I'm trying to populate a specific relation, using the relation name (categories) in combination with the populate parameter but it doesn't populate the categories.
When I look at my schema, I see that the relational field is present in the attributes object. But I still only get the non-relational fields in my response.
I tried every combination mentioned on the Strapi documentation but none of them worked.
The find permission is also enabled for the content-types that are being populated which in this case is categories.
/api/products?populate=*
/api/products?populate[0]=categories
/api/products?populate[categories]=*
{
"kind": "collectionType",
"collectionName": "products",
"info": {
"singularName": "product",
"pluralName": "products",
"displayName": "Product",
"description": ""
},
"options": {
"draftAndPublish": true
},
"pluginOptions": {},
"attributes": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"images": {
"type": "media",
"multiple": true,
"required": false,
"allowedTypes": [
"images"
]
},
"categories": {
"type": "relation",
"relation": "oneToMany",
"target": "api::category.category"
}
}
}
4.1.88.3.216.13.2you will have to populate inside your controller, as in Strapi documentation
Query Engine API: Populating
strapi.db.query('api::article.article').findMany({
populate: true,
});
Entity Service API: Populating
const entries = await strapi.entityService.findMany('api::article.article', {
populate: '*',
});
REST API: Population & Field Selection
const qs = require('qs');
const query = qs.stringify({
fields: ['title', 'body'],
}, {
encodeValuesOnly: true,
});
If you want to populate everything just use populate: '*'
If you want to populate a relation or more use populate: [relationOne, relationTwo]