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Contentful 

Contentful is a headless content management system (CMS) that enables teams to create, manage, and distribute content across digital channels.

Contentful integration replicates data using the Contentful API.

See the Schema section for a list of objects available for replication.

Preparing for authentication

To access your data, you need to authenticate the connection with your account credentials.

Information noteMake sure that the account you use has read access to the tables you want to fetch.

To retrieve your API token:

  1. Log into your Contentful account.
  2. Navigate to Settings > API Keys > Add API Keys.
  3. Enter a name for the API key. Optionally, select which environment (master or development) the key has access to.
  4. Copy and paste your Content Delivery API - Access Token into a secured file.

Creating the connection

For more information, see Connecting to SaaS applications.

  1. Fill in the required connection properties.
  2. Provide a name for the connection in Connection name.

  3. Select Open connection metadata to define metadata for the connection when it has been created.

  4. Click Create.

Connection settings
SettingDescription
Data gateway

Select a Data Movement gateway if required by your use case.

Information note

This field is not available with the Qlik Talend Cloud Starter subscription, as it does not support Data Movement gateway. If you have another subscription tier and do not want to use Data Movement gateway, select None.

For information on the benefits of Data Movement gateway and use cases that require it, see Qlik Data Gateway - Data Movement.

Start Date

Enter the date, in the format MM/DD/YYYY, from which the data must be replicated from your source to your target.

Space IDContentful space ID.
API TokenContent Delivery API access token.

Schema

Schemas and naming conventions can change from version to version. It is recommended to verify your version before continuing.

Depending on your destination, table and column names may not appear as they are outlined below.

assets

The assets table contains media files and other assets in your Contentful space.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

content_types

The content_types table contains the content models (types) defined in your Contentful space.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

entries

The entries table contains the content entries in your Contentful space.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

environment_templates

The environment_templates table contains templates used to create environments in your Contentful organization.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

environments

The environments table contains the environments within your Contentful space.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

locales

The locales table contains the locales configured in your Contentful space.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

organizations

The organizations table contains the organizations associated with your Contentful account.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

security_contacts

The security_contacts table contains the security contacts for your Contentful organization. Admin or owner access is required to replicate this table.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

tags

The tags table contains the tags applied to content in your Contentful space.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

tasks

The tasks table contains the entry tasks assigned to users in your Contentful space.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

taxonomy_concepts

The taxonomy_concepts table contains the taxonomy concepts used to organize content in your Contentful organization.

Replication Method

CDC

Primary Key

sys.id

Useful links

Contentful API reference

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