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Directus / @directus/sdk / rest / readCollection

Function: readCollection() ​

readCollection<Schema>(collection): RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, DirectusCollection<Schema>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<DirectusCollection<Schema>, keyof DirectusCollection<Schema>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, Object>[K] }>, Schema>

Retrieve a single collection by table name.

Type Parameters ​

• Schema

Parameters ​

• collection: string

The collection name

Returns ​

RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, DirectusCollection<Schema>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<DirectusCollection<Schema>, keyof DirectusCollection<Schema>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, Object>[K] }>, Schema>

A collection object.

Throws ​

Will throw if collection is empty

Defined in ​

rest/commands/read/collections.ts:30