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Stop base assets from showing up in the Query API queries

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kendjone

09 Dec, 2015 03:27 PM

I am having a reoccurring issue of having to manually remove base assets used for factories from queries that use $_.query.byContentType("MyType")

Does anyone know a way to make base assets not show up when using the Query API?

1. 1 Posted by Eric L. Epps on 09 Dec, 2015 04:48 PM

   

   The only way I know of is to somehow filter them out while processing the loop. For instance, if the path contains your base asset folder.

   #if(! $page.path.contains('-defaults') )
       <div>do something</div>
   #end
   

   You might also be able to get around by keeping your base assets in a separate site and limiting the query to just one site.

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2. 2 Posted by Eric L. Epps on 09 Dec, 2015 04:57 PM

   

   After looking at my code to refresh my memory, the separate site solution is what I'm using and it works.

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3. 3 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 10 Dec, 2015 06:33 PM

   

   Hi,

   Eric's solutions are definitely the way to go at this point.

   Just wanted to plug there is a related suggestion on our Idea Exchange to add additional filtering capabilities to the Query API. A possible addition to this suggestion could be to filter on the asset name using a wildcard-like syntax.

   If you have not already, I highly recommend voting for this suggestion if you would like to see it implemented in a future release.

   Thanks!

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4. Ryan Griffith closed this discussion on 22 Dec, 2015 08:21 PM.