Rich text embedded-entry and embedded-asset data is incomplete & inconsistent

APIs Content Delivery API
1

I am building a new site with Gatsby and using Contentful for the CMS.

Embedded entries

I have recently started adding embedded entries within some rich text fields, which were working well until today when sometimes the response returned only a small amount of data compared to what it should return.

Like so:

{
  "data": {
    "target": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "nKH0LksSwzlsRkErENR4w",
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "Entry",
        "contentful_id": "nKH0LksSwzlsRkErENR4w"
      }
    }
  },
  "content": [],
  "nodeType": "embedded-entry-block"
}

Unfortunately I don’t have a successful response anymore… :disappointed:

Older items with the correct response information were fine until edits were made and republished, then the embedded entry info was broken again.

Embedded assets

The same issues are present with embedded assets.

Can anyone tell me why the responses change? Is this a known issue? Or should I remodel my schema to get around this issue?

By the way, I have tested through the REST API and the response from Contentful directly does not return the expected data.

2

Hi @zander.martineau

Sadly it’s a known issue`

You would need to clear your cache whenever you add an embedded entry for it to work.

3

Thanks, I searched the Gatsby issues and didn’t find that issue. Funnily enough, as I mentioned in my post above, I get the same issue even when calling the REST API directly so I deduced that it was not a Gatsby-related issue.

I will try it again and see if clearing the cache produces better results.

4

I’ve gotten the same issue.
I’d like to know why there are no elements inside the content on embedded entry. This behavior is so weird.

5

Any updates here? Having the same issue. I’m also not sure where to clear the cache. Is this a setting in contentful?

6

Same problem. I am using graphql without gatsby and got only sys fields for rich text and no more, how can I fix it?

7

Hi @ihorvoit12, I don’t believe your issue is connected to the original issue which is Gatsby related.

With GraphQL, you need to specifically request fields that you want the API to return. Could you post here the request you are making, and what you expected to get in return?

8

Yes, it’s not related to Gatsby at all.
I already solved this issue. Next to json field there is field links that contains all necessary data for embedded entries. And now I make request for example like this


 body {
          json
          links {
            entries {
              block {
                __typename
                ... on WidgetSlider {
                  sys {
                    id
                  }
                  name
                  slidesToShow
                  itemsCollection {
                    items {
                      image {
                        title
                        url
                      }
                      link
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }

But I’m pretty sure that earlier json field contained all data about embedded entries also, not just id for linked entries