Contentful to MongoDB Integration

How Datrise loads Contentful into MongoDB

Datrise syncs Contentful's entries, content types, assets, spaces, locales, and publish events into MongoDB as a collection per source entity. Flexible or custom fields land in native nested documents, and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as BSON Date.

Sync is incremental: Datrise uses upserts by stable id with updateOne(upsert) on the source primary key, so re-runs update only what changed. Optional sharding on the entity id for large collections. Mongo has no fixed schema, so Datrise keeps field types consistent across documents to avoid mixed-type query surprises.

Ideal for document-oriented apps that want CRM data in their existing Mongo store.

Endpoints

Contentful: Headless CMS for structured content delivery.

MongoDB: Document database for flexible schemas.

How Contentful entities map to MongoDB

Contentful entity	MongoDB object	Notes
entries	`contentful_entries`	id PK · custom fields → native nested documents
content types	`contentful_content_types`	id PK · linked to contentful_entries
assets	`contentful_assets`	id PK · linked to contentful_entries
spaces	`contentful_spaces`	id PK · linked to contentful_entries

FAQ

How does Datrise handle Contentful's custom fields in MongoDB?

Flexible values are stored as native nested documents, so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native MongoDB types.

How does the Contentful to MongoDB sync stay up to date?

It runs incrementally — Datrise uses upserts by stable id with updateOne(upsert) on the source primary key.

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