In your app
A function makes the call on the client it is given, so your code passes the real one and a test passes a fake.Add the function
src/attract/publish-team-member.ts
Call it
A script makes the client once and calls the function:A route handler, a job or a queue worker calls it the same way.
scripts/publish-team-member.ts
Terminal
Find the id
id is the document’s _id, from a list. Ask the list for only the fields you need: each row is a document’s id and those fields.
TypeScript
row.id as id. Drafts: list with { aposMode: 'draft' } to get the draft’s id (Find an id).
Required parameters
Required parameters
One object, e.g.
publishTeamMember({ id }); leave out the optional fields.Returns
Returns
A
TeamMember. TeamMember content type. Read its properties (teamMember.title): each says whether the site always sends it. The example answer is the site’s wire JSON: some keys differ from the property names (_id → id, _photo → photo, _hoverPhoto → hoverPhoto).Always sent. Its title: the name it goes by in every list, and the heading of its page where it has one.
Always sent. The URL name: lowercase words joined by hyphens (letters outside a–z, even emoji, are kept).
Always sent. The document’s id. On a type with drafts it ends in its locale and mode (
…:en:published, …:en:draft): the part before the first colon is its aposDocId, shared by both copies. The {_id} the type’s routes take.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. e.g. “Founder” or “Operations lead”.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional one-liner shown on the compact card layouts — a motto, specialty or fun fact.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional short biography, shown on the roomier card layouts.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Hand-curation flag. The widget can show only featured members, and the Spotlight layout renders them large.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Members are listed lowest number first — the explicit team order.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Select whether this content is public or private. One of public, loginRequired; a newer site may send others, so keep a fallback.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. An ISO 8601 date and time, e.g. 2026-10-21T14:30:00.000Z.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. An ISO 8601 date and time, e.g. 2026-10-21T14:30:00.000Z.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. A list of TeamMemberMemberFontOverridesItem. Optional. Set part of this team member’s card in a different typeface. Leave empty to follow the section (and the site fonts). At most 4 items.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional headshot from the media library. Falls back to the Photo URL below, then to a lettered-initial avatar. The related @apostrophecms/image documents, in order (empty when none). To set it, send a list of { "_id": "…" }, one per document (one at most); a document the site can’t find is left out. At most 1 items.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Alternative to uploading: a full https:// link to a photo hosted elsewhere. Only used when no Photo is selected above — prefer uploading when you can (it enables cropping, focal point and responsive sizes). When set, a URL; empty or null when not.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional second photo (e.g. a candid shot) that cross-fades in when a visitor hovers the card. Needs the Team section’s hover-photo toggle on. The related @apostrophecms/image documents, in order (empty when none). To set it, send a list of { "_id": "…" }, one per document (one at most); a document the site can’t find is left out. At most 1 items.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. URL alternative to the alternate photo above — only used when none is selected. Same hover behavior. When set, a URL; empty or null when not.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional. Only shown when the Team section has “Show email / phone” turned on. When set, an email address; empty or null when not.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional. Only shown when the Team section has “Show email / phone” turned on.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. A list of TeamMemberSocialLinksItem. Each profile is optional — add only the networks you use. A link only appears once it has a URL. Pick a platform for its brand icon, or “Other / custom” to choose any icon.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Set automatically. Demo placeholders are removed the moment a real member is published. One of manual, demo; a newer site may send others, so keep a fallback.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Internal de-duplication key set by the demo seed.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. In the archive: kept, but out of every list and off the site until it is restored. false (or null) for a live document.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. When it was created (ISO 8601). Format: an ISO 8601 date and time.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. When it last changed (ISO 8601). Format: an ISO 8601 date and time.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. The draft’s preview share key, while its share link is on: the link is the draft’s _url with aposShareKey and aposShareId (the draft’s _id) in its query. Absent otherwise, and on published documents.Errors
Errors
Nothing to catch: the SDK retries what is safe, and throws the rest as the classes below; catch only what you want to react to (see Errors and testing).
The site refused what was sent:
errors lists each field’s problem, siteMessage the first.Retried first: No. Read: errors (field → messages), siteMessage.The API key is missing or refused (malformed, revoked, expired), or a signature its signing mode needs is missing or stale.Retried first: No. Read:
siteMessage, errorName, data.The key may not do this: a scope it lacks, or an address outside its allowlist.
siteMessage names it.Retried first: No. Read: siteMessage, errorName, data.Nothing matches, or the caller may not see it.Retried first: No. Read:
siteMessage, errorName, data.The site failed. Its logs say why.Retried first: No: a write may have landed. Read:
siteMessage, errorName, data.No answer: DNS, a refused connection, TLS, or the timeout (15 s per attempt by default).Retried first: Only when nothing reached the site (
neverConnected()); never after a timeout, when it may have landed. Read: reason, neverConnected.The client refused to send it (e.g. a path segment of
..); the site never saw it.Retried first: No. Read: reason (what to change).Any other status, or a success whose JSON doesn’t match this SDK version’s types (update the SDK).Retried first: No. Read:
reason, status.sites.forSite('acme') named a slug your sites (createSiteClients()) don’t have.Retried first: No: nothing was sent. Read: message, slug.Behavior
- Access: an API key with
content:team-members:publish(or a master above it:content:team-members:all,content:all,admin:all). A signed-in person may call it as far as their own permissions allow; anyone else gets 403. - Rate limit: the key’s own writes-per-minute limit, set when the key is created (default 120); over it, 429 with
Retry-After. The client waits and retries for you; you seeRateLimitedonly if that runs out. - Retries: a write is sent again only after a 429 (refused before it acted) or when it never reached the site. After a timeout or a 5xx it may have landed: check before you send it again.
- Timeout: 15 s per attempt by default; raise
timeout(milliseconds) on the client for longer.
Test it
It calls the function above with a fake client: the fake answers every call with a valid example, so nothing leaves your machine and no settings or key are needed. Run it withnode --test.
tests/teamMembers-publishTeamMember.test.ts
teamMembers.publishTeamMember with factories.TeamMember({...}), the fields you give over a valid example.
tests/teamMembers-publishTeamMember-answer.test.ts
Related
List a team member’s locales
site.teamMembers().getTeamMemberLocales()List team members
site.teamMembers().listTeamMembers()Create a team member
site.teamMembers().createTeamMember()Get a team member
site.teamMembers().getTeamMember()Replace a team member
site.teamMembers().replaceTeamMember()Delete a team member
site.teamMembers().deleteTeamMember()POST /team-member/{_id}/publish
The endpoint this calls, in the API reference: the HTTP request and answer, and every rule the site checks.