Hi Max, CTA linkType is used in the @yext/cta-formatter library, which is imported into the theme via npm.
The generateCTAFieldTypeLink formatter should be working as you’re expecting; in responding to this, we discovered a bug where the CTA linkType value, say “Phone” or “Email”, is getting translated in the API response, so for German these turn into “Telefon” and “E-mail”. We have a fix planned for the next version of the theme, 1.20.
In the meantime, you can add the below to your static/js/formatters-custom.js file (this file is included by default, no need to shadow anything)
import CtaFormatter from '@yext/cta-formatter';
/**
* @param {{link: string, linkType: string}} cta the Calls To Action field object
* @returns {string} The formatted url associated with the Call to Action object if the cta object exists, null otherwise
*/
export function generateCTAFieldTypeLink(cta) {
console.log('cat', cta)
if (!cta) {
return null;
}
const normalizedCTA = {
...cta,
linkType: normalizeCtaLinkType(cta.linkType)
}
return CtaFormatter.generateCTAFieldTypeLink(normalizedCTA);
}
// These translations were taken from the schema for the "Calls To Action" built-in field type
const phoneTranslations = {
cs: 'Telefon',
da: 'Telefonnummer',
de: 'Telefon',
en: 'Phone',
es: 'teléfono',
et: 'Telefon',
fi: 'Puhelin',
fr: 'Numéro de téléphone',
hr: 'Telefon',
hu: 'Telefonszám',
it: 'Telefono',
ja: '電話番号',
lt: 'Telefonas',
lv: 'Tālruņa numurs',
nb: 'Telefon',
nl: 'Telefoonnummer',
pl: 'Telefon',
pt: 'Telefone',
ro: 'Telefon',
sk: 'Telefón',
sv: 'Telefon',
tr: 'Telefon',
zh: '电话',
zh_TW: 'Phone'
};
const emailTranslations = {
cs: 'E-mail',
da: 'E-mailadresse',
de: 'E-Mail',
en: 'Email',
es: 'Correo electrónico',
et: 'E-post',
fi: 'Sähköposti',
fr: 'Email',
hr: 'Email',
hu: 'E-mail-cím',
it: 'E-mail',
ja: 'Eメール',
lt: 'El. paštas',
lv: 'E-pasts',
nb: 'E-post',
nl: 'E-mail',
pl: 'E-mail',
pt: 'E-mail',
ro: 'E-mail',
sk: 'E-mail',
sv: 'E-post',
tr: 'E-posta',
zh: '电子邮件',
zh_TW: 'Email'
}
/**
* Normalizes a CTA's linkType to an enum by translating it to english,
* so it can be used by the @yext/cta-formatter library.
*
* @param {string} linkType
* @returns {string}
*/
function normalizeCtaLinkType(linkType) {
if (isLinkTypeInTranslations(linkType, Object.values(emailTranslations))) {
return 'Email';
} else if (isLinkTypeInTranslations(linkType, Object.values(phoneTranslations))) {
return 'Phone'
}
return linkType;
}
/**
* Whether or not the given CTA linkType is included in a translations object's values.
*
* @param {string} linkType
* @param {Array<string>} translations
* @returns {boolean}
*/
function isLinkTypeInTranslations(linkType, translations) {
return !!translations.find(translation => {
return translation.toLowerCase() === linkType.toLowerCase()
});
}
Once you’ve added this, you should see the CTAs working as expected. Let us know if you have any questions!
Oshi