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操作ガイド(Gutenberg)ブロック

(Gutenberg)ブロック

Gutenberg ブロックデータを取得する方法を説明します。

GraphQL スキーマには、すべての CustomPost 型(PostPage など)に以下のフィールドが追加されています。

  • blocks
  • blockDataItems
  • blockFlattenedDataItems

これらのフィールドは、Classic Editor プラグインが有効な場合は使用できません。

blocks

フィールド CustomPost.blocks: [BlockUnion!] は、カスタム投稿に含まれるすべてのブロックのリストを取得します。

blocks は、GraphQL スキーマにマッピングされた Block 型のリストを返します。これらの Block 型はすべて BlockUnion 型の一部であり、Block インターフェースを実装しています。

このプラグインは、1つの Block 型である GenericBlock を実装しており、これだけで任意のブロックのデータを取得するのに十分です(フィールド attributes: JSONObject を通じて)。

このクエリ:

{
  post(by: { id: 1 }) {
    blocks {
      ...on Block {
        name
        attributes
        innerBlocks {
          ...on Block {
              name
              attributes
              innerBlocks {
                ...on Block {
                  name
                  attributes
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

...は次のレスポンスを生成します:

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "blocks": [
        {
          "name": "core/gallery",
          "attributes": {
            "linkTo": "none",
            "className": "alignnone",
            "images": [
              {
                "url": "https://d.pr/i/zd7Ehu+",
                "alt": "",
                "id": "1706"
              },
              {
                "url": "https://d.pr/i/jXLtzZ+",
                "alt": "",
                "id": "1705"
              }
            ],
            "ids": [],
            "shortCodeTransforms": [],
            "imageCrop": true,
            "fixedHeight": true,
            "sizeSlug": "large",
            "allowResize": false
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "List Block",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/list",
          "attributes": {
            "ordered": false,
            "values": "<li>List item 1</li><li>List item 2</li><li>List item 3</li><li>List item 4</li>"
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "className": "has-top-margin",
            "content": "Columns Block",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/columns",
          "attributes": {
            "isStackedOnMobile": true
          },
          "innerBlocks": [
            {
              "name": "core/column",
              "attributes": {},
              "innerBlocks": [
                {
                  "name": "core/image",
                  "attributes": {
                    "id": 1701,
                    "className": "layout-column-1",
                    "url": "https://d.pr/i/fW6V3V+",
                    "alt": ""
                  },
                  "innerBlocks": null
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "core/column",
              "attributes": {},
              "innerBlocks": [
                {
                  "name": "core/paragraph",
                  "attributes": {
                    "className": "layout-column-2",
                    "content": "Phosfluorescently morph intuitive relationships rather than customer directed human capital.",
                    "dropCap": false
                  },
                  "innerBlocks": null
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "Columns inside Columns (nested inner blocks)",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/columns",
          "attributes": {
            "isStackedOnMobile": true
          },
          "innerBlocks": [
            {
              "name": "core/column",
              "attributes": {},
              "innerBlocks": [
                {
                  "name": "core/image",
                  "attributes": {
                    "id": 1701,
                    "className": "layout-column-1",
                    "url": "https://d.pr/i/fW6V3V+",
                    "alt": ""
                  },
                  "innerBlocks": null
                },
                {
                  "name": "core/columns",
                  "attributes": {
                    "isStackedOnMobile": true
                  },
                  "innerBlocks": [
                    {
                      "name": "core/column",
                      "attributes": {
                        "width": "33.33%"
                      },
                      "innerBlocks": [
                        {
                          "name": "core/heading",
                          "attributes": {
                            "fontSize": "large",
                            "content": "Life is so rich",
                            "level": 2
                          },
                          "innerBlocks": null
                        },
                        {
                          "name": "core/heading",
                          "attributes": {
                            "level": 3,
                            "content": "Life is so dynamic"
                          },
                          "innerBlocks": null
                        }
                      ]
                    },
                    {
                      "name": "core/column",
                      "attributes": {
                        "width": "66.66%"
                      },
                      "innerBlocks": [
                        {
                          "name": "core/paragraph",
                          "attributes": {
                            "content": "This rhyming poem is the spark that can reignite the fires within you. It challenges you to go out and live your life in the present moment as a \u201chero\u201d and leave your mark on this world.",
                            "dropCap": false
                          },
                          "innerBlocks": null
                        },
                        {
                          "name": "core/columns",
                          "attributes": {
                            "isStackedOnMobile": true
                          },
                          "innerBlocks": [
                            {
                              "name": "core/column",
                              "attributes": {},
                              "innerBlocks": [
                                {
                                  "name": "core/image",
                                  "attributes": {
                                    "id": 361,
                                    "sizeSlug": "large",
                                    "linkDestination": "none",
                                    "url": "https://gato-graphql.lndo.site/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/graphql-voyager-public-1024x622.jpg",
                                    "alt": ""
                                  },
                                  "innerBlocks": null
                                }
                              ]
                            },
                            {
                              "name": "core/column",
                              "attributes": {},
                              "innerBlocks": null
                            },
                            {
                              "name": "core/column",
                              "attributes": {},
                              "innerBlocks": [
                                {
                                  "name": "core/image",
                                  "attributes": {
                                    "id": 362,
                                    "sizeSlug": "large",
                                    "linkDestination": "none",
                                    "url": "https://gato-graphql.lndo.site/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/namespaced-interactive-schema-1024x598.webp",
                                    "alt": ""
                                  },
                                  "innerBlocks": null
                                }
                              ]
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Block 型の GraphQL スキーマは次のようになります:

