Component's fields not showing on API response

Hedg0305 · January 3, 2022, 3:57pm

Hi everyone, I’m trying to build a blog with Strapi but, I’m facing a problem with the REST API.
This is the situation:
I have a dynamic zone called “sections” where I’m able to place sections of the page, and one of these sections - called “home-banner” - is made of 2 components.

The problem is that the content of these components are not returned at the API

Here are some screenshots to give more details:

request URL: http://localhost:1337/api/pages?populate=*&filters[slug][$eq]=&[locale][$eq]=en&

Component view on editor page:

Component view on content builder:

Meher_Chandan · January 4, 2022, 9:58am

Hi @Hedg0305 . For the Dynamic zone, you need to define the name of dynamic zone. you can try to populate using Deeply populate a dynamic zone with 2 components section in below docs.

If this doesn’t work, you can use the solution provided here

github.com/strapi/strapi

Cannot populate fields, components, dynamic zones together in GET api

opened 11:38AM - 07 Dec 21 UTC

closed 09:23PM - 08 Dec 21 UTC

milinpaul

## Bug report ### Describe the bug [v4] I'm trying to setup strapi for our marketing website. I need to create a blog page with `title`, `featureimage`(Media) and `contents` (dynamic zones). I need to fetch the all the fields including title, `featureimage` and dynamic zone `contents`. But I tried all the possibilities for populating mention in [this doc](https://docs.strapi.io/developer-docs/latest/developer-resources/database-apis-reference/rest-api.html#relations-population) but everything is in vain. Am I missing something ?? ### Expected behavior The GET api should returns as follows: ```json "data": [ { "id": 1, "attributes": { "title": "Test Article", // Media input "featuredimage": { "id": 1, "alt": "", "media": { "data": [ { "id": 1, "attributes": { "name": "17520.jpg", "formats": { // ... }, // ... } } ] }, // Dynamic Zone "content": [ { "id": 1, "__component": "blogpost.image" }, { "id": 16, "__component": "blogpost.richtext", "value": "this is something fishy" } ] } ], "meta": { // ... } ``` ### System - Node.js version: v12 - NPM version: - Strapi version: v4 - Database: Postgres (Docker) - Operating system: OS X

Rajeev_Tiwari · May 16, 2022, 3:32am

I am not entirely sure if the question is answered. I am having a similar challenge. Component data is not part of API response (list and id).

I can’t define requested fields/components in the query because the content may differ based on schema types. Is there any way to allow default get queries to return deep structure data, i.e., parent and the components of the content?

Tanay_Sai · June 26, 2022, 3:26am

Append at the end ?populate=* to your request URL to get all related component values.

Example: api/movies/1?populate=*

johnwick · December 6, 2022, 10:17am

Wouldn’t it make the queries more costly?

bechar · January 4, 2023, 11:27am

Hi @Hedg0305,

You need to create URL in a particular format to get the data from the multilevel components.

http://localhost:1337/api/brandings?populate[fonts][populate]=&populate[palette][populate]=&populate[tenant][populate]=*

//Brandings => Your content in the content manager
// [fonts] and [palette=> This is my components

You will get all the results if you proper create the URL>

Regards,
-Bechar

anastasiiaxfr · May 27, 2025, 4:10pm

Hi, how did you solve this problem?
I have a similar situation with Strapi version 5.
I don’t understand why the Slider does not display the img: {} and bg: {} properties, which are being pulled from Cloudinary.

https://localhost:1337/api/home-page?populate[builder][populate]=*


{
  "data": {
    "id": 2,
    "documentId": "xjluksmdonvvblyt17zjfshb",
    "title": "Home",
    "slug": "home",
    "description": null,
    "createdAt": "2025-05-27T14:42:13.627Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-05-27T14:53:30.766Z",
    "publishedAt": "2025-05-27T14:53:35.058Z",
    "builder": [
      {
        "__component": "builder.slider",
        "id": 2,
        "Slide": [
          {
            "id": 3,
            "title": "100500+ Top Rated Online Сasino Reviews.",
            "description": "Looking for the best online casinos? If you share our passion, let our experts help you to discover the best online casino sites to suit your gambling needs. Compare 99+ online casino offers. Our reviews carefully analyze safety, reliability, variety of games, software, payment options, and more. Taking the hard work out of finding a great online casino, choose 99Casinos, and may the 🍀 luck be with you!",
            "url": "/"
          },
          {
            "id": 4,
            "title": "200500+ Top Rated Online Сasino Reviews.",
            "description": "Looking for the best online casinos? If you share our passion, let our experts help you to discover the best online casino sites to suit your gambling needs. Compare 99+ online casino offers. Our reviews carefully analyze safety, reliability, variety of games, software, payment options, and more. Taking the hard work out of finding a great online casino, choose 99Casinos, and may the 🍀 luck be with you!",
            "url": "/"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {

  }
}

I’m find solution:
https://localhost:1337/api/home-page?populate[builder][on][builder.slider][populate][Slide][populate]=*

And this:
https://localhost:1337/api/home-page?populate[builder][on][builder.section][populate]=*&populate[builder][on][builder.cards-block][populate][Cards][populate][0]=img&populate[builder][on][builder.slider][populate][Slide][populate]=*