Explain how to fetch nested collection in EntriesQuery

[bidoubiwa]

Using the entriesQuery parameter, you can add a field named populate that helps you fetch nested collection.

See example

strapi-plugin-meilisearch/resources/entries-query/populate.js

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	module.exports = {
	meilisearch: {
	config: {
	restaurant: {
	entriesQuery: {
	populate: ['repeatableComponent.categories', 'categories'],
	},
	},
	},
	},
	}

See doc in Strapi on how populate works.

It would be nice to add some information in the Readme about populate for users not aware that they need to use populate to fetch nested collections (see #506)

[simon-online]

Does this entriesQuery populate config also work for dynamic zone components in Strapi so you can search across text content inside dynamic zone components?

[bidoubiwa]

Hey @simon-online, I'm sorry but you'll need to ask that to strapi. I'm just passing the configuration directly to strapi's ORM without any changes

[simon-online]

Ok, so as long as the configuration is valid then Strapi will return the content for a dynamic zone.

However it sounds like strapi-plugin-meilisearch currently hasn't been tested with dynamic zone components so there could be an issue or it may just work if the data is in the same format as a repeatable component.

[bidoubiwa]

Hey @simon-online, yes, it was not tested, unfortunately.