The Cozy datastore stores documents, which can be seen as JSON objects. A doctype
is simply a declaration of the fields in a given JSON object, to store similar objects in an homogeneous fashion.
Cozy ships a built-in list of doctypes
for representation of most of the common documents (Bills, Contacts, Events, ...).
Whenever your app needs to use a given doctype
, you should:
- Check if this is a standard
doctype
defined in Cozy itself. If this is the case, you should add a model declaration in your app containing at least the fields listed in the main fields list for thisdoctype
. Note that you can extend the Cozy-provideddoctype
with your own customs fields. This is typically what is done in Konnectors for the Billdoctype
. - If no standards
doctypes
fit your needs, you