Add option to populate only an array of IDs for relations (and maybe others)

[derrickmehaffy]

Feature request

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Summary

At the moment our population logic only allows for you to populate the full data context, what I am suggestion is an option to only populate an array of IDs such like [1, 2, 3, 4, ...]

Why is it needed?

Useful if you don't need the full data payload in a single request and can make multiple other requests to fetch the additional data (like lazy loading)

Suggested solution(s)

Not sure of the best method we should use to only select IDs instead of fields 🤔 maybe some kind of boolean in a populate object?

Related issue(s)/PR(s)

N/A

[derrickmehaffy]

Hey all, we are currently moving many feature requests to our new feedback and feature request website to help clean up the GitHub issues and make it easier for us to review bug reports and fix them.

I have moved this feature to the following URL: https://feedback.strapi.io/developer-experience/p/add-option-to-populate-only-an-array-of-ids-for-relations-and-maybe-others
If you are interested in this feature please feel free to go there and add more comments and/or upvote it there.

For now I will close this and lock it so that all new information goes into our new feedback website.
Thanks!