Menu Item — Content Management API

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

id string

RFC 4122 UUID of menu item expressed in URL-safe base64 format

type string

Must be exactly "menu_item"

label string Example: "Posts"

The label of the menu item

position integer Example: 1

Ordering index

external_url null, string

The URL to which the menu item points to

open_in_new_tab boolean Example: true

Opens link in new tab (to be used together with external_url)

item_type{ type: "item_type", id: item_type.id }, null

Item type associated with the menu item

item_type_filter{ type: "item_type_filter", id: item_type_filter.id }, null

Item type filter associated with the menu item (to be used together with item_type relationship)

parentnull, { type: "menu_item", id: menu_item.id }

Parent menu item

childrenArray of { type: "menu_item", id: menu_item.id }

Underlying menu items

Available endpoints

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