Use locale with the GraphQL API

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Use the locale argument with the GraphQL API to query, create, update, and delete documents for a specific locale.

The i18n feature adds new features to the GraphQL API:

• The locale field is added to the GraphQL schema.
• GraphQL can be used:
  • to query documents for a specific locale with the locale argument
  • for mutations to create, update, and delete documents for a specific locale

Fetch all documents in a specific locale

To fetch all documents

A document in Strapi 5 is an API-only concept which represents all the variations of content (for different locales, for the draft and published versions) for a given entry found in the Content Manager.

More details can be found in the Documents introduction.

for a specific locale, pass the locale argument to the query:

Example request

query {
  restaurants(locale: "fr") {
    documentId
    name
    locale
  }
}

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "restaurants": [
      {
        "documentId": "a1b2c3d4e5d6f7g8h9i0jkl",
        "name": "Restaurant Biscotte",
        "locale": "fr"
      },
      {
        "documentId": "m9n8o7p6q5r4s3t2u1v0wxyz",
        "name": "Pizzeria Arrivederci",
        "locale": "fr"
      },
    ]
  }
}

Fetch a document in a specific locale

To fetch a documents

A document in Strapi 5 is an API-only concept which represents all the variations of content (for different locales, for the draft and published versions) for a given entry found in the Content Manager.

More details can be found in the Documents introduction.

for a specific locale, pass the documentId and the locale arguments to the query:

Example query

query Restaurant($documentId: ID!, $locale: I18NLocaleCode) {
  restaurant(documentId: "a1b2c3d4e5d6f7g8h9i0jkl", locale: "fr") {
    documentId
    name
    description
    locale
  }
}

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "restaurant": {
      "documentId": "lviw819d5htwvga8s3kovdij",
      "name": "Restaurant Biscotte",
      "description": "Bienvenue au restaurant Biscotte!",
      "locale": "fr"
    }
  }
}

Create a new localized document

The locale field can be passed to create a localized document

A document in Strapi 5 is an API-only concept which represents all the variations of content (for different locales, for the draft and published versions) for a given entry found in the Content Manager.

More details can be found in the Documents introduction.

for a specific locale (for more information about mutations with GraphQL, see the GraphQL API documentation).

Example: Create a new restaurant for the French locale

mutation CreateRestaurant($data: RestaurantInput!, $locale: I18NLocaleCode) {
  createRestaurant(
    data: {
      name: "Brasserie Bonjour",
      description: "Description in French goes here"
    },
    locale: "fr"
  ) {
  documentId
  name
  description
  locale
}

Update a document for a specific locale

A locale argument can be passed in the mutation to update a document

A document in Strapi 5 is an API-only concept which represents all the variations of content (for different locales, for the draft and published versions) for a given entry found in the Content Manager.

More details can be found in the Documents introduction.

for a given locale (for more information about mutations with GraphQL, see the GraphQL API documentation).

Example: Update the description field of restaurant for the French locale

mutation UpdateRestaurant($documentId: ID!, $data: RestaurantInput!, $locale: I18NLocaleCode) {
  updateRestaurant(
    documentId: "a1b2c3d4e5d6f7g8h9i0jkl"
    data: {
      description: "New description in French"
    },
    locale: "fr"
  ) {
  documentId
  name
  description
  locale
}

Delete a locale for a document

Pass the locale argument in the mutation to delete a specific localization for a document

A document in Strapi 5 is an API-only concept which represents all the variations of content (for different locales, for the draft and published versions) for a given entry found in the Content Manager.

More details can be found in the Documents introduction.

:

mutation DeleteRestaurant($documentId: ID!, $locale: I18NLocaleCode) {
  deleteRestaurant(documentId: "xzmzdo4k0z73t9i68a7yx2kk", locale: "fr") {
    documentId
  }
}