Contentful Developer Documentation
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Concepts
Concepts explain the building blocks of Contentful, from content modelling to webhooks and extensions.
Platforms
Platforms hold all client libraries, tutorials, demos, sample apps and integrations for different languages.
API reference
Our API reference documentation on REST and GraphQL APIs allow you to build your app with Contentful. API references cover Content Management API, Content Delivery API, Content Preview API and Images API to retrieve and apply transformations to content and images, GraphQL Content API, User Management API and SCIM API.
Compose
Enables editors to easily create and manage web content in pages, built with structured content.
- What is Compose?
- Compose content model and SEO
- Page types
- Known Limitations - Compose
- Content model best practices for Compose
- Extending and customizing Compose
- Roles and Permissions for Compose
- CLI tools and Compose
- Installing Compose in an existing space
- Building a website with Compose in Next.js
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Documentation for editors
Stop worrying and start shipping with structured content (video)
Stop worrying and start shipping with structured content
The App Framework course (video)
The App Framework lets you use your favorite tools and frameworks and easily connect them to Contentful.
- Getting started with the Contentful App Framework
- The Tools of the Contentful App Framework
- Understanding the AppDefinition and AppInstallation
- Creating, Developing, and Running a Simple App
- Using the SDK to Get and Set Data within your App
- Fetching Async Data in Contentful and Hydrating your App
- Passing Data via the SDK Between Different App Locations
- Using Forma 36 to Create Better App Experiences
- Using Instance Parameters
- Using the Open Source Field Editors
- The Content Management API (CMA) Adapter in SDK 4.0
What's your query? (video)
Learn GraphQL and React with Contentful
- What is GraphQL?
- Exploring GraphQL endpoints using GraphiQL
- Fetching component data using useState and useEffect
- Environment variables in create-react-app
- Writing a custom Contentful hook
- Catching GraphQL API errors
- Nailing down components with React PropTypes
- Image transformation using Contentful's Images API
- Rendering of Contentful RichText
- Contentful references in GraphQL
- GraphQL fragments and query complexity
- Previewing data with GraphQL query variables
- Dynamic responses with GraphQL directives
- Outro and additional resources
Bits and Bytes (video)
Videos designed to walk you through Contentful key features
- What is Contentful?
- How to get started with the Contentful CLI
- A web project in 5 minutes using the Contentful CLI
- How to create and use a personal access token
- Localized content in your Contentful application
- How to save bytes on the wire using the Images API
- Creating a preview environment using the Preview API
- Exploring the Contentful API from the docs