Fetching posts via a custom key

[joshhornby]

Hi,

I assume the answer is no, but is it possible to fetch a post in a collection via something other than the slug?

For example each post in my collection has a field “foo_id” which is a custom field type. The custom field type is pulling data from an external system so we can link posts together. I want to then fetch the posts that match a given “foo_id”.

If it’s not possible would you be open to a PR to allow this functionality?

Thanks

[aryehraber]

Hey @joshhornby, sorry for the late reply. You are correct, this isn't currently possible.

Custom filtering has been on the roadmap for a little while now, but in anticipation for Statamic v3, I've stopped dev as there is a high chance that the addon will need to be rebuilt anyway.

If you require the feature anyway, feel free to submit a PR -- if the code is easy to follow and I can test that there are no breaking changes then I may be able to merge your work. Worst case, you'll have to use your own forked version which is probably fine too!