01_creating_a_generic_type.md

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Creating a generic type	Creating a type that doesn't map to a DataObject

Working with Generic Types

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Creating a generic type

Let's create a simple type that will work with the inbuilt features of Silverstripe CMS. We'll define some languages based on the i18n API.

app/_graphql/types.yml

Country:
  fields:
    code: String!
    name: String!

We've defined a type called Country that has two fields: code and name. An example record could be something like:

[
    'code' => 'bt',
    'name' => 'Bhutan'
]

That's all we have to do for now! We'll need to tell GraphQL how to get this data, but first we need to building a custom query to see how we can use it.

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