, 8:52 PM
Thanks folks!
Oct 29, 2021, 8:43 AM

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