👉 [Visit the DatoCMS homepage](https://www.datocms.com) or see [What is DatoCMS?](#what-is-datocms) [![Node.js CI](https://github.com/datocms/gatsby-source-datocms/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/datocms/gatsby-source-datocms/actions/workflows/main.yml) # gatsby-source-datocms Source plugin for pulling models and records into Gatsby from DatoCMS administrative areas. It creates links between records so they can be queried in Gatsby using GraphQL. **IMPORTANT**: If you use this plugin, you will not be able to write queries as described in the [DatoCMS Content Delivery API documentation](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-delivery-api/). Content will be exposed using [Gatsby's schema-generation](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/schema-generation/). If you want to directly use our GraphQL API in Gatsby, consider using the [gatsby-source-graphql](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/packages/gatsby-source-graphql) plugin instead. ## Table of Contents - [Install](#install) - [Sample project](#sample-project) - [How to use](#how-to-use) - [How to query](#how-to-query) - [Accessing records](#accessing-records) - [Multiple-paragraph text fields](#multiple-paragraph-text-fields) - [Modular content fields](#modular-content-fields) - [Structured text fields](#structured-text-fields) - [Favicon meta tags](#favicon-meta-tags) - [SEO meta tags](#seo-meta-tags) - [Tree-like collections](#tree-like-collections) - [Single instance models](#single-instance-models) - [Localized fields](#localized-fields) - [Integration with Gatsby Image](#integration-with-gatsby-image) - [Field customisations](#field-customisations) - [Connecting to multiple DatoCMS projects](#connecting-to-multiple-datocms-projects) - [Configuring Content Previews](#configuring-content-previews) ## Install ```bash npm install --save gatsby-source-datocms gatsby-plugin-image ``` PS. If you're on a Gatsby 2 project, please use version "^2.6.17" of this package. PS. If you're on a Gatsby 3 project, or Gatsby 4 lower than 4.24.0, please use version "^4.0.4" of this package. ## Sample projects We've prepared several projects for you: [portfolio](https://github.com/datocms/gatsby-portfolio), [blog](https://github.com/datocms/gatsby-blog-demo), [snipcart](https://github.com/datocms/snipcart-gatsby-demo) ## How to use ```javascript // In your gatsby-config.js plugins: [ { resolve: `gatsby-source-datocms`, options: { // You can find your read-only API token under the Settings > API tokens // section of your administrative area. Make sure to grant both CDA and CMA permissions. apiToken: `YOUR_READONLY_API_TOKEN`, // The project environment to read from. Defaults to the primary environment: environment: `main`, // If you are working on development/staging environment, you might want to // preview the latest version of records instead of the published one: previewMode: false, // Disable automatic reloading of content when some change occurs on DatoCMS: disableLiveReload: false, // Custom API base URL (you probably don't need this!) // apiUrl: 'https://site-api.datocms.com', // Limits page size and can be used to avoid build timeouts. // Default is 500 (also the maximum) pageSize: 500, }, }, ]; ``` ## How to query Two standard data types will be available from DatoCMS: `DatoCmsModel` and `DatoCmsSite`. You can query model nodes created from DatoCMS like the following: ```graphql { allDatoCmsModel { edges { node { apiKey name fields { apiKey fieldType } } } } } ``` Your site global settings can be queried like this: ```graphql { datoCmsSite { name internalDomain locales } } ``` ### Accessing records Non-standard data types, i.e. models you define in DatoCMS, will also be available in Gatsby. They'll be created in your site's GraphQL schema under `datoCms{modelApiKey}` and `allDatoCms{modelApiKey}`. For example, if you have a `blog_post` model, you will be able to query it like the following: ```graphql { allDatoCmsBlogPost( sort: { fields: [publicationDate], order: DESC } limit: 5 ) { edges { node { title excerpt publicationDate(formatString: "MM-DD-YYYY") author { name avatar { url } } } } } } ``` ### Multiple-paragraph text fields Fields of type _Multiple-paragraph text_ will be available both as simple strings (ie. `excerpt`) and nodes (ie. `excerptNode`). You can use the latter if you want to apply further transformations, like converting markdown with [`gatsby-transformer-remark`](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/packages/gatsby-transformer-remark) (converting markdown only works with `Markdown editor` as name suggests): ```graphql { allDatoCmsBlogPost { edges { node { excerptNode { childMarkdownRemark { html timeToRead } } } } } } ``` If these fields are localized, you can leverage localization arguments to access the field in different languages like explained [here](#localized-fields). ### Modular content fields [Modular-content fields](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-modelling/modular-content) can be queried this way: ```graphql { datoCmsBlogPost { title content { ... on DatoCmsText { model { apiKey } text } ... on DatoCmsImage { model { apiKey } image { url } } } } } ``` You can then present your blocks in a similar manner: ```jsx