interface Block {
  name: String!
  attributes: JSONObject
  innerBlocks: [BlockUnion!]
  contentSource: HTML!
}
 
type GenericBlock implements Block {
  name: String!
  attributes: JSONObject
  innerBlocks: [BlockUnion!]
  contentSource: HTML!
}
 
union BlockUnion = GenericBlock

Block のフィールド

Block インターフェース(および GeneralBlock 型)には以下のフィールドが含まれます:

  • name はブロックの名前を取得します:"core/paragraph""core/heading""core/image" など。
  • attributes はブロックのすべての属性を含む JSON オブジェクトを取得します。
  • innerBlocks[BlockUnion!] を取得します。これにより、インナーブロックを含むブロックの階層をナビゲートし、コンテンツ内に存在するすべてのレベルのデータを取得できます。
  • contentSource はブロックの(Gutenberg)HTML ソースコードを取得します。属性を含むコメント区切り文字も含まれます。ただし、このフィールドは DB に保存されている形式とまったく同じデータを取得するわけではありません(#2346 を参照)。このフィールドは慎重に使用してください。

GeneralBlock を直接取得する(BlockUnion の代わりに)

現在、ブロックをマッピングする Block 型は GeneralBlock の1つだけであるため、CustomPost.blocks(および Block.innerBlocks)が BlockUnion 型の代わりにこの型を直接取得するようにするのが合理的です。

設定ページの「Blocks」タブで、オプション Use single type instead of union type? にチェックを入れることで設定できます:

`BlockUnion` の代わりに `GeneralBlock` を直接取得するよう設定する
`BlockUnion` の代わりに `GeneralBlock` を直接取得するよう設定する

これにより、GraphQL クエリが簡略化されます:

{
  post(by: { id: 1 }) {
    blocks {
      name
      attributes
      innerBlocks {
        name
        attributes
      }
    }
  }
}

レスポンスの型を BlockUnion のままにしておくことは、前方互換性の観点から有益です。将来的にブロック固有の型をスキーマに追加する場合(以下のセクションを参照)、破壊的変更が生じないためです。

ブロック固有の型のマッピング

JSONObject 型(Block.attributes によって取得される)は厳密に型付けされていません。そのプロパティは任意の型とカーディナリティ(StringInt[Boolean!] など)を持つことができるため、各ブロックについてこの情報を把握し、クライアント側でそれぞれのケースを処理する必要があります。

厳密な型付けが必要な場合は、PHP コードを使って GraphQL スキーマを拡張し、ブロックの固有属性をフィールドとしてマッピングするブロック固有の型を追加して BlockUnion の一部にする必要があります。

たとえば、core/paragraph ブロックをマッピングする CoreParagraphBlock 型を追加し、String 型のフィールド content を持たせることができます。

GraphQL スキーマを拡張する方法については、GatoGraphQL/GatoGraphQL のドキュメントを参照してください(現在作業中)。

ブロックのフィルタリング

フィールド CustomPost.blocks には、includeexclude の2つのプロパティを持つ引数 filterBy があります。これらを使用して、ブロック名によって取得するブロックをフィルタリングできます:

{
  post(by: { id: 1 }) {
    id
    blocks(
      filterBy: {
        include: [
          "core/heading",
          "core/gallery"
        ]
      }
    ) {
      name
      attributes
    }
  }
}

