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Nested block ContentReference not returning by content delivery API
Not ideally to have multiple nested blocks for content delivery for performance reasons- by default it will only expands to 1 level . you can cetainly customise but I would rather perfer not to have that level of nesting and consider remodeling.
Mar 09, 2022 10:13
[ContentType(GUID = "F40176A2-E3A2-43F8-A18B-2A133D5D8BBC", DisplayName = "Test Page")] public class TestPage : PageData { [AllowedTypes(typeof(TestBlock))] [Display(Name = "Child", Order = 10)] public virtual ContentReference Child { get; set; } } [ContentType(GUID = "9DDFEF96-AB5B-42CD-80D0-31D9E65ADAE6", DisplayName = "Test Block")] public class TestBlock : BlockData { [Display(Order = 5)] public virtual string Heading { get; set; } [Display(Name = "Child", Order = 10)] [AllowedTypes(typeof(TestBlock))] public virtual ContentReference Child { get; set; } }{ "contentLink": { "id": 202, "workId": 0, "guidValue": "5ff3fc26-7a31-4820-b947-2a918e222065", "providerName": null, "url": "/test/", "expanded": null }, "name": "Test", "language": { "link": "/test/", "displayName": "English", "name": "en" }, "existingLanguages": [ { "link": "/test/", "displayName": "English", "name": "en" } ], "masterLanguage": { "link": "/test/", "displayName": "English", "name": "en" }, "contentType": [ "Page", "TestPage" ], "parentLink": { "id": 5, "workId": 0, "guidValue": "1611ac34-e475-41fe-b278-1be758763003", "providerName": null, "url": "/", "expanded": null }, "routeSegment": "test", "url": "/test/", "changed": "2022-02-25T12:02:15Z", "created": "2022-02-25T12:02:06Z", "startPublish": "2022-02-25T12:02:15Z", "stopPublish": null, "saved": "2022-02-25T12:04:54Z", "status": "Published", "category": [], "requiresAuthentication": null, "meta": { "title": "", "description": "", "robots": "" }, "child": { // this is the first block referenced by the page "id": 204, "workId": 0, "guidValue": "ca5cae7a-06af-420d-806d-0c9a49e36b43", "providerName": null, "url": null, "expanded": { "contentLink": { "id": 204, "workId": 0, "guidValue": "ca5cae7a-06af-420d-806d-0c9a49e36b43", "providerName": null, "url": null, "expanded": null }, "name": "Test 1", "language": { "link": null, "displayName": "English", "name": "en" }, "existingLanguages": [ { "link": null, "displayName": "English", "name": "en" } ], "masterLanguage": { "link": null, "displayName": "English", "name": "en" }, "contentType": [ "Block", "TestBlock" ], "parentLink": { "id": 203, "workId": 0, "guidValue": "0fd61ab0-e440-4084-88ab-4eeefcd35c66", "providerName": null, "url": "/contentassets/0fd61ab0e440408488ab4eeefcd35c66/", "expanded": null }, "routeSegment": null, "url": null, "changed": "2022-02-25T12:02:59Z", "created": "2022-02-25T12:02:37Z", "startPublish": "2022-02-25T12:02:59Z", "stopPublish": null, "saved": "2022-02-25T12:05:07Z", "status": "Published", "category": [], "heading": "Test 1", "child": { // here is the child property of the block which should be another block with a heading etc. but 'expanded' is null? "id": 206, "workId": 0, "guidValue": "5f05d107-8973-46c6-9e37-3c71729d283a", "providerName": null, "url": null, "expanded": null } } } }