Questions tagged [jss]
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What is JSS and how do I get started with building a JSS app?
I'm not 100% sure what JSS is and I want to experiment with some sample JSS apps and build a JSS app of my own.
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How to add a route like app/payments/:id in JSS? react
How to add a route like app/payments/:id in JSS
and make a component receive the id to handle it
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What is alternative of “.PageMode.IsExperienceEditor” property in JSS-react?
What is alternative of .PageMode.IsExperienceEditor property of Sitecore.Context in JSS-react to verify the ExperienceEditor context ?
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How does Sitecore JSS impact backend Sitecore development process
Context:
Currently we use Angular JS but our front end team wants to use reactJS as strategic platform. Until Sitecore JSS came out; I had been telling them that Sitecore doesn't support it.
I read ...
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Experience Editor Support in JSS (headless)?
We're using Sitecore 9 for a greenfield project. One of the topics of discussion is whether or not we want to use EE vs. Headless. I'm not going to ask the pros vs cons of using one over the other, I ...
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Cannot query field “search” on type “Query”
I would like to display in a view a list of items provided by a search on GraphQL query.
Context:
Sitecore 9.1
Jss 11.0.0
Jss application template : Angular
Componant file heroes-connected....
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Sitecore 9 JSS implementation
We want to use JSS (https://jss.sitecore.net/#/) for headless development and there are a couple of things that are not very clear in the documentation.
We want to preserve XP Editor functionality. ...
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How to turn off “JSS Development Workflow”?
We recently switched from code-first to Sitecore-first in our JSS project.
In the Sitecore-first approach we now use Unicorn to serialize/sync Sitecore structure and content.
However the JSS ...
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“Could not find JSS app configuration” error during JSS import
I'm attempting to import one of the JSS sample applications and I'm getting the following error after running the npm run package command:
Fatal error occurred while running import process.
Exception:...
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Seeing Experience Editor markup instead of an editable field when using Sitecore JSS with React
I'm trying to output an editable field in a component of my React-based Sitecore JSS application:
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
const AwesomeComponent = ({ fields }) ...
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Error in component using integrated GraphQL search query “Cannot read property search of undefined”
Component definition
export default function (manifest) {
manifest.addComponent({
name: 'Navigation',
graphQLQuery: `
query NavigationQuery {
search(
fieldsEqual: [
...
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Update YAML Route Files as same as Connected mode, while working in Disconnected Mode
How can I update my YAML files for local disconnected mode development from Sitecore, as same as Connected mode. As We have a team who is working on Sitecore and another team is working on front-end ...
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Headless CMS : Sitecore vs Contentful
We are currently using Sitecore for one project but did not use JSS anywhere. Other project team plans to use headless CMS and considering "Contentful" CMS for this.
Could anyone please explain the ...
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Code first Rendering Parameter templates
What is the best way (if any) to add a rendering parameter template to a rendering using JSS?
I have looked at some of the import processors, but can’t find a simple way of doing this from javascript.
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The term 'jss' is not recognized while installing JSS
I'm trying to install JSS on a VM. When I run the install code, I get the following warnings:
PS C:\dev> npm install -g @sitecore-jss/sitecore-jss-cli
C:\Users\sitecore\AppData\Roaming\npm\jss -&...
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Sitecore JSS components and Sitecore MVC components in a single Experience Editor page
Can you use Sitecore JSS components with Sitecore MVC components in the same Experience Editor page? If this does work, does it work with dynamic placeholders?
An example might be adding a Experience ...
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Executing graphQL in disconnected mode
I am creating a JSS application in code first approach, so I always test the components in disconnected mode. As I have proper route files, all the pages are working as expected in the disconnected ...
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On content delivery server, /-/jssmedia link breaks, /-/media link works
We have deployed a jss app to a Content Delivery server.
We have followed instructions to add jss support to the server role.
Links to media items generated by Image components begin with /-/...
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Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA) site won't render as a sub route where JSS app is the root app
We have a JSS app as our site root (e.g., mydomain.com/ renders my JSS app) and want a Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA) website as a sub-route of the same domain (e.g., mydomain.com/sxa-site).
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JSS, is there a way to create custom types?
I am totally new to Sitecore, and a front-end developer, so please bear with me.
I'm on a project that is prototyped using JSS and for some of our components we'd like to define custom types like: "...
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Understanding the overhead involved with routes and definitions
I'm enjoying JSS so far but have some general questions about what I perceive as "overhead" work involved in setting up the routes, component definitions and such.
If I want to add a component, this ...
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Providing “deeper” data to placeholders
My understanding is that the fields structure in routes data should be fairly flat, having just the fields and then a value beneath.
Example:
---
name: about
placeholders:
appname-main:
- ...
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How to generate Sitecore Media Handler Hash?
How can I generate Sitecore Media Handler Hash to append it to URL in JSS? I'm trying to resize the image on the fly but image URL query string like
/blah/blah/myimagename.jpg?w=548&h=202
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Adding component with inner placeholder breaks placeholder settings
I have component
manifest.addComponent({
name: 'MyComponentWithPlaceholder',
icon: SitecoreIcon.DocumentTag,
fields: [
{ name: 'heading', type: CommonFieldTypes.SingleLineText },
],
...
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How to define JSS component in YAML without DataSource Template
I need to define a component in YAML manifest files in Sitecore JSS CodeFirst approach, where component doesn't have any "Data Source Template" field populated.
In this case, NO template should be ...