これは次を生成します:

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "blocks": [
        {
          "name": "core/gallery",
          "attributes": {
            "linkTo": "none",
            "className": "alignnone",
            "images": [
              {
                "url": "https://d.pr/i/zd7Ehu+",
                "alt": "",
                "id": "1706"
              },
              {
                "url": "https://d.pr/i/jXLtzZ+",
                "alt": "",
                "id": "1705"
              }
            ],
            "ids": [],
            "shortCodeTransforms": [],
            "imageCrop": true,
            "fixedHeight": true,
            "sizeSlug": "large",
            "allowResize": false
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "List Block",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "className": "has-top-margin",
            "content": "Columns Block",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "Columns inside Columns (nested inner blocks)",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

core/heading 型のブロックがすべて含まれているわけではないことに注意してください。core/column の配下にネストされているものは除外されています。これらに到達する方法がないためです(core/columnscore/column ブロック自体が除外されているため)。

フィールド blocks の不便な点

フィールド blocks には不便な点があります。カスタム投稿に含まれるすべてのブロックデータ(インナーブロックのデータ、さらにそのインナーブロックのデータなど)を取得するには、コンテンツ内のネストされたブロックのレベル数を把握し、その情報を GraphQL クエリに反映させる必要があります。

それがわからない場合は、すべてのデータが取得できるよう十分なレベルを持つクエリを作成する必要があります。

たとえば、次のクエリはインナーブロックの7レベルまでを取得します:

{
  post(by: { id: 1 }) {
    blocks {
      ...BlockData
    }
  }
}
 
fragment BlockData on Block {
  name
  attributes
  innerBlocks {
    ...on Block {
      name
      attributes
      innerBlocks {
        ...on Block {
          name
          attributes
          innerBlocks {
            ...on Block {
              name
              attributes
              innerBlocks {
                ...on Block {
                  name
                  attributes
                  innerBlocks {
                    ...on Block {
                      name
                      attributes
                      innerBlocks {
                        ...on Block {
                          name
                          attributes
                          innerBlocks {
                            ...on Block {
                              name
                              attributes
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

blockDataItems

It is in order to avoid the inconvenience of how field blocks retrieves all data (including for its inner blocks, and their inner blocks, and so on), that there is field CustomPost.blockDataItems.

This field, instead of returning [BlockUnion], returns [JSONObject!]:

type CustomPost {
  blockDataItems: [JSONObject!]
}

In other words, instead of following the typical GraphQL way of having entities relate to entities and navigate across them, every Block entity at the top level already produces the whole block data for itself and all of its children, within a single JSONObject result.

The JSON object contains the properties for the block (under entries name and attributes) and for its inner blocks (under entry innerBlocks), recursively.

For instance, the following query:

{
  post(by: { id: 1 }) {
    blockDataItems
  }
}

...will produce:

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "blockDataItems": [
        {
          "name": "core/gallery",
          "attributes": {
            "linkTo": "none",
            "className": "alignnone",
            "images": [
              {
                "url": "https://d.pr/i/zd7Ehu+",
                "alt": "",
                "id": "1706"
              },
              {
                "url": "https://d.pr/i/jXLtzZ+",
                "alt": "",
                "id": "1705"
              }
            ],
            "ids": [],
            "shortCodeTransforms": [],
            "imageCrop": true,
            "fixedHeight": true,
            "sizeSlug": "large",
            "allowResize": false
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "List Block",
            "level": 2
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/list",
          "attributes": {
            "ordered": false,
            "values": "<li>List item 1</li><li>List item 2</li><li>List item 3</li><li>List item 4</li>"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "className": "has-top-margin",
            "content": "Columns Block",
            "level": 2
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/columns",
          "attributes": {
            "isStackedOnMobile": true
          },
          "innerBlocks": [
            {
              "name": "core/column",
              "attributes": {},
              "innerBlocks": [
                {
                  "name": "core/image",
                  "attributes": {
                    "id": 1701,
                    "className": "layout-column-1",
                    "url": "https://d.pr/i/fW6V3V+",
                    "alt": ""
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "core/column",
              "attributes": {},
              "innerBlocks": [
                {
                  "name": "core/paragraph",
                  "attributes": {
                    "className": "layout-column-2",
                    "content": "Phosfluorescently morph intuitive relationships rather than customer directed human capital.",
                    "dropCap": false
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "Columns inside Columns (nested inner blocks)",
            "level": 2
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/columns",
          "attributes": {
            "isStackedOnMobile": true
          },
          "innerBlocks": [
            {
              "name": "core/column",
              "attributes": {},
              "innerBlocks": [
                {
                  "name": "core/image",
                  "attributes": {
                    "id": 1701,
                    "className": "layout-column-1",
                    "url": "https://d.pr/i/fW6V3V+",
                    "alt": ""
                  }
                },
                {
                  "name": "core/columns",
                  "attributes": {
                    "isStackedOnMobile": true
                  },
                  "innerBlocks": [
                    {
                      "name": "core/column",
                      "attributes": {
                        "width": "33.33%"
                      },
                      "innerBlocks": [
                        {
                          "name": "core/heading",
                          "attributes": {
                            "fontSize": "large",
                            "content": "Life is so rich",
                            "level": 2
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "name": "core/heading",
                          "attributes": {
                            "level": 3,
                            "content": "Life is so dynamic"
                          }
                        }
                      ]
                    },
                    {
                      "name": "core/column",
                      "attributes": {
                        "width": "66.66%"
                      },
                      "innerBlocks": [
                        {
                          "name": "core/paragraph",
                          "attributes": {
                            "content": "This rhyming poem is the spark that can reignite the fires within you. It challenges you to go out and live your life in the present moment as a \u201chero\u201d and leave your mark on this world.",
                            "dropCap": false
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "name": "core/columns",
                          "attributes": {
                            "isStackedOnMobile": true
                          },
                          "innerBlocks": [
                            {
                              "name": "core/column",
                              "attributes": {},
                              "innerBlocks": [
                                {
                                  "name": "core/image",
                                  "attributes": {
                                    "id": 361,
                                    "sizeSlug": "large",
                                    "linkDestination": "none",
                                    "url": "https://gato-graphql.lndo.site/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/graphql-voyager-public-1024x622.jpg",
                                    "alt": ""
                                  }
                                }
                              ]
                            },
                            {
                              "name": "core/column",
                              "attributes": {}
                            },
                            {
                              "name": "core/column",
                              "attributes": {},
                              "innerBlocks": [
                                {
                                  "name": "core/image",
                                  "attributes": {
                                    "id": 362,
                                    "sizeSlug": "large",
                                    "linkDestination": "none",
                                    "url": "https://gato-graphql.lndo.site/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/namespaced-interactive-schema-1024x598.webp",
                                    "alt": ""
                                  }
                                }
                              ]
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Filtering block data items

Similar to blocks, blockDataItems also allows to filter what blocks are retrieved, via the filterBy argument.

This query:

{
  post(by: { id: 1 }) {
    id
    blockDataItems(
      filterBy: {
        include: [
          "core/heading"
        ]
      }
    )
  }
}

...will produce:

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "blockDataItems": [
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "List Block",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "className": "has-top-margin",
            "content": "Columns Block",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "Columns inside Columns (nested inner blocks)",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlocks": null
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Please notice that, similar to blocks, not all blocks of type core/heading have been included: Those which are nested under core/column have been excluded, as there is no way to reach them (since blocks core/columns and core/column are themselves excluded).

blockFlattenedDataItems

Both fields blocks and blockDataItems allow to filter what blocks are retrieved (via the filterBy argument). In both cases, if a block satisfies the inclusion condition, but is nested within a block that does not, then it will be excluded.

There are occasions, though, when we need to retrieve all blocks of a certain type from the custom post, independently of where these blocks are located within the hierarchy. For instance, we may want to include all blocks of type core/image, to retrieve all images included in a blog post.

It is to satisfy this need that there is field CustomPost.blockFlattenedDataItems. Unlike fields blocks and blockDataItems, it flattens the block hierarchy into a single level.

This query:

{
  post(by: { id: 1 }) {
    blockFlattenedDataItems
  }
}

...will produce:

