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Contentstack provides Java Delivery SDK to build application on top of Java. Given below is the detailed guide and helpful resources to get started with our Java Delivery SDK.
To get started with Java SDK, you will need the following:
- An IDE. You can use an IDE of your choice, but make sure it supports Java.
- Java SDK version 1.8 or later
Add the following dependency code snippets into your project:
Maven
<dependency>
<groupid>com.contentstack.sdk</groupid>
<artifactid>java</artifactid>
<version>{version}</version>
</dependency>
Maven users need to add the above code in your pom.xml
file under the <dependencies>
section.
Gradle
implementation'com.contentstack.sdk:java:{version}
Gradle users need to add the above dependency code into your build.gradle
file.
You can download the latest dependency version here.
Initializing your SDK
To initialize the SDK, you will need to specify the stack’s APIKey, Delivery Token, and Environment where you will publish your content
import com.contentstack.sdk.*;
Stack stack = Contentstack.stack("APIKey","deliveryToken","environmentName");
Note : By default, the SDK uses the North American region. Configuration changes are not required for North American region users
For setting the Region refer to the code below:
import com.contentstack.sdk.*;
Config config = Config();
Config.region = ContentstackRegion.EU;
Stack stack = Contentstack.stack("APIKey", "deliveryToken", "environmentName", config);
For setting the Branch refer to the code below:.
import com.contentstack.sdk.*;
Config config = Config();
config.setBranch("branch");
Stack stack = Contentstack.stack("APIkey", "deliveryToken", "environmentName", config);
Note:For Europe, set the region as EU, for Azure North America , set the region as AZURE_NA, for Azure Europe, set the region as AZURE_EU, for GCP North America, set the region as GCP_NA.
Basic Queries
Contentstack SDKs let you interact with the Content Delivery APIs and retrieve content from Contentstack. They are read-only in nature. The SDKs fetch and deliver content from the nearest server via Fastly, our powerful and robust CDN.
Get a Single Entry
To retrieve a single Entry from a Content Type, use the code snippet given below:
import com.contentstack.sdk.*;
Stack stack = Contentstack.stack("APIKey", "deliveryToken", "environmentName");
ContentType contentType = stack.contentType("contentTypeUid");
Entry entry = contentType.entry("entryUid");
entry.fetch(new EntryResultCallBack() {
@Override
public void onCompletion(ResponseType responseType, Error error) {
if (error == null) {
System.out.println(entry);
}});
Get Multiple Entries
To retrieve multiple entries of a particular content type, use the code snippet given below:
import com.contentstack.sdk.*;
Stack stack = Contentstack.stack("APIKey", "deliveryToken", "environmentName");
Query query = stack.contentType("contentTypeUid").query();
query.find(new QueryResultsCallBack){
@Override
public void onCompletion(ResponseType responseType, QueryResult queryResult, Error error) {
if (error == null) {
}}
});
Note:- Currently, the Java SDK does not support multiple content types referencing in a single query. For more information on how to query entries and assets, refer the Queriessection of our Content Delivery API documentation
- By default, the limit for response details per request is 100, with the maximum limit set at 250.
Pagination
In a single instance, the Get Multiple Entries query will retrieve only the first 100 items of the specified content type. You can paginate and retrieve the rest of the items in batches using the skip and limit parameters in subsequent requests.
import com.contentstack.sdk.*;
Stack stack = Contentstack.stack("APIKey","deliveryToken","environmentName");
Query query = stack.contentType("contentTypeUid").query();
query.skip(20).limit(20).find(newQueryResultsCallBack(){
@Override
public void onCompletion(ResponseType responseType, QueryResult queryResult, Error error){
}});