{data.datoCmsBlogPost.content.map(block => (

{block.model.apiKey === 'text' &&

{block.text}

} {block.model.apiKey === 'image' &&

}

))}

``` ### Structured text fields [Structured Text fields](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-modelling/structured-text) can be queried this way: **⚠️ IMPORTANT**: make sure you add the `id: originalId` part in both the `blocks` and `links` sub-queries, or the `` component won't work! ```graphql { datoCmsBlogPost { content { value links { __typename ... on DatoCmsArticle { id: originalId title slug } } blocks { ... on DatoCmsImage { id: originalId image { url alt } } } } } } ``` You can then present your blocks using the [``](https://github.com/datocms/react-datocms/tree/structured-text#structured-text) component. ```jsx import { StructuredText } from 'react-datocms';

{ { switch (record.__typename) { case 'DatoCmsArticle': return {record.title}; default: return null; } }} renderLinkToRecord={({ record, children }) => { switch (record.__typename) { case 'DatoCmsArticle': return {children}; default: return null; } }} renderBlock={({ record }) => { switch (record.__typename) { case 'DatoCmsImage': return {record.image.alt}

; default: return null; } }} /> }

; ``` If you need to generate an excerpt you can use the [`datocms-structured-text-to-plain-text`](https://github.com/stefanoverna/structured-text/blob/main/packages/to-plain-text/README.md) package to convert the document into plain text: ```js import { render as toPlainText } from 'datocms-structured-text-to-plain-text'; import ellipsize from 'ellipsize'; ellipsize(toPlainText(data.blogPost.content), 100); ``` ### SEO meta tags All records have a `seoMetaTags` field that you can use to build SEO meta tags for your record's pages: ```graphql { allDatoCmsBlogPost { edges { node { title seoMetaTags { tags { tagName content attributes { property content name } } } } } } } ``` This package exposes a `HelmetDatoCms` component and a `GatsbyDatoCmsSeoMetaTags` GraphQL fragment to make it easier use these information in your website: PS. [Due to a limitation of GraphiQL](https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/issues/612), you can not currently use the `GatsbyDatoCmsSeoMetaTags` fragment in the GraphiQL IDE. ```js import React from 'react' import Link from 'gatsby-link' import { HelmetDatoCms } from 'gatsby-source-datocms' const About = ({ data }) => (

{data.datoCmsAboutPage.title}

{data.datoCmsAboutPage.subtitle}

) export default About; export const query = graphql` query AboutQuery { datoCmsAboutPage { title subtitle seoMetaTags { ...GatsbyDatoCmsSeoMetaTags } } } ``` If you need to pass additional meta tags to the underlying `Helmet` component, you can add them as children and props to `HelmetDatoCms`: ```js ``` The `datoCmsSite` global settings has also the `globalSeo` field that contains the fallback fields: ```graphql { datoCmsSite { globalSeo { siteName titleSuffix twitterAccount facebookPageUrl fallbackSeo { title description image { url } twitterCard } } } } ``` ### Favicon meta tags You can get the complete set of meta tags related to your site favicon this way: ```graphql { datoCmsSite { faviconMetaTags { tagName attributes { rel sizes href name content type } } } } ``` Similarly to what happens with SEO meta tags, you can use the `HelmetDatoCms` component with the `GatsbyDatoCmsFaviconMetaTags` fragment to make it easier use these information in your website: ```js import React from 'react' import Link from 'gatsby-link' import { HelmetDatoCms } from 'gatsby-source-datocms' const TemplateWrapper = ({ data }) => (

{data.datoCmsAboutPage.title}

{data.datoCmsAboutPage.subtitle}

) export default TemplateWrapper export const query = graphql` query LayoutQuery { datoCmsSite { faviconMetaTags { ...GatsbyDatoCmsFaviconMetaTags } } } ``` ### Tree-like collections If you have a model configured as a tree, you can navigate the hierarchy with `treeChildren` and `treeParent` this way: ```graphql { allDatoCmsCategory(filter: { root: { eq: true } }) { edges { node { title treeChildren { title treeChildren { title } } } } } } ``` ### Single instance models You can access to single instance models like this: ```graphql { datoCmsHomepage { title content } } ``` ### Localized fields When you're fetching the value of a localized field, by default it will be returned to the project default locale — that is, the first locale in your project settings: ```graphql query { datoCmsSite { locales # -> ["en", "it"] } allDatoCmsBlogPost { title # -> will return the title value in "en" locale } } ``` To change that, you can add a locale argument to queries to specify another locale: ```graphql query { allDatoCmsBlogPost(locale: "it") { title # -> will return the title value in "it" locale } } ``` You can also specify a different locale on a per-field basis: ```graphql query { allDatoCmsBlogPost(locale: "it") { title # -> will return the title value in "it" locale enTitle: title(locale: "en") # -> will return the title value in "en" locale } } ``` #### Locale fallbacks You can also specify a list of fallback locales together with the locale argument: ```graphql query { allDatoCmsBlogPost(locale: "it", fallbackLocales: ["en"]) { title } } ``` If the field value for the specified locale is null-ish (null, empty string or empty array), the system will try to find a non null-ish value in each of the localizations specified in the fallbackLocales argument. The order of the elements in the fallbackLocales argument is important, as the system will start from the first element in the array, and go on from there. Just like the locale argument, you can specify different fallback locales on a per-field basis: ```graphql query { allDatoCmsBlogPost { title(locale: "it", fallbackLocales: ["en"]) } } ``` ## Integration with Gatsby Image ### For Gatsby v3+ (currently in beta) This plugin is compatible with the new [gatsby-plugin-image](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/reference/built-in-components/gatsby-plugin-image/) and the `` component released with Gatsby v3: ```jsx import React from 'react'; import { GatsbyImage } from 'gatsby-plugin-image'; const About = ({ data }) => (

); export default About; export const query = graphql` query AboutQuery { datoCmsAboutPage { photo { gatsbyImageData( width: 600 placeholder: BLURRED forceBlurhash: false imgixParams: { invert: true } ) } } } `; ``` When `placeholder` is set to `BLURRED`, the normal behaviour is to use DatoCMS blurhash placeholders, except for PNG files, which might require transparency. If you want to force blurhash placeholders also for PNGs, pass the option `forceBlurhash: true`. **NOTE:** [gatsby-plugin-sharp](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp) needs to be listed as a dependency if you plan to use `placeholder: TRACED_SVG`. ### Compatibility with the deprecated `gatsby-image` component

If you're using the old `gatsby-image` package, read here!

Images coming from DatoCMS can be queried so that they can be used with [gatsby-image](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/packages/gatsby-image), a React component specially designed to work seamlessly with Gatsby's GraphQL queries that implements advanced image loading techniques to easily and completely optimize image loading for your sites. **NOTE:** [gatsby-plugin-sharp](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp) needs to be listed as a dependancy for the `_tracedSVG` fragments to function. #### Responsive fluid This GraphQL option allows you to generate responsive images that automatically respond to different device screen resolution and widths. E.g. a smartphone browser will download a much smaller image than a desktop device. Instead of specifying a width and height, with `fluid` you specify a `maxWidth`, the max width the container of the images reaches. ```jsx import React from 'react'; import Img from 'gatsby-image'; const About = ({ data }) => (

); export default About; export const query = graphql` query AboutQuery { datoCmsAboutPage { photo { fluid( maxWidth: 600 forceBlurhash: false imgixParams: { fm: "jpg", auto: "compress" } ) { ...GatsbyDatoCmsFluid } } } } `; ``` The normal behaviour is to use DatoCMS blurhash placeholders, except for PNG files, which might require transparency. If you want to force blurhash placeholders also for PNGs, pass the option `forceBlurhash: true`. The fragments you can use are: - `GatsbyDatoCmsFluid`: "blur-up" technique to show a preview of the image while it loads; - `GatsbyDatoCmsFluid_tracedSVG`: "traced placeholder" SVG technique to show a preview of the image while it loads; - `GatsbyDatoCmsFluid_noBase64`: no preview effects. `gatsby-image` will automatically use WebP images when the browser supports the file format. If the browser doesn’t support WebP, `gatsby-image` will fall back to the default image format. #### Responsive fixed If you make queries with resolutions then Gatsby automatically generates images with 1x, 1.5x, 2x, and 3x versions so your images look great on whatever screen resolution of device they're on. If you're on a retina class screen, notice how much sharper these images are. ```jsx import React from 'react'; import Img from 'gatsby-image'; const About = ({ data }) => (

); export default About; export const query = graphql` query AboutQuery { datoCmsAboutPage { photo { fixed( width: 200 forceBlurhash: false imgixParams: { fm: "jpg", auto: "compress" } ) { ...GatsbyDatoCmsFixed } } } } `; ``` The normal behaviour is to use DatoCMS blurhash placeholders, except for PNG files, which might require transparency. If you want to force blurhash placeholders also for PNGs, pass the option `forceBlurhash: true`. The fragments you can use are: - `GatsbyDatoCmsFixed`: "blur-up" technique to show a preview of the image while it loads; - `GatsbyDatoCmsFixed_tracedSVG`: "traced placeholder" SVG technique to show a preview of the image while it loads; - `GatsbyDatoCmsFixed_noBase64`: no preview effects. `gatsby-image` will automatically use WebP images when the browser supports the file format. If the browser doesn’t support WebP, `gatsby-image` will fall back to the default image format.

