Property types

Property	Description
String	Basic string mapping. Accepts the following fields: `type` `value` `default` Note: `type` and `value` are required if you aren't using the shorthand - e.g. `"title": "{p.headline}"`
Number	Basic number or integer mapping. Required fields: `type` `value` Optional fields: `default` `precision`
Boolean	Basic boolean mapping. Required fields: `type` `value` Optional fields: `default`
Array	Mapping of an array, defining the input to iterate and the items definition. Required fields: `type` `input` `items` Optional fields: `var`
Object	Mapping of an object. Required fields: `type` `properties`
Reference	Referencing another schema. Required fields: `type` `alias` - use `id` OR `originId` Optional fields: `source`
Partial	Referencing a partial schema to map the data into. Required fields: `type` `input` `alias`
Dynamic	Dynamic mapping using the path selector. Required fields: `*`

tip

There is no Date property type. But if you ingest your dates as strings in the following format yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss, you can still sort by date and the value can easily be parsed to Date on the client in JavaScript and other languages.

string

Basic string mapping.

Since string is the most commonly used property type you can access it without writing the type and value property. This is meant as syntactic sugar making it easier and quicker to work with.

Fields

Property	Required?	Description
`type`	Yes	The property type - here `string`
`value`	Yes	The value of the property
`default`	No	The default value is used if `value` is null or an empty string

Examples

Property type: string
"title": "{p.headline}"

Property type: string with value and default
"title": {
  "type": "string",
  "value": "{p.headline}",
  "default": "Unknown title"
}

number

Basic number or integer mapping.

info

The size of the number is limited to the size of a C# double.

Fields

Property	Required?	Description
`type`	Yes	The property type - here `number`
`value`	Yes	The value of the property
`default`	No	The default value is used if `value` is null or can be parsed as a number
`precision`	No	Rounds a decimal value to a specified number of fractional digits, and rounds midpoint values to the nearest even number. Default value is 0

Examples

Property type: number
"stock": {
  "type": "number",
  "value": "{p.inventoryQuantity}"
}

boolean

Basic boolean mapping.

Fields

Property	Required?	Description
`type`	Yes	The property type - here `boolean`
`value`	Yes	The value of the property
`default`	No	The default value is used if `value` is null or can be parsed as a boolean

Examples

Property type: boolean
"isPublished": {
  "type": "boolean",
  "value": "{p.published}",
  "default": true
}

array

Mapping of an array, defining the input to iterate and the items definition.

Array property type is designed for working with collections.

Fields

Property	Required?	Description
`type`	Yes	property type - here `array`
`input`	Yes	States input, where to retrieve items collection to work with from. Support input types: `string` `$exp` `$lookup`
`items`	No	Used for mapping results.
`var`	No	Collection iteration variable name. Default value is - `item`.

`string` type

A simple example showing how to use a string type in items.

string simple example
"categories": {
  "type": "array",
  "input": "{p.categories}",
  "items": {
    "type": "string",
    "value": "{item}"
  }
},

`$exp` input

With expression input, you can reference the desired property on the source entity that is an array.

$exp input
"tabs": {
  "type": "array",
  "input": "{p.tabs}",
  "var": "tab",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "title": "{tab.title}",
      "content": "{tab.content}"
    }
  }
}

`$path` input

With path input, you can select the desired items on the source entity using the path selector.

$path input
"tabs": {
  "type": "array",
  "input": {
    "$path": "p.tabs[*]"
  },
  "var": "tab",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "title": "{tab.title}",
      "content": "{tab.content}"
    }
  }
}

Filter items:

$path input with filter
"tabs": {
  "type": "array",
  "input": {
    "$path": "p.tabs[?(@.display==true)]"
  },
  "var": "tab",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "title": "{tab.title}",
      "content": "{tab.content}"
    }
  }
}

`$lookup` input

Lookup input comparing to $exp allows you to define query-like and criteria match source entities lookup conditions.

