Currently, I have to flatten-out my data properties to be able to store them in Appwrite collections, but this quickly gets messy when I have to deal with objects that have many levels of nestedness.
I can stringify my objects to store them in a string-type attribute, but in doing so there is no way to set Appwrite-side type constraints on the nested properties.
For some cases, I've been able to turn some of the nested properties into relationships that point to collections where I can add type constraints for the attributes of the nested schema, but Appwrite relationships are constrained to a max depth of 3 levels, so I can't rely on them to represent deeper objects.
It's be great if we could define collection attributes to be of type 'json', and then specify a typed schema for the nested properties also. So, I was wondering if this has been considered, and if there are plans to implement that or similar functionality.
Thank you for reading. I appreciate any pointers ❤️
TL;DR
Developers are looking to support nested attributes in collections like objects or JSON data. Currently, data has to be flattened, which can become messy with deep nestedness. One workaround is to stringify objects but it lacks type constraints. Creating relationships to represent nested properties is an option too, but limited to 3 levels. Developers are inquiring if there are plans to implement support for JSON type attributes with nested property schemas in Appwrite collections.