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "blockFlattenedDataItems": [
        {
          "name": "core/gallery",
          "attributes": {
            "linkTo": "none",
            "className": "alignnone",
            "images": [
              {
                "url": "https://d.pr/i/zd7Ehu+",
                "alt": "",
                "id": "1706"
              },
              {
                "url": "https://d.pr/i/jXLtzZ+",
                "alt": "",
                "id": "1705"
              }
            ],
            "ids": [],
            "shortCodeTransforms": [],
            "imageCrop": true,
            "fixedHeight": true,
            "sizeSlug": "large",
            "allowResize": false
          },
          "innerBlockPositions": null,
          "parentBlockPosition": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "List Block",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlockPositions": null,
          "parentBlockPosition": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/list",
          "attributes": {
            "ordered": false,
            "values": "<li>List item 1</li><li>List item 2</li><li>List item 3</li><li>List item 4</li>"
          },
          "innerBlockPositions": null,
          "parentBlockPosition": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "className": "has-top-margin",
            "content": "Columns Block",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlockPositions": null,
          "parentBlockPosition": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/columns",
          "attributes": {
            "isStackedOnMobile": true
          },
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            5,
            7
          ],
          "parentBlockPosition": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/column",
          "attributes": {},
          "parentBlockPosition": 4,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            6
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/image",
          "attributes": {
            "id": 1701,
            "className": "layout-column-1",
            "url": "https://d.pr/i/fW6V3V+",
            "alt": ""
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 5,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/column",
          "attributes": {},
          "parentBlockPosition": 4,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            8
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/paragraph",
          "attributes": {
            "className": "layout-column-2",
            "content": "Phosfluorescently morph intuitive relationships rather than customer directed human capital.",
            "dropCap": false
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 7,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "Columns inside Columns (nested inner blocks)",
            "level": 2
          },
          "innerBlockPositions": null,
          "parentBlockPosition": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/columns",
          "attributes": {
            "isStackedOnMobile": true
          },
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            11
          ],
          "parentBlockPosition": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/column",
          "attributes": {},
          "parentBlockPosition": 10,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            12,
            13
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/image",
          "attributes": {
            "id": 1701,
            "className": "layout-column-1",
            "url": "https://d.pr/i/fW6V3V+",
            "alt": ""
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 11,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/columns",
          "attributes": {
            "isStackedOnMobile": true
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 11,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            14,
            17
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/column",
          "attributes": {
            "width": "33.33%"
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 13,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            15,
            16
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "fontSize": "large",
            "content": "Life is so rich",
            "level": 2
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 14,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "level": 3,
            "content": "Life is so dynamic"
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 14,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/column",
          "attributes": {
            "width": "66.66%"
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 13,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            18,
            19
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/paragraph",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "This rhyming poem is the spark that can reignite the fires within you. It challenges you to go out and live your life in the present moment as a \u201chero\u201d and leave your mark on this world.",
            "dropCap": false
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 17,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/columns",
          "attributes": {
            "isStackedOnMobile": true
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 17,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            20,
            22,
            23
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/column",
          "attributes": {},
          "parentBlockPosition": 19,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            21
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/image",
          "attributes": {
            "id": 361,
            "sizeSlug": "large",
            "linkDestination": "none",
            "url": "https://gato-graphql.lndo.site/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/graphql-voyager-public-1024x622.jpg",
            "alt": ""
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 20,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/column",
          "attributes": {},
          "parentBlockPosition": 19,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        },
        {
          "name": "core/column",
          "attributes": {},
          "parentBlockPosition": 19,
          "innerBlockPositions": [
            24
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "core/image",
          "attributes": {
            "id": 362,
            "sizeSlug": "large",
            "linkDestination": "none",
            "url": "https://gato-graphql.lndo.site/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/namespaced-interactive-schema-1024x598.webp",
            "alt": ""
          },
          "parentBlockPosition": 23,
          "innerBlockPositions": null
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Please notice how attribute innerBlocks has disappeared, as the blocks are not nested anymore. In its place, the response includes two other attributes (which allow us to recreate the block hierarchy):

  • parentBlockPosition: The position of the block's parent block within the returned array, or null if it is a top-level block
  • innerBlockPositions: An array with the positions of the block's inner blocks within the returned array

Filtering the flattened block data items

Now that the block hierarchy has been flattened, filtering by core/heading will produce all of these blocks (even if any of them is originally nested under a block that has been excluded).

This query:

{
  post(by: { id: 1 }) {
    id
    blockFlattenedDataItems(
      filterBy: {
        include: [
          "core/heading"
        ]
      }
    )
  }
}

...will produce:

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "blockFlattenedDataItems": [
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "List Block",
            "level": 2
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "className": "has-top-margin",
            "content": "Columns Block",
            "level": 2
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "content": "Columns inside Columns (nested inner blocks)",
            "level": 2
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "fontSize": "large",
            "content": "Life is so rich",
            "level": 2
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "core/heading",
          "attributes": {
            "level": 3,
            "content": "Life is so dynamic"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Please notice that the two additional attributes, parentBlockPosition and innerBlockPositions, are removed when filtering, as they don't make sense anymore.