Kontent.Ai.ModelGenerator 8.3.0-beta.1

Kontent.ai model generator utility for .NET

Packages	Version	Downloads	Compatibility	Documentation
Kontent.Ai.ModelGenerator			net6.0	📖 Docs

This utility generates strongly-typed (POCO) models based on content types in a Kontent.ai project. You can choose one of the following:

• Generate models compatible with the Kontent.ai Delivery SDK for .NET
• Generate models compatible with the Kontent.ai Management SDK for .NET.

⚠️ Please note that this tool uses Delivery SDK and Management SDK.

How to use for Delivery SDK

To fully understand all benefits of this approach, please read the documentation.

.NET Tool

The recommended way of obtaining this tool is installing it as a .NET Tool. You can install it as a global tool or per project as a local tool.

Global Tool

• dotnet tool install -g Kontent.Ai.ModelGenerator
• KontentModelGenerator --projectid "<projectid>" [--namespace "<custom-namespace>"] [--outputdir "<output-directory>"] [--withtypeprovider <True|False>] [--structuredmodel "<structured_model>"] [--filenamesuffix "<suffix>"]

Local Tool

• dotnet new tool-manifest to initialize the tools manifest (if you haven't done that already)
• dotnet tool install Kontent.Ai.ModelGenerator (to install the latest version
• dotnet tool run KontentModelGenerator --projectid "<projectid>" [--namespace "<custom-namespace>"] [--outputdir "<output-directory>"] [--withtypeprovider <True|False>] [--structuredmodel "<structured_model>"] [--filenamesuffix "<suffix>"]

Standalone apps for Windows 🗔, Linux 🐧, macOS 🍎

Self-contained apps are an ideal choice for machines without any version of .NET installed.

Latest release: Download

• KontentModelGenerator --projectid "<projectid>" [--namespace "<custom-namespace>"] [--outputdir "<output-directory>"] [--withtypeprovider <True|False>] [--structuredmodel "<structured_model>"] [--filenamesuffix "<suffix>"]

To learn how to generate executables for your favorite target platform, follow the steps in the docs.

Delivery API parameters

CLI Syntax

Short keys such as -t true are interchangable with the long keys --withtypeprovider true. Other possible syntax is -t=true or --withtypeprovider=true. Parameter values are case-insensitive, so you can use both -t=true and -t=True. To see all aspects of the syntax, see the MS docs.

Config file

These parameters can also be set via the appSettings.json file located in the same directory as the executable file. Command-line parameters always take precedence.

Advanced configuration (Preview API, Secure API)

There are two ways of configuring advanced Delivery SDK options (such as secure API access, preview API access, and others):

1. Command-line arguments --DeliveryOptions:UseSecureAccess true --DeliveryOptions:SecureAccessApiKey <SecuredApiKey> (syntax)

2. appSettings.json - suitable for the standalone app release

Delivery API example output

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Kontent.Ai.Delivery.Abstractions;

namespace KontentAiModels
{
    public partial class CompleteContentType
    {
        public string Text { get; set; }
        public string RichText { get; set; }
        public decimal? Number { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<MultipleChoiceOption> MultipleChoice { get; set; }
        public DateTime? DateTime { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<Asset> Asset { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<object> ModularContent { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<object> Subpages { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<TaxonomyTerm> Taxonomy { get; set; }
        public string UrlSlug { get; set; }
        public string CustomElement { get; set; }
        public ContentItemSystemAttributes System { get; set; }
    }
}

Customizing models - Handling content element constraints

Currently, the generator is built on top of the Delivery API which doesn't provide information about content element constraints such as "Allowed Content Types" or "Limit number of items". In case you want your models to be more specific, this is the best practice on how to extend them:

Model.Generated.cs

public partial class Home
{
    public IEnumerable<object> LinkedContentItems { get; set; }
}

Model.cs

public partial class Home
{
    // Allowed Content Types == "Article"
    public IEnumerable<Article> Articles => LinkedContentItems.OfType<Article>();

    // Allowed Content Types == "Article" && Limit number of items == 1
    public Article Article => LinkedContentItems.OfType<Article>().FirstOrDefault();
}

How to use for Management SDK

Usage

KontentModelGenerator.exe --projectid "<projectid>" --managementapi true --apikey "<apikey>" [--namespace "<custom-namespace>"] [--outputdir "<output-directory>"] [--filenamesuffix "<suffix>"]

Management API parameters

These parameters can also be set via the appSettings.json file located in the same directory as the executable file. Command-line parameters always take precedence.

Management API example output

JsonProperty's attribute value is being generated from element codename (not from the type) and KontentElementId attribute value is element's ID.

using Kontent.Ai.Management.Models.LanguageVariants.Elements;
using Kontent.Ai.Management.Modules.ModelBuilders;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace KontentAiModels
{
    public partial class CompleteContentType
    {
        [JsonProperty("text")]
        [KontentElementId("487f9540-0120-49dc-afb2-ee9bccb0c1d7")]
        public TextElement Text { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("rich_text")]
        [KontentElementId("4517b6da-ed36-48f2-9c8e-00cd6a4cb0ec")]
        public RichTextElement RichText { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("number")]
        [KontentElementId("4ea37483-c6b1-4b8a-8452-6046f4140923")]
        public NumberElement Number { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("multiple_choice")]
        [KontentElementId("8fc9a86f-d256-4786-a8f6-c8c90f6ca4e3")]
        public MultipleChoiceElement MultipleChoice { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("date_time")]
        [KontentElementId("d46fa45c-a1be-4bc7-8b8e-ed3c5521f83c")]
        public DateTimeElement DateTime { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("asset")]
        [KontentElementId("eb1d611d-b145-4ae3-b22e-ef3609572df0")]
        public AssetElement Asset { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("modular_content")]
        [KontentElementId("9e520c61-6879-4e83-bcc6-ee6e3e8ce9b4")]
        public LinkedItemsElement ModularContent { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("subpages")]
        [KontentElementId("fddd89e8-c370-4f9e-9b7d-9daa64d8a252")]
        public LinkedItemsElement Subpages { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("taxonomy")]
        [KontentElementId("a684d81c-68a7-40e1-85f9-2d22a71bebff")]
        public TaxonomyElement Taxonomy { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("url_slug")]
        [KontentElementId("1c724f49-b15f-42f5-aab4-4127aa5cf7be")]
        public UrlSlugElement UrlSlug { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty("custom_element")]
        [KontentElementId("cb3b9df0-20df-461c-a0f7-4abb44b83c95")]
        public CustomElement CustomElement { get; set; }
    }
}

⚠️ Please note that Guidelines element is not supported, thus it will not be included in the generated model.

Feedback & Contributing

Check out the contributing page to see the best places to file issues, start discussions and begin contributing.

Wall of Fame

We would like to express our thanks to the following people who contributed and made the project possible:

• Dražen Janjiček - EXLRT
• Kashif Jamal Soofi
• Casey Brown

Would you like to become a hero too? Pick an issue and send us a pull request!