`$lookup` with single property value match

Property	Required?	Description
operator	Yes	The operator for the lookup. Supported operators: `equals` `contains`
sourceEntityProperty	Yes	The property to match the value on
matchValue	Yes	The value to match the sourceEntityProperty
sourceEntityType	No	Type of source entity to use for lookup. Default value is include all entity types available: `*`
orderBy	No	Allows you to specify your desired sorting order
top	No	Allows limiting the size of items collection. Can be a number, a number as a text, or an expression.
source	No	Allows you to define a different source as the property. The `source` should be equal to the desired source group alias, where you want to look for source entities. If not defined, it uses the current source group.

$lookup with a single property
"navigationItems": {
   "type": "array",
   "input": {
      "$lookup": {
          "operator": "equals",
          "sourceEntityType": "*",
          "sourceEntityProperty": "originParentId",
          "matchValue": "{originId}",
          "orderBy": {
            "property": "properties.metaData.sortOrder",
            "sort": "asc"
          },
          "top": 5
      }
   },
   "items": {
      "type": "reference",
      "id": "{input.id}",
      "alias": "NavigationItem"
   }
}

`$lookup` with filter

Particular lookup filter type allows you to be more flexible with your matching criteria.

Property	Required?	Description
filter	Yes	Your filtering criteria
orderBy	No	Allows you to specify your desired sorting order
top	No	Allows limiting the size of items collection. Can be a number, a number as a text, or an expression.
source	No	Allows you to define a different source as the property. The `source` should be equal to the desired source group alias, where you want to look for source entities. If not defined, it uses the current source group.

See list of filter examples here

Additional

Arrays have some additional properties available:

root For schemas it will contain the source entity and for partial schemas the input. It is possible to access everything from the source entity like root.originId or root.properties.headline. All property values in items that supports expressions can access root.
```
"tabs": {
  "type": "array",
  "input": "{p.tabs}",
  "var": "tab",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "title": "{root.p.headline}: {tab.title}",
      "content": "{tab.content}"
    }
  }
}
```

parent If having multidimensional arrays parent can be used to access items of the parent array. For the first array parent will be equal to root. For the next levels parent will be equal to item of the parent array. All property values in items that supports expressions can use parent.

"tabs": {
  "type": "array",
  "input": "{p.tabs}",
  "var": "tab",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "title": "{tab.title}",
      "content": "{tab.content}",
      "subTabs": {
        "type": "array",
        "input": "{tab.tabs}",
        "var": "subTab",
        "items": {
          "title": "{parent.title}: {subTab.title}",
          "content": "{subTab.content}",
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

object

Mapping of an object.

Fields

Property	Required?	Description
`type`	Yes	The property type - here `object`
`properties`	Yes	The properties of the object

Examples

Property type: object
"item": {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "title":  "{p.title}",
    "content": "{p.content}"
  }
}

reference

Referencing another schema.

The reference property type is a bit different than string, number, boolean, etc.

This property types allows referencing other views created from either this Source Entity or from another source entity.

When referenced Enterspeed will resolve the view when requested by the Delivery API, so that the data will stay up-to-date.

In order to reference desired source entity, you can use alias of the schema and id or originId of the source entity and optionally a different source than the current source entity.

tip

Reference schemas are typically used when you are mapping data from another entity. Eg. a page has a reference another page entity or media entity.

Fields

Property	Required?	Description
`type`	Yes	The property type - here `alias`
`alias`	Yes	The alias of the schema you wish to reference
`id`	Yes / No	The id of the source entity. `originId` can be used instead
`originId`	Yes / No	The originId of the source entity. `id` can be used instead
`source`	No	Allows you to define a different source. The source should be equal to the desired source group alias, where the view is located. If not defined, it uses the current source group. Note: This property is only used if `originId` is used. If `id` is used the source of the id will take priority over the source

Examples

Property type: reference (static value) with originId
"seoData": {
  "type": "reference",
  "originId": "{originId}",
  "alias": "Seo",
  "source": "anotherSourceGroupAlias"
}

Property type: reference (static value)
"seoData": {
  "type": "reference",
  "id": "{id}",
  "alias": "Seo"
}

Property type: reference (dynamic value)
"seoData": {
  "type": "reference",
  "id": "{id}",
  "alias": "{p.seoAlias}"
}

The alias can either be a static value, like "Seo" or it can be a dynamic value being resolved from the Source Entity that is being processed by Enterspeed. This allows for supporting almost any use case.

