Directus Operation Permalink Generator

Automatically generate hierarchical permalinks for URLs or IDs based on parent-child relationships using Directus Flows.

Installation

This extension supports Directus 11.x. In the root of your Directus server project run:

$ npm i @timio23/directus-permalink-operation

... and then restart Directus!

Prerequisites

• Directus 11.x
• Collection with M2O Relation to itself Eg "Parent"

Usage

When creating or editing a flow:

1. Add a new operation and select Permalink Generator from the list
2. Select the Collection
3. Select the Parent field
4. Select the Slug/Title field
5. Either include the item's ID in the key field or provide a payload with the parent's ID and slug/title.

Optional:

• There is the option for a prefix and suffix which will be added to the final permalink.
• The separator can be defined when stitching values together such as a / for URLS or - for IDs.

Examples

Root page

• Title: "Visit Us"
• Parent: None
• Prefix: "/"
• Generated: /visit-us

Child page

• Title: "Our Campus"
• Parent: "Visit Us"
• Prefix: "https://example.com/"
• Generated: https://example.com/visit-us/our-campus

ID

• Ref: "382"
• Parent: "1" with a parent reference of ABC
• Prefix: "GB1112-"
• Separator: "-"
• Generated: GB1112-ABC-1-382

Features

• Automatic slug generation in Directus Flows
• Hierarchical structure based on M2O parent relationships
• Slugify to remove unsafe characters and change spaces to hyphens

License

MIT