Contentful Integration · Durham
Contentful Integration in Durham
Connecting Contentful to Durham applications, where using the wrong endpoint is the mistake that surfaces late. Published content comes from a delivery API served by a global network; draft content requires a separate preview API — so a build wired to one of them cannot do what the other is for, and editors discover it when preview shows them nothing.
Why this comes up
The problem
Editors cannot preview drafts, because the front end reads from the delivery API which only serves published entries.
What you get
What we deliver
- Delivery and preview endpoints used for their respective purposes
- Preview implemented so editors can see drafts before publishing
- Rate limits respected, with responses cached rather than fetched repeatedly
- Webhooks used to trigger rebuilds or invalidation when content changes
- Generated types kept in step with the content model
- Errors handled so a content fetch failure degrades rather than breaking the page
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Working in Durham
North East
Durham's economy is dominated by its university and cathedral, so the commercial base is small and much of the local demand comes from spinouts and suppliers attached to the institutions rather than from independent industry.
Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones.
Sectors we work with in Durham
- Higher Education
- Tourism & Heritage
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Research
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- Contentful
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- GraphQL
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Retail
- SaaS businesses
- Media companies
- Financial services
- Professional services
Why us
Why Durham businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Contentful Integration in Durham — common questions
- Why are there two APIs?
- Because they serve different needs. The delivery API returns published content through a fast global network; the preview API returns drafts and is not cached the same way — so preview requires deliberately using the second rather than a flag on the first.
- How should rate limits be handled?
- By not fetching the same content repeatedly. Caching responses and rebuilding on webhooks rather than polling keeps request volume proportionate to how often content changes, which is far lower than how often pages are viewed.
- What are webhooks for here?
- Telling your application that content changed. A statically generated site needs to know when to rebuild the affected pages, and a cached one needs to know when to invalidate — without that, editors publish and wait, or your cache times are shorter than they need to be.
- Should types be generated?
- Where the stack supports it, yes. Generating types from the content model means a field removed or renamed fails the build rather than producing an undefined value at runtime, which catches the mismatch while somebody can still act on it.
- Do you work with businesses across County Durham?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout North East, including Durham and the surrounding County Durham area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Durham businesses do you usually work with?
- Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones. Beyond that we work across Higher Education, Tourism & Heritage, Public Sector, Retail and Research.
- Do you cover the areas around Durham?
- Yes — we work throughout North East, including Newcastle, Sunderland, York. Durham is an urban area of roughly 70,000+, and we take on work across the wider County Durham region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Contentful Integration in Durham
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise