Graphql Flatdata & multilanguage headers

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Current behavior

Currently our squidex has 3 languages (IT, EN, FR).
All required fields being called are localizable
Initial call to graphql using X-Languages: it,en,fr and X-Flatten and querying for example:
{
queryMenuItemContents(filter: “data/isRootItem/iv eq true”) {
flatData{
label
children{
flatData{
label
}
}
}
}
}

responds with flatData->label: “Istituzioni”.
However, if i use data or data_dynamic, i end up with this:
“data__dynamic”: {
“children”: {
“iv”: [
“ad8049ae-9d36-4a81-9510-4192a8f9a9cc”,
“cc879e4d-7c72-4809-ae66-7dcf1acb5a51”,
“93c60524-4b5a-40f0-a426-257a239c1cf3”,
“19ecdeb3-abfc-4cf7-998a-6004a120fa01”,
“57549604-f2ae-472c-a010-e081cfaeabf2”,
“04d45944-7ba9-41c1-9987-c1173423cc75”
]
}
]
or
“children”: [
{
“data”: {
“label”: {
“en”: “Institutions”,
“it”: “Istituzioni”,
“fr”: “Institutions”
}
},…
]

Expected behavior

I was expecting that calling with flatData it should still respond with
“flatData”: {
“label”: {
“en”: “Institutions”,
“it”: “Istituzioni”,
“fr”: “Institutions”
}
}

Minimal reproduction of the problem

Environment

App Name:

  • Self hosted with docker
  • Self hosted with IIS
  • Self hosted with other version
  • Cloud version

Version: 7.23

Browser:

  • Chrome (desktop)
  • Chrome (Android)
  • Chrome (iOS)
  • Firefox
  • Safari (desktop)
  • Safari (iOS)
  • IE
  • Edge

Others:

2

This is not how flatData works. So you want that only invariant fields are “flattened”?

3

I was looking at the documentation that you’ve supplied and i was under the impression that using the x-flatten: true with graphql in the header should produce
something like you had posted.

X-Flatten: true
{ 
    ...,
    "data": {
        "description": {
            "en": "FoodCo aims to revolutionize the way we eat. Their innovative products focus on sustainability.",
            "fi": "FoodCo pyrkii mullistamaan ruokailutottumuksiamme. Niiden innovatiiviset tuotteet keskittyvät kestävään kehitykseen.",
            "it": null,
            "sv": "FoodCo har som mål att revolutionera vårt sätt att äta. Deras innovativa produkter fokuserar på hållbarhet."
        },
        "founded": 2019
        }
    }
}

so i was expecting something like:

"flatData": {
  "label": {
    "en": "Institutions",
    "it": "Istituzioni",
    "fr": "Institutions"
  }
}

changing from flatData to data in the graphql call and also using X-Flatten i still get the iv

      "label": {
          "en": "Institutions",
          "it": "Istituzioni",
          "fr": "Institutions"
      },
      "contentSchema": {
          "iv": "sezione"
      },
4

GraphQL is statically typed, you cannot just change the type of a value from an object to a string based on headers or so.

5

ahh ok.
so i’ll have to post process everything. Thanks

6

Yes, it is technically not possible. We could introduce new fields, e.g. simplifiedData or so.