Populating

Relations and components have a unified API for populating them.

To populate all the root level relations, use populate: true:

strapi.db.query('api::article.article').findMany({
  populate: true,
});

Select which data to populate by passing an array of attribute names:

strapi.db.query('api::article.article').findMany({
  populate: ['componentA', 'relationA'],
});

An object can be passed for more advanced usage:

strapi.db.query('api::article.article').findMany({
  populate: {
    componentB: true,
    dynamiczoneA: true,
    relation: someLogic || true,
  },
});

Complex populating can also be achieved by applying where filters and select or populate nested relations:

strapi.db.query('api::article.article').findMany({
  where: {
    relationA: {
      name: {
        $contains: 'Strapi',
      },
    },
  },

  repeatableComponent: {
    select: ['someAttributeName'],
    orderBy: ['someAttributeName'],
    populate: {
      componentRelationA: true,
      dynamiczoneA: true,
    },
  },
});

When dealing with polymorphic data structures (dynamic zones, polymorphic relations, etc...), it is possible to use populate fragments to have a better granularity on the populate strategy.

strapi.db.query('api::article.article').findMany('api::article.article', {
  populate: {
    dynamicZone: {
      on: {
        'components.foo': {
          select: ['title'],
          where: { title: { $contains: 'strapi' } },
        },
        'components.bar': {
          select: ['name'],
        },
      },
    },

    morphAuthor: {
      on: {
        'plugin::users-permissions.user': {
          select: ['username'],
        },
        'api::author.author': {
          select: ['name'],
        },
      },
    },
  },
});