Javascript client for Sanity. Works in node.js and modern browsers (older browsers need a Promise polyfill).
Sanity Client requires the JavaScript runtime to have a global ES6-compliant Promise available. If your runtime environment doesn't provide a spec compliant Promise implementation, we recommend using native-promise-only, es6-promise or another spec-compliant implementation. See this article for more information.
The client can be installed from npm:
npm install -g @sanity/client
const sanityClient = require('@sanity/client')
const client = sanityClient({
projectId: 'your-project-id',
dataset: 'bikeshop',
apiVersion: '2021-03-25', // use current UTC date - see "specifying API version"!
token: 'sanity-auth-token', // or leave blank for unauthenticated usage
useCdn: true, // `false` if you want to ensure fresh data
})const client = sanityClient(options)
Initializes a new Sanity Client. Required options are projectId, dataset, and apiVersion. Setting a value for useCdn is encouraged.
Sanity uses ISO dates (YYYY-MM-DD) in UTC timezone for versioning. The explanation for this can be found in the documentation
In general, unless you know what API version you want to use, you'll want to statically set it to today's UTC date when starting a new project. By doing this, you'll get all the latest bugfixes and features, while locking the API to prevent breaking changes.
Note: Do not be tempted to use a dynamic value for the apiVersion. The reason for setting a static value is to prevent unexpected, breaking changes.
In future versions, specifying an API version will be required. For now (to maintain backwards compatiblity) not specifying a version will trigger a deprecation warning and fall back to using v1.
const query = '*[_type == "bike" && seats >= $minSeats] {name, seats}'
const params = {minSeats: 2}
client.fetch(query, params).then((bikes) => {
console.log('Bikes with more than one seat:')
bikes.forEach((bike) => {
console.log(`${bike.name} (${bike.seats} seats)`)
})
})client.fetch(query, params = {})
Perform a query using the given parameters (if any).
const query = '*[_type == "comment" && authorId != $ownerId]'
const params = {ownerId: 'bikeOwnerUserId'}
const subscription = client.listen(query, params).subscribe((update) => {
const comment = update.result
console.log(`${comment.author} commented: ${comment.text}`)
})
// to unsubscribe later on
subscription.unsubscribe()client.listen(query, params = {}, options = {includeResult: true})
Open a query that listens for updates on matched documents, using the given parameters (if any). The return value is an RxJS Observable. When calling .subscribe() on the returned observable, a subscription is returned, and this can be used to unsubscribe from the query later on by calling subscription.unsubscribe()
The update events which are emitted always contain mutation, which is an object containing the mutation which triggered the document to appear as part of the query.
By default, the emitted update event will also contain a result property, which contains the document with the mutation applied to it. In case of a delete mutation, this property will not be present, however. You can also tell the client not to return the document (to save bandwidth, or in cases where the mutation or the document ID is the only relevant factor) by setting the includeResult property to false in the options.
Likewise, you can also have the client return the document before the mutation was applied, by setting includePreviousRevision to true in the options, which will include a previous property in each emitted object.
This will fetch a document from the Doc endpoint. This endpoint cuts through any caching/indexing middleware that may involve delayed processing. As it is less scalable/performant than the other query mechanisms, it should be used sparingly. Performing a query is usually a better option.
client.getDocument('bike-123').then((bike) => {
console.log(`${bike.name} (${bike.seats} seats)`)
})This will fetch multiple documents in one request from the Doc endpoint. This endpoint cuts through any caching/indexing middleware that may involve delayed processing. As it is less scalable/performant than the other query mechanisms, it should be used sparingly. Performing a query is usually a better option.
client.getDocuments(['bike123', 'bike345']).then(([bike123, bike345]) => {
console.log(`Bike 123: ${bike123.name} (${bike123.seats} seats)`)
console.log(`Bike 345: ${bike345.name} (${bike345.seats} seats)`)
})Note: Unlike in the HTTP API, the order/position of documents is preserved based on the original array of IDs. If any of the documents are missing, they will be replaced by a null entry in the returned array:
const ids = ['bike123', 'nonexistent-document', 'bike345']
client.getDocuments(ids).then((docs) => {
// the docs array will be:
// [{_id: 'bike123', ...}, null, {_id: 'bike345', ...}]
})const doc = {
_type: 'bike',
name: 'Sanity Tandem Extraordinaire',
seats: 2,
}
client.create(doc).then((res) => {
console.log(`Bike was created, document ID is ${res._id}`)
})client.create(doc)
client.create(doc, mutationOptions)
Create a document. Argument is a plain JS object representing the document. It must contain a _type attribute. It may contain an _id. If an ID is not specified, it will automatically be created.
