Integrating External APIs with Payload CMS | Mastering Payload CMS 3 - Lesson 1.5

[@yavallejo]

Hi, thanks for the video, I have a question about the fields part, I have a collection called Pages and normally in WordPress with ACF I generate a specific field for each page, how would I do it in payload ? Because I only have one configuration file Collection for that collection called Pages, greetings from Colombia

[@SamThoyre]

Thanks for the question and greetings 🇨🇴! In Payload, you can handle specific fields for each page using block-based layouts or conditional fields: Blocks let you mix and match content types (e.g., Hero, Contact Form). Conditional Fields show/hide fields based on settings like "Page Type." For shared data like headers, use Globals. We’ll cover this in depth in a future video, so stay tuned! 🙌

[@yavallejo]

@@SamThoyre Thank you for your response and for sharing your knowledge

[@nima.zabihi]

Q: How can i use dynamic filtering on a web page, for example blogs by categories? Do we need to use the rest API? If yes what do you suggest for this situation.

[@SamThoyre]

You'll be able to do this with the local api since you're querying data "internally" from Payload. We'll cover this in a later lesson!

[@nima.zabihi]

@SamThoyre Thank you, I can't wait for this.

[@alexdin1565]

Hey, just a suggestion - we're in 2025, and tutorials like this don't seem to work as well anymore. It would be awesome to see more real, hands-on videos rather than just a narrator reading off information. I hope you take this as constructive feedback, not an attack. Good luck with your future content!

[@SamThoyre]

I'm always looking for ways to improve, thanks for the feedback!