Content Management API > Menu Item
Menu Item
In DatoCMS you can organize the different Models present in your administrative area reordering and grouping them, so that their purpose will be more clear to the final editor.
Object payload
idstring
RFC 4122 UUID of menu item expressed in URL-safe base64 format
Example:
"uinr2zfqQLeCo_1O0-ao-Q"
typestring
Must be exactly "menu_item".
attributes.labelstring
The label of the menu item
Example:
"Posts"
attributes.positioninteger
Ordering index
Example:
1
attributes.external_urlnull, string
The URL to which the menu item points to
attributes.open_in_new_tabboolean
Opens link in new tab (to be used together with external_url)
relationships.item_type.data
Item type associated with the menu item
Type:<a href="/docs/content-management-api/resources/item_type">ResourceLinkage<"item_type"></a>, null
relationships.item_type_filter.data
Item type filter associated with the menu item (to be used together with item_type relationship)
Type:<a href="/docs/content-management-api/resources/item_type_filter">ResourceLinkage<"item_type_filter"></a>, null
relationships.parent.data
Parent menu item
Type:null, <a href="/docs/content-management-api/resources/menu_item">ResourceLinkage<"menu_item"></a>
relationships.children.data
Underlying menu items
Type:Array<<a href="/docs/content-management-api/resources/menu_item">ResourceLinkage<"menu_item"></a>>