To create a draft document, prefix the document ID with drafts. - eg _id: 'drafts.myDocumentId'. To auto-generate a draft document ID, set _id to drafts. (nothing after the .).
const doc = {
_id: 'my-bike',
_type: 'bike',
name: 'Sanity Tandem Extraordinaire',
seats: 2,
}
client.createOrReplace(doc).then((res) => {
console.log(`Bike was created, document ID is ${res._id}`)
})client.createOrReplace(doc)
client.createOrReplace(doc, mutationOptions)
If you are not sure whether or not a document exists but want to overwrite it if it does, you can use the createOrReplace() method. When using this method, the document must contain an _id attribute.
const doc = {
_id: 'my-bike',
_type: 'bike',
name: 'Sanity Tandem Extraordinaire',
seats: 2,
}
client.createIfNotExists(doc).then((res) => {
console.log('Bike was created (or was already present)')
})client.createIfNotExists(doc)
client.createIfNotExists(doc, mutationOptions)
If you want to create a document if it does not already exist, but fall back without error if it does, you can use the createIfNotExists() method. When using this method, the document must contain an _id attribute.
client
.patch('bike-123') // Document ID to patch
.set({inStock: false}) // Shallow merge
.inc({numSold: 1}) // Increment field by count
.commit() // Perform the patch and return a promise
.then((updatedBike) => {
console.log('Hurray, the bike is updated! New document:')
console.log(updatedBike)
})
.catch((err) => {
console.error('Oh no, the update failed: ', err.message)
})Modify a document. patch takes a document ID. set merges the partialDoc with the stored document. inc increments the given field with the given numeric value. commit executes the given patch. Returns the updated object.
client.patch()
[operations]
.commit(mutationOptions)
client.patch('bike-123').setIfMissing({title: 'Untitled bike'}).commit()client.patch('bike-123').unset(['title', 'price']).commit()client
.patch('bike-123')
.inc({price: 88, numSales: 1}) // Increment `price` by 88, `numSales` by 1
.dec({inStock: 1}) // Decrement `inStock` by 1
.commit()You can use the ifRevisionId(rev) method to specify that you only want the patch to be applied if the stored document matches a given revision.
client
.patch('bike-123')
.ifRevisionId('previously-known-revision')
.set({title: 'Little Red Tricycle'})
.commit()The patch operation insert takes a location (before, after or replace), a path selector and an array of elements to insert.
client
.patch('bike-123')
// Ensure that the `reviews` arrays exists before attempting to add items to it
.setIfMissing({reviews: []})
// Add the items after the last item in the array (append)
.insert('after', 'reviews[-1]', [{title: 'Great bike!', stars: 5}])
.commit({
// Adds a `_key` attribute to array items, unique within the array, to
// ensure it can be addressed uniquely in a real-time collaboration context
autoGenerateArrayKeys: true,
})The operations of appending and prepending to an array are so common that they have been given their own methods for better readability:
client
.patch('bike-123')
.setIfMissing({reviews: []})
.append('reviews', [{title: 'Great bike!', stars: 5}])
.commit({autoGenerateArrayKeys: true})Each entry in the unset array can be either an attribute or a JSON path.
In this example, we remove the first review and the review with _key: 'abc123' from the bike.reviews array:
const reviewsToRemove = ['reviews[0]', 'reviews[_key=="abc123"]']
client.patch('bike-123').unset(reviewsToRemove).commit()A single document can be deleted by specifying a document ID:
client.delete(docId)
client.delete(docId, mutationOptions)
client
.delete('bike-123')
.then(() => {
console.log('Bike deleted')
})
.catch((err) => {
console.error('Delete failed: ', err.message)
})One or more documents can be deleted by specifying a GROQ query (and optionally, params):
client.delete({ query: "GROQ query", params: { key: value } })
// Without params
client
.delete({query: '*[_type == "bike"][0]'})
.then(() => {
console.log('The document matching *[_type == "bike"][0] was deleted')
})
.catch((err) => {
console.error('Delete failed: ', err.message)
})// With params
client
.delete({query: '*[_type == $type][0..1]', params: {type: 'bike'}})
.then(() => {
console.log('The documents matching *[_type == "bike"][0..1] was deleted')
})
.catch((err) => {
console.error('Delete failed: ', err.message)
})const namePatch = client.patch('bike-310').set({name: 'A Bike To Go'})
client
.transaction()
.create({name: 'Sanity Tandem Extraordinaire', seats: 2})
.delete('bike-123')
.patch(namePatch)
.commit()
.then((res) => {
console.log('Whole lot of stuff just happened')
})
.catch((err) => {
console.error('Transaction failed: ', err.message)
})client.transaction().create(doc).delete(docId).patch(patch).commit()
Create a transaction to perform chained mutations.
client
.transaction()
.create({name: 'Sanity Tandem Extraordinaire', seats: 2})
.patch('bike-123', (p) => p.set({inStock: false}))
.commit()
.then((res) => {
console.log('Bike created and a different bike is updated')
})
.catch((err) => {
console.error('Transaction failed: ', err.message)
})client.transaction().create(doc).patch(docId, p => p.set(partialDoc)).commit()
A patch can be performed inline on a transaction.
