contenttype.json

A content type example

"article": {
    "name": "Article",
    "table_name": "dm_article",
    "has_version": true,
    "has_location": true,
    "name_pattern": "{title}",
    "fields": [{
        "identifier": "title",
        "type": "text",
        "name": "Title",
        "parameters": {
          "max_length": 300
        },
        "required": true
      },
      {
        "identifier": "editors",
        "type": "relationlist",
        "name": "Editors",
        "required": false,
        "parameters":{
          "type":"user"
        }
      },

Content type definition

key	type	Description
<identifier>	string	content type indentifier. Need to be unique, lower case, with _, cannot end with _test(because go will ignore the generated entity to treat as test file), eg. article
name	string	Name of the content type
table_name	string	table name on database
has_version	bool	If true it will store version automatically when creating/updating
has_location	bool	Whether the content has location or not. Read here to judge if you need location
has_location_id	bool	For non-location content, true if you need to put content under some location content and use it as category&permission for instance.
name_pattern	string	For location content, name can be generated from field’s value , {"<field identifer>"} will be replaced with identifier’s real value
fields	array<field definition>	fields with order

Content type field definition

key	type	Description
identifier	string	Identifier of the field
type	string	Field type
name	string	Name of the field, for viewing
required	bool	Whether the field is required
parameters	object	parameters of the field, see field types for parameter detail.
is_output	bool	If it’s a output field. Useful for output like h2

Built in field types

key	Description	Parameters
text	Plain text, support mulitline	“multiline”: true/false , “max_length”:250
richtext	Rich text with online editor	“mode”:”compact/full”
select	Dropdown	“list”, eg:{“list”: [{“text”: “Apple”, “value”: “apple” }…]}
radio	Radio, support 2 options (“1”/”0” - string value) for now. default “-1”(not selected)	“options”:[“Yes”, “No”]
datetime	Date time	“dateonly”: true/false
int	Integer. default value is -1(not 0)
container	Container. ‘Virtual’ field which is a container of sub fields. “children” is used together with “container”
checkbox	Checkbox, value is int 0/1
password	Password
file	File	max_size: <float, eg. 10.0>, max size of the file(mb)(default is 10 if not set). format:”.docx,.pdf”, supported file formats
image	Image	format:”.jpg,.png”, accepted format. If not set, use all support images
relation	Relation	type: “" , value: "", editmode: "browse|select" (by default it's browse if nothing is set)
relationlist	Relation list, used for multiple relations.