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Sitecore license for JSS
I have to do a POC in Sitecore JSS. I understand Sitecore 8.2 license can be used with Sitecore 9.1 but I need to know if I can work with JSS using my existing Sitecore 8.2 license?
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Not able to create API keys for JSS App in core database - Sitecore 9.1 and JSS
I am playing around with JSS App with Sitecore 9.1.0 (rev. 001564). I have followed the youtube video for Build Your First JSS App and I have been stuck at one point where I need to create the API ...
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Graphql image size
I am implementing Sitecore jss on Sitecore version 9.1.
I was wondering if there is a way to specify the image size (width/height) when querying using GraphQl.
Below is my current query which is ...
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In JSS Integrated Mode, how can I log errors / console output from Node to a custom logger instead of the Sitecore log?
By default, the JSS Node.js rendering engine captures console output / errors emitted by the Node instance(s) rendering your JSS app and logs the output / errors to the default Sitecore log.
I would ...
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How would you best configure JSS to work with multiple Sitecore <sites>?
One of the key benefits I can see from moving to JSS is the way developers can work with the different tools. In particular the lure of Hot Module Replacement (HMR) adds such a lot of positives for ...
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Sitecore, JSS and GraphQL: licensing question
The question is pretty simple: can I use the GraphQL from JSS package without JSS license?
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Nesting placeholders in Standard Values
I know (and I do it) that I can put a default value in a placeholder so that when I create a new item for my route type it populates my placeholder with a component that I will choose.
I do it like ...
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Want to skip content during code-first deployment
I would like to avoid my content comrades from being unhappy and overwrite changes. Can I skip content from JSS package?
Good day.
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JSS layout api returns 404 when item requested by display name
We are trying to use display names for URLs and it doesn't work with JSS.
E.g. we have a page "search" which has a display name in NL: zoeken.
when I request http://localhost:3000/en/search , the JSS ...
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GraphQL Search facetOn Parameter
I'm trying to use the Sitecore GraphQL search function that takes in the "facetOn" parameter. Unfortunately I'm not having much luck with the results, and I suspect it's because I'm doing something ...
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In Sitecore JSS Multisite we will have an jss app for each Site?
We want to use Sitecore JSS (ReactBased) Framework with Sitecore 9.2 (Integrated mode).
We will have 3 sites that are almost the same but they have their differences in components and content (they ...
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What’s the best practice to Expose Sitecore 9 APIs for Mobile Apps Development? [closed]
Currently, I am looking Sitecore CMS solution for native mobile app development.
Mobile App Team is using Swift for IOS and Java for Android.
So we have a limitation to use JSS react native for ...
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Profiling Sitecore 9.1 JSS Server-Side-rendering node server
JSS site is running in integrated mode on Sitecore 9.1
I have problem with the SSR node process, it's hanging around 18 min on load tests and results in error 500 for site.
For blind solution I ...
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JSS Layout Service and Personalization
When using the JSS Layout Service with my Angular application, I notice that if I add personalized content to my component, the response (and display) I get back from the Layout service depends on a ...
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How JSS Rendering components bind to physical file
Once code-first JSS solution is deployed to a running sitecore instance, we can see rendering items created under Rendering folder in Sitecore content tree.
But, Only Component Name field is ...
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Install jss package (layout service) on content delivery server
I'm developing a Sitecore ssr with jss on azure using two app instances. One for content management and one for content delivery.
I installed all the jss packages on content management and it works. ...
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500 Error Page for HTTPS connection in Sitecore JSS in Connected Mode
I'm trying to implement user authentication login and currently trying out to configure JSS connected mode to work with https (secure connection).
Following https://jss.sitecore.com/docs/techniques/...
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Is Universal Tracker replacement for Sitecore.Analytics.Tracker or should they be used together?
I am trying to implement simle react app (non JSS) that uses Sitecore headless services. I want to have online personalization, let's say when goal is triggered during current interaction to show the ...
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Sitecore Layout Service is returning 400 Bad Request for JSS requests
I have followed all the steps in the JSS Server Setup guide:
https://jss.sitecore.com/docs/getting-started/jss-server-install
And I have followed all the steps in the Configuring the Sitecore server ...
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Remove and/or rename fields in Sitecore JSS via template definitions
Is there is way to remove or rename a field in Sitecore JSS via template definitions?
Even with an ID on the field, it won't rename. Deleting the field object will not delete the field in Sitecore.
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JSS Layout Service not returning items from datasource with query
I am trying to use the JSS service Layout API to get the items from a datasource specified in a control.
When I set a specific item as a datasource, I do get the item fields.
But when I use a query ...
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Hitting the Layout Service Endpoint Is Not Recording Analytics
I want to use the layout service endpoint that is a part of jss. If I make a request to the layout service endpoint should any analytics events be triggered by default? Currently it seems that making ...
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JSS deployment issue with react, using JSS Tech Preview 4
JSS deployment issue with react, using Tech Preview 4.
Here is the complete log:
PS F:\Drive\my-first-jss-app> jss deploy app -c -d
JSS is creating a manifest for my-first-jss-app to ./sitecore/...
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Service based architecture in sitecore
I am analysing on the possibility of creating a web application using Sitecore where the web application is pure thin client using js based framework (knockout or angular) which can consume the ...
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Layout API returning strange code into placeholder
Here is my Sitecore tree
Here is my data item in the experience editor (using the default Welcome component). I removed the Sitecore background image that was in the CSS.
Here is what the layout API ...
