How to read and write to a Sanity Content Lake via tokens
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Last updated: Nov 29, 2021
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How do i
readand
writeto my content lake via tokens. I am Not using Sanity Studio, but from my own application i want to read and write data. Do i have to shape my data in GRAQ way, or is it simple
JSONobject
Post?
Nov 27, 2021, 4:37 PM
Hi Dev-Thoughts. You can use the http API to send JSON objects (along with your token) that represent the changes you want to make. Those get sent to a url that each project has ready to accept changes to your data. Here's some examples of the format you send the JSON in: https://www.sanity.io/docs/http-patches . As far as the token goes, you send it along with your request in the headers, so for example using axios I usually do something like this:
Or, you can use one of the
client libraries , which each have a syntax of their own, and can incorporate GROQ queries if needed. For the token there, (for the JavaScript client anyway) you pass your token into a new instance of the client object, and then use that client instance to operate on your data: https://www.sanity.io/docs/js-client#api
const options = {
url: `https://${projectId}.<http://api.sanity.io/v2021-06-07/data/mutate/production|api.sanity.io/v2021-06-07/data/mutate/production>`,
method: 'post',
data: myChangesArePatchesInHere,
headers: {
'Content-type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`
}
};
let data = await axios.request(options) ...client libraries , which each have a syntax of their own, and can incorporate GROQ queries if needed. For the token there, (for the JavaScript client anyway) you pass your token into a new instance of the client object, and then use that client instance to operate on your data: https://www.sanity.io/docs/js-client#api
Nov 27, 2021, 5:46 PM
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Thank you
to the content lake where will it store or how will i pull back? For example with Sanity studio i can see my block post etc. How can i simply
user U
this is useful for me. Though i wonder, when i will posta small object
{
blog Name: ....
Des: ...
Date:...
} fetchback then object i write to Content lake?
Nov 27, 2021, 7:05 PM
Hi - so, I think am getting your question, but let me know if not. Your data will end up "in" the studio as if you had entered it there. So, for example, if you have defined in your schema a document type called
If you mean how can you get data back immediately after you make the request, you can add query parameters to configure what is returned to you as a result of your post/change/patch, the details of that are here:
https://www.sanity.io/docs/http-mutations#ac77879076d4 . By default I believe you will always be returned a transaction which will have an id that you can query later through the history API to get the details if needed.
In the end, your Content Lake is your content lake and you can pull and push data to it in many different ways! The studio makes it easy to get the structure of things going, and then have a solid foundation to build additional CRUD on.
Foodsand you add a food with the title "Pizza" through an HTTP request, a new
Foodcalled "pizza" will pop right into view on your studio.
If you mean how can you get data back immediately after you make the request, you can add query parameters to configure what is returned to you as a result of your post/change/patch, the details of that are here:
https://www.sanity.io/docs/http-mutations#ac77879076d4 . By default I believe you will always be returned a transaction which will have an id that you can query later through the history API to get the details if needed.
In the end, your Content Lake is your content lake and you can pull and push data to it in many different ways! The studio makes it easy to get the structure of things going, and then have a solid foundation to build additional CRUD on.
Nov 27, 2021, 7:45 PM
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Yes, your answer is something i am trying to understand. 🙂
So if i understood right. I do need to have predefined schema in Sanity Studio to be able to
So if i understood right. I do need to have predefined schema in Sanity Studio to be able to
write, read, deletefrom somewhere else?
Nov 28, 2021, 12:40 PM
Hi - well, yes, ideally. Technically speaking, however, if you have the token you can write to your dataset even if the schema doesn't match. It will just show up as an unknown field in your studio. For example, let's say I have some code that for some reason adds a value for a field called
priceon my pizza document, even though I have not yet created the field in my schema. When I visit that document in the studio it will notify me that there is a field with data that isn't in the schema. I can then add it to the schema in my studio code, and it will be accessible and "normal" like all the other data, or I could delete the value in the studio.
Nov 28, 2021, 2:07 PM
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This is making sense now for me, i have started to implement the get request and play with project. Thank you
user U
Nov 29, 2021, 3:12 PM
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