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Revisions ​

Revisions are individual changes to items made. d9 keeps track of changes made, so you're able to revert to a previous state at will. Learn more about Revisions.


The Revision Object ​

id integer
Primary key of the revision.

activity many-to-one
Related activity record. Many-to-one to activity.

collection string
Collection in which this revision happened.

item string
Primary key of the item that was changed.

data object
Snapshot of the top-level item data.

delta object
Snapshot of the changes made in this revision.

parent many-to-one
Parent revision that triggered this revision. Many-to-one to revisions (recursive).

json
{
	"id": 368,
	"activity": 438,
	"collection": "articles",
	"item": "1",
	"data": {
		"title": "Hello World"
	},
	"delta": {
		"title": "Hello from the Docs!"
	},
	"parent": null
}

List revisions ​

List all revisions that exist in d9.

Permissions

The data returned in this endpoint will be filtered based on the user's permissions. For example, revisions that apply to a collection that the current user doesn't have access to are stripped out.

Query Parameters ​

Supports all global query parameters.

Returns ​

An array of up to limit revision objects. If no items are available, data will be an empty array.

REST API ​

GET /revisions
SEARCH /revisions

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GraphQL ​

POST /graphql/system
graphql
type Query {
	revisions: [directus_revisions]
}
Examples ​
graphql
query {
	revisions {
		id
		data
		delta
	}
}

Retrieve a revision ​

List an existing revision by primary key.

Query Parameters ​

Supports all global query parameters.

Returns ​

Returns the requested revision object.

REST API ​

GET /revisions/:id
Example ​
GET /revisions/322

GraphQL ​

POST /graphql/system
graphql
type Query {
	revisions_by_id(id: ID!): directus_revisions
}
Example ​
graphql
query {
	revisions_by_id(id: 322) {
		id
		data
		delta
	}
}