I tried fetching my posts from sanity but got this error, Pls how do i fix it

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Last updated: Jan 8, 2021
I tried fetching my posts from sanity but got this error,Pls how do i fix it
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I'd be happy to help you fix the error! Since you didn't include the specific error message, I'll cover the most common issues when fetching posts from Sanity and how to fix them:

Most Common Fetch Errors

1. Missing or Incorrect Project Configuration

The most frequent issue is missing projectId or dataset in your client configuration. Make sure you've set up your Sanity client correctly:

import { createClient } from '@sanity/client'

const client = createClient({
  projectId: 'your-project-id', // Find this in sanity.json or manage.sanity.io
  dataset: 'production', // or your dataset name
  apiVersion: '2024-01-01', // Use current date or a specific API version
  useCdn: true, // Set to false if you need fresh data
})

2. CORS Errors

If you see a CORS error in the browser console, you need to add your domain to the allowed origins:

  • Go to manage.sanity.io
  • Select your project
  • Go to Settings β†’ API
  • Add your localhost (like http://localhost:3000) or production domain to CORS origins

3. Authentication Issues

If you're trying to fetch draft content or private data, you need a token:

const client = createClient({
  projectId: 'your-project-id',
  dataset: 'production',
  apiVersion: '2024-01-01',
  token: 'your-token', // Only needed for authenticated requests
  useCdn: false, // Don't use CDN when using token
})

4. GROQ Query Syntax Errors

Double-check your GROQ query syntax. A common mistake:

// ❌ Wrong
const posts = await client.fetch(`*[_type == post]`)

// βœ… Correct (quotes around the type)
const posts = await client.fetch(`*[_type == "post"]`)

5. Missing API Version

As of recent Sanity updates, the apiVersion is required. Always include it in your client configuration.

6. Network/URL Encoding Issues

If you're making direct HTTP requests to the Query API, remember that special characters need proper encoding. For example, && in GROQ queries should be encoded as %26%26 in URLs.

Quick Debugging Steps

  1. Check your browser console or terminal for the exact error message
  2. Verify your projectId and dataset are correct
  3. Ensure you've installed the client: npm install @sanity/client
  4. Check CORS settings if it's a browser error
  5. Test your query in the Vision plugin in Sanity Studio first

If you share the specific error message you're seeing, I can give you a more targeted solution!

Hey Chisom! can you post the code your using to do the fetch of your data? Looks like there's something slightly off with the request syntax based on the error
Hey Chisom! can you post the code your using to do the fetch of your data? Looks like there's something slightly off with the request syntax based on the error
Awesome! Glad you're making progress!
It's a great philosophical debate πŸ˜„
By using what we call the Portable Text specification, you can translate custom code in the editor to frontends of all sorts. I've got a studio that powers an email newsletter and blog via different rendering methods (one goes straight to HTML for newsletters and one goes to MD for 11ty, and I could also go straight to React components or Vue, if necessary).

It definitely adds a little bit of overhead and has a learning curve, but in the end can make your content super flexible.

That being said, if you like Markdown, there's a Plugin that gives you a native markdown field:
https://www.sanity.io/plugins/sanity-plugin-markdown
Also, our friends at Netlify wrote this post about using MDX with Sanity last month:
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/12/mdx-stored-sanity-next-js-website/
We love flexibility
πŸ˜„
so what you can do is use this package to convert the rich text to markdown: https://github.com/sanity-io/block-content-to-markdown
or straight to a react component:
https://github.com/sanity-io/block-content-to-react
But there's not necessarily anything wrong with grabbing that Markdown plugin and just using markdown, too
can you send the full error? Might be an issue in your package.json or might be an issue in the plugin
If you have this on GitHub or something similar, can you send me a link to it? There's something wrong in your package.json. If you don't have it in GitHub, copy/paste your package.json into chat here

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