Nikcio.UHeadless

Welcome to Nikcio.UHeadless, a powerful package that enables you to create a headless GraphQL interface for your Umbraco CMS. This package provides an easy to setup solution for exposing your data and offers a wide range of extensibility options to tailor the headless functionality to your specific needs.

Compatibility

The Nikcio.UHeadless package is compatible with the following Umbraco versions:

Umbraco version	Supported Version
Umbraco 10	v3.x.x
Umbraco 12	v4.x.x
Umbraco 13	v4.2.x+ & v5.x.x
Umbraco 14	v6.x.x

For more information, please refer to the Versioning section.

Setup

Installation

To install the Nikcio.UHeadless package, run the following command:

dotnet add Nikcio.UHeadless

You can also find the package on NuGet.

Integration

To integrate the package into your project, follow these steps:

1. Open your Program.cs file.

2. Add the following using statements:

   using Nikcio.UHeadless;
   using Nikcio.UHeadless.Defaults.ContentItems;

3. On the UmbracoBuilder, add the following code:

   builder.CreateUmbracoBuilder()
       // Default Umbraco configuration
       .AddUHeadless(options =>
       {
           options.DisableAuthorization = true; // Change this later when adding authentication - See documentation
   
           options.AddDefaults();
   
           options.AddQuery<ContentByRouteQuery>();
           options.AddQuery<ContentByGuidQuery>();
       })
       .Build();

4. Then after the app.BootUmbracoAsync() method, add the following code:

   await app.BootUmbracoAsync();
   
   app.UseAuthentication();
   app.UseAuthorization();
   
   GraphQLEndpointConventionBuilder graphQLEndpointBuilder = app.MapUHeadless();
   
   // Only enable the GraphQL IDE in development
   if (!builder.Environment.IsDevelopment())
   {
       graphQLEndpointBuilder.WithOptions(new GraphQLServerOptions()
       {
           Tool =
           {
               Enable = false,
           }
       });
   }
   
   app.UseUmbraco()
       // Default Umbraco configuration

With these configurations in place, your content will be available at /graphql.

To get started, try querying your content using their GUIDs or routes. For example with the query below:

Tip: GUIDs can be found in the info tab when viewing content in the backoffice

query {
  contentByGuid(id: "dcf18a51-6919-4cf8-89d1-36b94ce4d963") {
    id
    key
    name
    statusCode
    templateId
    updateDate
    url(urlMode: ABSOLUTE)
    urlSegment
  }
}

Documentation

For detailed documentation and usage instructions, please refer to the Nikcio.UHeadless Documentation.

Versioning

Nikcio.UHeadless follows the principles of Semantic Versioning to ensure consistency. The version numbers have the following meaning:

vX.Y.Z

• X (Major): Indicates a breaking change.
• Y (Minor): Signifies a feature change.
• Z (Patch): Represents bug fixes.

Full version table

Umbraco version	Supported Versions	Development
Umbraco 9	v1.x.x & v2.x.x	No development
Umbraco 10	v2.x.x & v3.x.x	Only reported issues for v3.x.x
Umbraco 11	v3.x.x & v4.x.x	No development
Umbraco 12	v4.x.x	Only reported issues for v4.x.x
Umbraco 13	v4.2.x+ & v5.x.x	Active branch (v5.x.x)
Umbraco 14	v6.x.x	Aligned with v5

Contributing

We welcome contributions to Nikcio.UHeadless. Please refer to the Contributing Guide for more information on how to get involved.

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