gatsby-source-directus

Source plugin for pulling data into the Gatsby GraphQL Data Layer from a Directus API.

5️⃣ Installation for gatsby 4 and 5

Depending on the gatsby version you are using you will need to include the following dependencies to your project on these respective versions: @4if you are using gatsby@4 and @5 if you are using gatsby@5.

gatsby@4 dependencies

npm install --save gatsby-source-graphql@4 gatsby-source-filesystem@4

gatsby@5 dependencies

npm install --save gatsby-source-graphql@5 gatsby-source-filesystem@5

Install the package

npm install --save @directus/gatsby-source-directus

Usage

1. Go to gatsby-config.js on your Gatsby project
2. Add new entry to plugins properly configured with your settings

module.exports = {
	// ... some gatsby configuration
	plugins: [
		// ... some gatsby plugins

		// You can take advantage of the following plugins with gatsby-source-directus

		// `gatsby-plugin-image`,
		// `gatsby-transformer-sharp`,
		// `gatsby-plugin-sharp`,

		// Finally our plugin
		{
			resolve: '@directus/gatsby-source-directus',
			options: {
				url: `https://myproject.directus.cloud`, // Fill with your Directus instance address
				auth: {
					token: 'my_secret_token', // You can use a static token from an user

					// Or you can use the credentials of an user
					// email: "johndoe@directus.cloud",
					// password: "mysecretpassword",
				},
			},
		},
	],
};

3. Request your data

query {
	# if you change `type.name`, remember to also rename following field
	directus {
		# the collection you want to query
		articles {
			# the fields you want to query from above collection
			title
			files {
				# since this is a M2M relationship, we need to reference the junction field
				directus_files_id {
					# `id` is required to be fetched in order to be used with `gatsby-transformer-sharp`
					id
					imageFile {
						# when using the plugin 'gatsby-transformer-sharp', you can query images with transformations
						childImageSharp {
							gatsbyImageData(width: 200)
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

	# it's also possible to query system collections
	directus_system {
		users {
			email
		}
		files {
			id
			imageFile {
				childImageSharp {
					gatsbyImageData(width: 200)
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

Note: When using with gatsby-transformer-sharp you will need to query id of the asset (specified on DirectusData_directus_files type).

Options

• url [Required] - should be a valid URL to your Directus instance

• auth [Optional] - defines if requests will have authentication or not. You should define this if you want access to non-public content. View more about permissions

  • auth.token [Optional] - should be the static token of the user which will make the requests. You can define one on user detail page.

  • auth.email [Optional, but required with password and ignored if auth.token defined] - should be the email of the user which will make the requests.

  • auth.password [*Optional, but required with email and ignored if auth.token defined*] - should be the password of the user which will make the requests.

• type [Optional] - defines the type and field name to be used on GraphQL. If you are using multiple instances of Directus, please ensure you have unique type and field names per instance.

  • type.name [Optional, defaults to DirectusData] - defines the GraphQL type name to be used for user defined collections

  • type.field [Optional, defaults to directus] - defines the GraphQL field name to query user defined collections. If you change this property, remember to query the proper field inside query.

  • type.system_name [Optional, defaults to DirectusSystemData] - defines the GraphQL type name to be used for Directus defined collections, i.e., directus_users, directus_files, etc.

  • type.system_field [Optional, defaults to directus_system] - defines the GraphQL field name to query Directus defined collections.

• dev [Optional] - defines options for development environments

  • dev.refresh [Optional, defaults to 15s] - tells the refresh rate in seconds of the schema. Should be a number in seconds or a string supported by ms

• graphql [Optional] - defines extra options to be passed into gatsby-source-graphql. Useful for advanced use cases.

• concurrency [Optional, defaults to 10] - tells how much images tries to download concurrently

How to query

The default way to query data is to fetch items from directus field.

query {
	directus {
		items {
			my_collection {
				some_field
				other_field
			}
		}
	}
}

If you specify the type.field, you must query from that field instead.

query {
	# In this case `type.field` is "blog"
	blog {
		items {
			posts {
				id
				title
				slug
				status
			}
		}
	}
	# While in this case `type.field` is "portal"
	portal {
		items {
			pages {
				id
				title
				slug
				status
			}
		}
	}
}

Docs

View more about Directus