How to structure a schema in Sanity.io to allow for multiple documents
16 replies
Last updated: Jun 27, 2022
S
hi ,
Is it possible to be able to add more then 1 document ? how do I structure this in the schema?
Is it possible to be able to add more then 1 document ? how do I structure this in the schema?
Jun 24, 2022, 12:51 PM
K
You would need to have a field that’s an array of files/images.
Jun 24, 2022, 12:51 PM
K
{
type: "array",
of: [ { type: "image" } ]
}Jun 24, 2022, 12:51 PM
S
my documents schema looks like this. where should I fit the array in ?
{
title: 'Document',
description: "Place document here",
name: 'file',
type: 'file',
fields: [
{
name: 'description',
type: 'string',
title: 'Description'
}
]
},Jun 24, 2022, 12:57 PM
B
try something like
but personally, i would probably turn the single Document into its own type, then reference that perhaps... really depends on your need/use case
{
title: 'Documents',
description: 'A list of documents',
name: 'documents',
type: "array",
of: [
{
title: 'Document',
description: "Place document here",
name: 'file',
type: 'file',
fields: [
{
name: 'description',
type: 'string',
title: 'Description'
}
]
}
]
}Jun 24, 2022, 1:18 PM
S
Yea I was thinking about that to just reference the docs and if needed create
Jun 24, 2022, 1:23 PM
B
it also gives you the advantage to re-use that document elsewhere if you needed, rather than it being tied to a single place
Jun 24, 2022, 1:27 PM
S
yes thats the better way to do it
Jun 24, 2022, 1:29 PM
S
how do I transform the reference so that I can add more then 1 ?
Jun 24, 2022, 1:30 PM
B
you would need to make it a
document typelike
type: 'document'instead of
type: 'file, then move the file type down into the fields
Jun 24, 2022, 1:32 PM
B
then you could make an array of reference to that new type in your original code
Jun 24, 2022, 1:32 PM
S
hmm could you show an code example of how to structure this?
Jun 24, 2022, 1:39 PM
B
sure, here's something similar i have for doing "categories" on a blog
first i create the
then i add the reference array to my
i tried to strip out all the unrelated code in this example
first i create the
categorydocument type
export default {
title: "Category",
name: "category",
type: "document",
fields: [
{
title: "Title",
name: "title",
type: "string",
},
{
title: "Slug",
name: "slug",
type: "slug",
options: {
source: 'title',
maxLength: 200, // will be ignored if slugify is set
slugify: input => input.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, '-').slice(0, 200)
},
validation: Rule => Rule.required()
},
{
title: "Description",
name: "description",
type: "text"
}
]
}articletype
export default {
title: "Article",
name: "article",
type: "document",
fields: [
{
title: "Title",
name: "title",
type: "string"
},
{
title: "Categories",
name: "categories",
fieldset: 'details',
type: "array",
of: [
{
type: "reference",
to: [{type: "category"}]
}
],
options: {
sortable: false
},
preview: {
select: {
title: "title"
}
}
}
],
}Jun 24, 2022, 1:54 PM
S
I see you have seperated the schemas, how does the
acctualy work?
fieldset: 'details',
Jun 24, 2022, 2:42 PM
B
oh, i missed stripping that out ... its hard to explain without the rest of the fieldset code
Jun 24, 2022, 2:55 PM
B
i would remove that if you're trying to use my code as a 1:1 proxy
Jun 24, 2022, 2:55 PM
S
This was exactly what I was looking for thanks
user G
!Jun 27, 2022, 6:41 AM
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