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Article

Schema.org Article

  • Type: defineArticle(input?: Article)
    Describes an Article on a WebPage.
  • Component: SchemaOrgArticle (see how components work)

Required properties

  • headline string
    Name of the article
    A name can be provided using route meta on the title key, see defaults.
  • image Arrayable<string|ImageObject>
    Link a primary image or a collection of images to used to the article.
    A single image URL can be provided using route meta on the image key, see defaults.
  • author AuthorInput (conditional)
    If the author of the article is not your identity (see Choosing an identity) you will need to provide authors manually.
    The registered author is moved to a root Schema node, resolving the field as reference to a Person.
  • @type sub-types
    Select the most appropriate type for your content for the article.

Defaults

  • @type: Article
  • @id: ${canonicalUrl}#article
  • headline: currentRouteMeta.title (see: Schema.org Params)
  • image: currentRouteMeta.image (see: Schema.org Params)
  • description: currentRouteMeta.description (see: Schema.org Params)
  • inLanguage: options.defaultLanguage (see: Schema.org Params)
  • datePublished: currentRouteMeta.datePublished (see: Schema.org Params)
  • dateModified: currentRouteMeta.dateModified (see: Schema.org Params)
  • publisher: Identity Reference
  • author: Identity Reference
  • isPartOf: WebPage Reference
  • mainEntityOfPage: WebPage Reference

Sub-Types

  • AdvertiserContentArticle
  • NewsArticle
  • BlogPosting
  • Report
  • SatiricalArticle
  • ScholarlyArticle
  • SocialMediaPosting
  • TechArticle

Relation Transforms

WebPage

  • sets default potentialAction to ReadAction
  • sets default dateModified to articles dateModified
  • sets default datePublished to articles datePublished
  • sets default author to articles author
  • sets default primaryImageOfPage to articles first image

Resolves

See Global Resolves for full context.

  • headline will be cut to a maximum length of 110 without breaking words.
  • thumbnailUrl will be set to the first image
  • dateModified or datePublished can be resolved from Date objects
defineArticle({
  // will resolve to ISO 8601 format
  datePublished: new Date(2020, 10, 1)
})
  • providing a single string of @type which isn't Article will convert it to an array TechArticle -> ['Article', 'TechArticle']
defineArticle({
  // will be resolved as ['Article', 'TechArticle']
  '@type': 'TechArticle',
})

Examples

See the blog recipe for more examples.

Minimal

defineArticle({
  headline: 'Article Title',
  image: '/articles/article-title-image.jpg',
  // using identity as the author
})

Route Meta

Add type support for using the routes meta.

defineArticle()

Complete

defineArticle({
  headline: 'Article Title',
  description: 'Article description',
  image: '/articles/article-title-image.jpg',
  datePublished: new Date(2020, 19, 1),
  dateModified: new Date(2020, 19, 1),
  // attaching an author when the identity is an organization
  author: {
    name: 'Harlan Wilton',
    url: 'https://harlanzw.com',
  }
})

Types

type ValidArticleSubTypes = 'Article' | 'AdvertiserContentArticle' | 'NewsArticle' | 'Report' | 'SatiricalArticle' | 'ScholarlyArticle' | 'SocialMediaPosting' | 'TechArticle'

export interface ArticleSimple extends Thing {
  ['@type']?: Arrayable<ValidArticleSubTypes>
  /**
   * The headline of the article (falling back to the title of the WebPage).
   * Headlines should not exceed 110 characters.
   */
  headline?: string
  /**
   * A summary of the article (falling back to the page's meta description content).
   */
  description?: string
  /**
   * A reference-by-ID to the WebPage node.
   */
  isPartOf?: IdReference
  /**
   * The time at which the article was originally published, in ISO 8601 format; e.g., 2015-10-31T16:10:29+00:00.
   */
  datePublished?: ResolvableDate
  /**
   * The time at which the article was last modified, in ISO 8601 format; e.g., 2015-10-31T16:10:29+00:00.
   */
  dateModified?: ResolvableDate
  /**
   * A reference-by-ID to the author of the article.
   */
  author?: NodeRelations<Identity>
  /**
   * A reference-by-ID to the publisher of the article.
   */
  publisher?: NodeRelations<Identity>
  /**
   * An array of all videos in the article content, referenced by ID.
   */
  video?: NodeRelations<VideoObject>
  /**
   * An image object or referenced by ID.
   * - Must be at least 696 pixels wide.
   * - Must be of the following formats+file extensions: .jpg, .png, .gif ,or .webp.
   *
   * Must have markup of it somewhere on the page.
   */
  image?: NodeRelations<ImageObject | string>
  /**
   * An array of references by ID to comment pieces.
   */
  comment?: NodeRelations<Comment>
  /**
   * A thumbnail image relevant to the Article.
   */
  thumbnailUrl?: string
  /**
   * An integer value of the number of comments associated with the article.
   */
  commentCount?: number
  /**
   * An integer value of the number of words in the article.
   */
  wordCount?: number
  /**
   * An array of keywords which the article has (e.g., ["cats","dogs","cake"]).
   */
  keywords?: string[]
  /**
   * An array of category names which the article belongs to (e.g., ["cats","dogs","cake"]).
   */
  articleSection?: string[]
  /**
   * The language code for the article; e.g., en-GB.
   */
  inLanguage?: string
  /**
   * A SpeakableSpecification object which identifies any content elements suitable for spoken results.
   */
  speakable?: unknown
  /**
   * The year from which the article holds copyright status.
   */
  copyrightYear?: string
  /**
   * A reference-by-ID to the Organization or Person who holds the copyright.
   */
  copyrightHolder?: NodeRelations<Identity>
}

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