> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.frontic.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Contentful

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    The Contentful connector syncs entries from a Contentful space — and a specific environment — into Frontic. Each entry becomes a record on a Content feed; the connector preserves Contentful's `sys.id` as the Source ID so updates land deterministically.
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The Contentful connector follows the standard integration model — see [how integrations work](/connectors/overview) for Connection, Channels, and Data Feeds. This page covers the Contentful-specific configuration.

## Connection settings

<ParamField path="Space ID" type="string" required>
  Your Contentful space ID — find it in Contentful under **Settings → General settings**.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="Access Token" type="string" required>
  A Content Delivery API token (read-only) for your space, with access to the environments you'll connect.
</ParamField>

## Channels

A Contentful channel carries which translations the connector pulls per entry.

<ParamField path="Channel Name" type="string" required>
  A label for the channel in Frontic.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="Available Translations" type="multiselect" required>
  Contentful locale codes the connector pulls per entry.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="Fallback Translation" type="select" required>
  The translation used when an entry field is missing in another locale.
</ParamField>

## Data Feeds

The Contentful connector exposes one feed type:

| Feed        | What it pulls                                                                                   |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Content** | Every entry in the configured space and environment, with the Source ID resolved from `sys.id`. |

The standard **Settings → Updates → Schema** setup wizard applies — see [Data Feeds in the overview](/connectors/overview#data-feeds). For Contentful specifically:

### Per-feed config

<ParamField path="Environment" type="string" default="master">
  Which Contentful environment this feed reads from. Defaults to `master`. Use this to point a feed at a sandbox/preview environment without changing the connection itself.
</ParamField>

### Update methods

* **Trigger** — wire a Contentful webhook (Settings → Webhooks) to the feed's inbound webhook URL to push changes in near-real-time.
* **Polling** — scheduled refresh.

The connector does not expose a manual feed Refresh — use Polling or trigger a webhook from Contentful to backfill.

## What the data looks like

### Source ID

Each record's Source ID is taken from Contentful's `sys.id`. References between entries (`sys.type === "Link"`) come through on the raw payload — resolve them in your Data Sync if you want denormalized fields.

### Assets

Contentful asset entries come through alongside content entries. If you want them on a dedicated storage, configure a separate feed and filter by content type at the Data Sync layer.

## Good to know

* **Read-only via the connector.** Edits happen in Contentful. The Ingest API path is for systems that supplement Contentful with extra records, not for editing entries.
* **Reference resolution lives in the Data Sync.** The connector emits entries with `Link` references intact; resolution into denormalized fields is your Value Composer's job.

## Related

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