Contentful Typescript Codegen
Generate TypeScript interfaces from a Contentful environment
Overview
Contentful Typescript Codegen is a tool that allows developers to generate typings from their Contentful environment. It converts Content Types into interfaces and handles mappings for locales, assets, and rich text. The tool is used at Intercom to increase developer confidence and productivity and to ensure that changes to Content Types do not cause any outages.
Features
- Generate typings from Contentful environment
- Convert Content Types into interfaces
- Map locales and default locale to string types
- Handle assets and rich text linking to Contentful's types
Summary
Contentful Typescript Codegen is a valuable tool for developers working with Contentful environments. It simplifies the process of generating typings from Content Types and provides useful features such as interface conversion, handling assets and rich text, and mapping locales. By using this tool, developers can increase their confidence and productivity in working with Contentful environments, ensuring that changes to Content Types do not cause any outages.
- Contentful
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