Reference response

The response of references differs in V1 and V2+ of the Delivery API. V1 return the id, type and wraps the properties from the referenced view in a view property. The response of references in V2+ is much more clean and only return the actual properties from the referenced schema. If a reference is not found in V2+ the reference information are added in the missingViewReference property in the meta object for debug purpose.

Delivery API V1 uses a nested view property
{
  // This example shows a response of a view with two schema references.
  // image1 is referencing a found view with a url and name property
  // and image2 is referencing a view that doesn't exist.

  "meta": {
    "missingViewReferences": []
  },
  "route": {
    "image1": {
      "id": "gid://Environment/8ef2bdc0-c352-4190-a344-c51d1f5e72ea/Source/dc5d9518-b96a-428a-a9b3-31fb601376c2/Entity/1234/View/image",
      "view": {
        "url": "https://test.com/how-to-write-a-good-blog-post.png",
        "name": "How To Write A Good Blog Post"
      },
      "type": "ViewReference"
    },
    "image2": {
      "id": "gid://Environment/8ef2bdc0-c352-4190-a344-c51d1f5e72ea/Source/dc5d9518-b96a-428a-a9b3-31fb601376c2/Entity/1235/View/image",
      "view": null,
      "type": "ViewReference"
    }
  }
}

Delivery API V2+ only returns the actual view properties
{
  // This example shows a response of a view with two schema references.
  // image1 is referencing a found view with a url and name property
  // and image2 is referencing a view that doesn't exist.

  "meta": {
    "missingViewReferences": [
      {
        "path": "image2",
        "viewId": "gid://Environment/8ef2bdc0-c352-4190-a344-c51d1f5e72ea/Source/dc5d9518-b96a-428a-a9b3-31fb601376c2/Entity/1235/View/image"
      }
    ]
  },
  "route": {
    "image1": {
      "url": "https://test.com/how-to-write-a-good-blog-post.png",
      "name": "How To Write A Good Blog Post"
    },
    "image2": null
  }
}

partial

Referencing a partial schema to map the data into.

The partial mapping property type allows for dynamically including partial schemas into the main schema. This is useful when you need to iterate an array of different objects that has an identifier, like an ID, alias or similar.

tip

Partial schemas are typically used when you want a reusable schema for mapping data that is part of the same entity. Eg. meta data (title, description, ...) is the same across different entity types but the data lives on the entity it self.

Fields

Property	Required?	Description
`type`	Yes	The property type - here `partial`
`input`	Yes	Defines what goes into the partial schema
`alias`	Yes	Is used to resolve what partial schema to use

Examples

Property type: partial
"blocks": {
  "type": "array",
  "input": "{p.contentBlocks}",
  "items": {
    "type": "partial",
    "input": "{item}",
    "alias": "Block-{item.contentType}"
  }
}

The input defines what goes into the partial schema and the alias is used to resolve what partial schema to use. So in this case we could have partial schema with alias: Block-headline.

tip

If you want to pass the entire current source entity to input, you can use {root}.

dynamic

Fields

Property	Required?	Description
`*`	Yes	Path selector

Examples

Property type: dynamic
"blocks": {
  "*": "p.contentBlocks"
}

Property types

string​

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number​

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boolean​

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array​

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string type​

$exp input​

$path input​

$lookup input​

$lookup with single property value match​

$lookup with filter​

Additional​

object​

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reference​

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Reference response​

partial​

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dynamic​

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string

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number

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boolean

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array

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`string` type

`$exp` input

`$path` input

`$lookup` input

`$lookup` with single property value match

`$lookup` with filter

Additional

object

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reference

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Reference response

partial

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dynamic

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