Transactions and patches can also be built outside the scope of a client:
const sanityClient = require('@sanity/client')
const client = sanityClient({
projectId: 'your-project-id',
dataset: 'bikeshop',
})
// Patches:
const patch = new sanityClient.Patch('<documentId>')
client.mutate(patch.inc({count: 1}).unset(['visits']))
// Transactions:
const transaction = new sanityClient.Transaction()
.create({_id: '123', name: 'FooBike'})
.delete('someDocId')
client.mutate(transaction)const patch = new sanityClient.Patch(docId)
const transaction = new sanityClient.Transaction()
An important note on this approach is that you cannot call commit() on transactions or patches instantiated this way, instead you have to pass them to client.mutate()
Assets can be uploaded using the client.assets.upload(...) method.
client.assets.upload(type: 'file' | image', body: File | Blob | Buffer | NodeStream, options = {}): Promise<AssetDocument>
👉 Read more about assets in Sanity
// Upload a file from the file system
client.assets
.upload('file', fs.createReadStream('myFile.txt'), {filename: 'myFile.txt'})
.then((document) => {
console.log('The file was uploaded!', document)
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error('Upload failed:', error.message)
})// Upload an image file from the file system
client.assets
.upload('image', fs.createReadStream('myImage.jpg'), {filename: 'myImage.jpg'})
.then((document) => {
console.log('The image was uploaded!', document)
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error('Upload failed:', error.message)
})// Create a file with "foo" as its content
const file = new File(['foo'], 'foo.txt', {type: 'text/plain'})
// Upload it
client.assets
.upload('file', file)
.then((document) => {
console.log('The file was uploaded!', document)
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error('Upload failed:', error.message)
})// Draw something on a canvas and upload as image
const canvas = document.getElementById('someCanvas')
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')
ctx.fillStyle = '#f85040'
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 50, 50)
ctx.fillStyle = '#fff'
ctx.font = '10px monospace'
ctx.fillText('Sanity', 8, 30)
canvas.toBlob(uploadImageBlob, 'image/png')
function uploadImageBlob(blob) {
client.assets
.upload('image', blob, {contentType: 'image/png', filename: 'someText.png'})
.then((document) => {
console.log('The image was uploaded!', document)
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error('Upload failed:', error.message)
})
}// Extract palette of colors as well as GPS location from exif
client.assets
.upload('image', someFile, {extract: ['palette', 'location']})
.then((document) => {
console.log('The file was uploaded!', document)
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error('Upload failed:', error.message)
})Deleting an asset document will also trigger deletion of the actual asset.
client.delete(assetDocumentId: string): Promise
client.delete('image-abc123_someAssetId-500x500-png').then((result) => {
console.log('deleted imageAsset', result)
})The following options are available for mutations, and can be applied either as the second argument to create(), createOrReplace, createIfNotExist, delete() and mutate() - or as an argument to the commit() method on patches and transactions.
visibility('sync'|'async'|'deferred') - default'sync'sync: request will not return until the requested changes are visible to subsequent queries.async: request will return immediately when the changes have been committed, but it might still be a second or more until changes are reflected in a query. Unless you are immediately re-querying for something that includes the mutated data, this is the preferred choice.deferred: fastest way to write - bypasses real-time indexing completely, and should be used in cases where you are bulk importing/mutating a large number of documents and don't need to see that data in a query for tens of seconds.
dryRun(true|false) - defaultfalse. If true, the mutation will be a dry run - the response will be identical to the one returned had this property been omitted or false (including error responses) but no documents will be affected.autoGenerateArrayKeys(true|false) - defaultfalse. If true, the mutation API will automatically add_keyattributes to objects in arrays that is missing them. This makes array operations more robust by having a unique key within the array available for selections, which helps prevent race conditions in real-time, collaborative editing.
const config = client.config()
console.log(config.dataset)client.config()
Get client configuration.
client.config({dataset: 'newDataset'})client.config(options)
Set client configuration. Required options are projectId and dataset.
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