Content types

Content type is a generic term indicating a definition of a class of content items. Document types and FieldGroup types are all content types.

A document type defines the data structure and the editing template of a class of documents. A document type can contain both primitive and fieldgroup type fields. A fieldgroup type defines the data structure and the editing template of a reusable block of document fields. A fieldgroup type can contain both primitive and fieldgroup type fields. An instance of a fieldgroup type can only exist within a document instance.

Below you can see the properties of document and fieldgroup types.

Property Name	Property Type	Required	Description	Examples
name	String	yes	The name of the document of fieldgroup type. Unless the content type belongs to the default group ('brxsaas'), the name must be prefixed with the group name and the colon character, e.g. 'mygroup:mytype'.	Banner, TitleAndText, NewsArticle, mygroup:mytype
type	String	yes	Type of the content type. Valid values: 'Document', 'FieldGroup'.
enabled	Boolean	no	It defines whether the content type is enabled or not. The default value is true. When a content type is disabled, it is not selectable in document type dropdown while creating a document from the content editor or a page from the experience manager. Also a disabled field group type is not assignable in a document type or a channel component.	true
fields	Array of fields	yes	Array of fields of this document or fieldgroup type. See Content Type Fields.
presentation/layout	String	yes	Layout specification for the fields of the document or fieldgroup type. Valid values: 'one-column' (all fields vertically in one column) 'two-column' (fields split in 2 columns, left column is wide, right is narrow) 'three-column' (fields split in 3 columns) 'horizontal' (all fields in one row) 'two-column-mirrored' (same a two-column but left column is narrow, right is wider). The ‘layoutColumn’ property on the field sets in which column the field takes place. The order of the fields in a column is determined by the index of fields in the "fields" attribute.	two-column, one-column

An example document type can be seen below:

{
  "name": "example",
  "type": "Document",
  "enabled": true,
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "stringField",
      "required": true,
      "multiple": true,
      "type": "String",
      "defaultValue": [
        "Blogtitle1",
        "Blogtitle2"
      ],
      "validations": {
        "maxLength": 10
      },
      "presentation": {
        "caption": "Title",
        "hint": "Hint for string field",
        "layoutColumn": 1,
        "displayType": "Simple"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "dateField",
      "required": true,
      "type": "Date",
      "defaultValue": [
        "2007-12-03T10:15:30.00Z"
      ],
      "presentation": {
        "caption": "Date Field",
        "hint": "Hint for date field",
        "layoutColumn": 2,
        "timeSelectable": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "presentation": {
    "layout": "two-column"
  }
}