## Field customisations If you need to customize the GraphQL response that you get from DatoCMS (e.g augmenting models, manipulating fields), you should include your logic in the `createResolvers` API. Read more about how to customise the GraphQL schema in the [Gatsby documentation](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/schema-customization/#extending-third-party-types) ## Connecting to multiple DatoCMS projects If you need to connect your website to multiple DatoCMS projects, use the `instancePrefix` option: ```javascript // In your gatsby-config.js module.exports = { plugins: [ { resolve: `gatsby-source-datocms`, options: { apiToken: 'XXX', instancePrefix: 'FirstProject', }, }, { resolve: `gatsby-source-datocms`, options: { apiToken: 'YYY', instancePrefix: 'SecondProject', }, }, ], }; ``` This will allow you to perform all the queries with a specific token and distinguish between the results: ```graphql { datoCmsFirstProjectSite { name internalDomain locales } datoCmsSecondProjectSite { name internalDomain locales } allDatoCmsFirstProjectBlogPost { nodes { title excerpt } } allDatoCmsSecondProjectBlogPost { nodes { title cover { url } } } } ``` ## Configuring Content Previews Configuration will be handled for you when using DatoCMS Quick Connect on Gatsby Cloud. However, if you'd prefer not to use Quick Connect and manually setup the integration, instructions can be found [here](https://support.gatsbyjs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052324454-Connecting-to-DatoCMS). ----------------- # What is DatoCMS?

[DatoCMS](https://www.datocms.com/) is the REST & GraphQL Headless CMS for the modern web. Trusted by over 25,000 enterprise businesses, agency partners, and individuals across the world, DatoCMS users create online content at scale from a central hub and distribute it via API. We ❤️ our [developers](https://www.datocms.com/team/best-cms-for-developers), [content editors](https://www.datocms.com/team/content-creators) and [marketers](https://www.datocms.com/team/cms-digital-marketing)! **Quick links:** - ⚡️ Get started with a [free DatoCMS account](https://dashboard.datocms.com/signup) - 🔖 Go through the [docs](https://www.datocms.com/docs) - ⚙️ Get [support from us and the community](https://community.datocms.com/) - 🆕 Stay up to date on new features and fixes on the [changelog](https://www.datocms.com/product-updates) **Our featured repos:** - [datocms/react-datocms](https://github.com/datocms/react-datocms): React helper components for images, Structured Text rendering, and more - [datocms/js-rest-api-clients](https://github.com/datocms/js-rest-api-clients): Node and browser JavaScript clients for updating and administering your content. For frontend fetches, we recommend using our [GraphQL Content Delivery API](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-delivery-api) instead. - [datocms/cli](https://github.com/datocms/cli): Command-line interface that includes our [Contentful importer](https://github.com/datocms/cli/tree/main/packages/cli-plugin-contentful) and [Wordpress importer](https://github.com/datocms/cli/tree/main/packages/cli-plugin-wordpress) - [datocms/plugins](https://github.com/datocms/plugins): Example plugins we've made that extend the editor/admin dashboard - [datocms/gatsby-source-datocms](https://github.com/datocms/gatsby-source-datocms): Our Gatsby source plugin to pull data from DatoCMS - Frontend examples in different frameworks: [Next.js](https://github.com/datocms/nextjs-demo), [Vue](https://github.com/datocms/vue-datocms) and [Nuxt](https://github.com/datocms/nuxtjs-demo), [Svelte](https://github.com/datocms/datocms-svelte) and [SvelteKit](https://github.com/datocms/sveltekit-demo), [Astro](https://github.com/datocms/datocms-astro-blog-demo), [Remix](https://github.com/datocms/remix-example). See [all our starter templates](https://www.datocms.com/marketplace/starters). Or see [all our public repos](https://github.com/orgs/datocms/repositories?q=&type=public&language=&sort=stargazers)

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