How to access Layout Service data of published content on Sitecore Edge in Sitecore XM Cloud
Please read below for more information on Layout service or
The Sitecore Layout Service is a Sitecore Headless Services endpoint that exposes Sitecore layout information as structured JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data.
If you have worked with headless implementation before, you know that layout service data can be accessed at (also known as Rest Endpoint)
/sitecore/api/layout/render/[config]?item=[path]&sc_lang=[language]&sc_apikey=[key]&tracking=[true|false]&sc_site=[your-site-name]
e.g.,
https://yoursitecoreurl/sitecore/api/layout/render/jss?item=/&sc_apikey=yourapikey&sc_lang=en&sc_site=yoursite
But, we do not have such url for published content when we switch to XM Cloud.
We do not have a Content Delivery environment in XM Cloud(Web Database), instead we have something called Experience Edge.
Experience Edge is a GraphQL API-based service endpoint that allows you to retrieve layout and content, distributed through a CDN, and hosted by Sitecore.
Hence we don't have a layout service url for published content, as mentioned above, instead Edge provides us a Delivery API that allows you to access your approved and published content.
https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/api/graphqlYou would need an Edge Token to get data from above endpoint.
There are various ways to obtain Edge Token. Please follow -https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/generate-an-edge-token.html
In short - navigate to XMDeployApp > Your Project > Your Environment > Details Tab > Live GraphQL IDE (Experience Edge) > Generate Delivery API Token
Navigate to below url:
https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/api/graphql/ideEnter below url in Server URL textbox:
https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/api/graphql/v1Now run the below Query to get layout data of published content:
query {
layout(language: "en", routePath: "pathofitem", site: "yoursite") {
item {
rendered
}
}
}
I'll be posting more about Sitecore XM Cloud and GraphQL in future posts.