Getting entries from a UI extension field

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Hello,

I have created a UI extension field that allows me to link other entries to it. However, when making an API call with the parameter “include” in it, it won’t return the entry that I have linked to the UI extension field. How would I go about solving this?

Thanks,

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Hi @pajaani.soobrayen,

What field type do you use underlying the UI extension? include should work automatically if you use a Reference (Entry or Entries in the terms of UI extensions) field.

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Hi @Rouven,

Its an Object.

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That’s the reason why. Objects are just oblique blobs of JSON to our API, we don’t interpret them in any way. To enable includes, make the underlying field type a Reference.

I hope this helps.

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Ok. Will try that and will let you know.

Thanks.

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@Rouven

It appears we cannot make the field type of a UI extension a Reference.

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Hi @pajaani.soobrayen,

Can you tell me what steps you tried?

You should first enable Entry and/or Entries (depends on whether this is a single or a multiple reference field) as a valid field type in the extension manifest. Then reinstall the extension into the space. Create a new field of the type Reference in your content model and assign it the just created UI extension to it.