I’m building a furniture store website using Gridsome and Airtable. I’ve got two tables: Furniture and Designers. Each piece of furniture has a ‘designer’ field that connects to a designer’s ID. Now I’m having trouble retrieving the full details of the designer for each item.
Here’s what I’ve done so far:
Configured Gridsome with two Airtable sources for Furniture and Designers.
Created an index page displaying all furniture items.
Developed a ProductCard component to showcase individual products.
Set up a Designer template page to show details.
However, my GraphQL query only fetches the ID of the designer, not their complete profile. How can I modify the query to retrieve both the furniture and the linked designer’s information simultaneously?
I’m new to both GraphQL and Gridsome, so any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help!
hey there! i’ve worked with gridsome and airtable before. to fetch linked records, you’ll need to use nested queries in graphql. try something like this:
query {
allAirtableFurniture {
edges {
node {
id
name
designer {
id
name
}
}
}
}
}
this should grab the designer info for each furniture item. hope it helps!
I’ve encountered a similar issue when working with linked records in Gridsome and Airtable. The key is to use GraphQL’s ability to traverse relationships. You’ll need to modify your GraphQL schema to explicitly define the relationship between Furniture and Designers.
In your gridsome.config.js, ensure you’ve set up the Airtable source plugin correctly for both tables. Then, in your GraphQL schema definition, you can create a custom type for Furniture that includes a reference to the Designer type.
Once that’s set up, you can query both furniture and designer information in one go. This approach should allow you to retrieve all the necessary data for your ProductCard component efficiently.
If you’re still struggling, consider using the GraphQL playground in Gridsome to experiment with different query structures. It’s an invaluable tool for debugging and optimizing your data fetching.
I’ve been down this road before with Gridsome and Airtable. The trick is to use GraphQL’s aliasing feature to fetch both furniture and designer data in one query. Here’s what worked for me:
query {
furniture: allAirtableFurniture {
edges {
node {
id
name
designerId
}
}
}
designers: allAirtableDesigners {
edges {
node {
id
name
}
}
}
}
Then in your Vue component, you can match the designerId from furniture to the id in designers to get the full designer info. It’s not as elegant as a single nested query, but it gets the job done without modifying your schema.
Remember to add appropriate indexes in Airtable to speed up these queries, especially if you’re dealing with a large dataset. Good luck with your project!