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Directus / @directus/sdk / rest / createField

Function: createField() ​

createField<Schema, TQuery>(collection, item, query?): RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, DirectusField<Schema>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<DirectusField<Schema>, FieldsWildcard<DirectusField<Schema>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof DirectusField<Schema> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

Create a new field in the given collection.

Type parameters ​

• Schema

• TQuery extends Query<Schema, DirectusField<Schema>>

Parameters ​

• collection: keyof Schema

The collection to create a field for

• item: NestedPartial<DirectusField<Schema>>

The field to create

• query?: TQuery

Optional return data query

Returns ​

RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, DirectusField<Schema>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<DirectusField<Schema>, FieldsWildcard<DirectusField<Schema>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof DirectusField<Schema> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

The field object for the created field.

Source ​

rest/commands/create/fields.ts:21