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Hello everyone, can anyone tell me how to access document data from within the structure builder? ```import client from "@sanity/client" client.getDocument('tags').then(tags...

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Last updated: Dec 22, 2020
Hello everyone,can anyone tell me how to access document data from within the structure builder?

import client from "@sanity/client"

client.getDocument('tags').then(tags => {
    console.log(`${tags.tagArray}`)
})
i get the error message:
TypeError: _client.default.getDocument is not a function
at Object.<anonymous> (/static/js/app.bundle.js
:180469:17) at __webpack_require__ (/static/js/vendor.bundle.js
:713:30) at fn (/static/js/vendor.bundle.js
:118:20) at loadStructure (/static/js/app.bundle.js
:179724:15) at DeskTool.derivePanes (/static/js/app.bundle.js
:401564:56) at DeskTool.derivePanes (/static/js/app.bundle.js
:441377:25) at DeskTool.componentDidMount (/static/js/app.bundle.js
:401673:10) at DeskTool.componentDidMount (/static/js/app.bundle.js
:441367:123) at commitLifeCycles (/static/js/vendor.bundle.js
:23112:22) at commitLayoutEffects (/static/js/vendor.bundle.js
:26101:7)
Dec 22, 2020, 10:43 AM
The default export of 
@sanity/client
is a sanity client constructor, not a singleton. You need to construct a client, then you can access its documents
Dec 22, 2020, 11:07 AM
See the introductory example on how to construct one https://www.sanity.io/docs/js-client
Dec 22, 2020, 11:09 AM
well that helps, thanks a lot
Dec 22, 2020, 11:31 AM
import client from 'part:@sanity/base/client
will do the trick 🙂
Dec 22, 2020, 12:57 PM
import client from 'part:@sanity/base/client
will do the trick 🙂
Dec 22, 2020, 12:57 PM
Here's another example using observables to make the structure real-time https://github.com/sanity-io/sanity-recipes/blob/master/snippets/deskStructureWithRoles.js
Dec 22, 2020, 12:59 PM

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