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This configuration only impacts Guests and not Admins. Learn more about user access.
Flatfile allows you to update your sidebar to hide/show certain elements via the endpoint. Simply update metadata.sidebarConfig when calling spaces.update().

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Building a guest sidebar

Learn how to create a sidebar configuration, and update a sidebar configuration from an event listener. 
import api from "@flatfile/api";

export default function flatfileEventListener(listener) {
  listener.on(
    "file:created",
    async ({ context: { spaceId } }) => {
      try {
        const updateSpace = await api.spaces.update(spaceId, {
          metadata: {
            sidebarConfig: {
              showSidebar: false,
            },
          },
        });
        console.log(updateSpace.data.metadata?.sidebarConfig);
        // Additional code related to the space update process
      } catch (error) {
        console.error("Error:", error.stack);
        // Handle the error appropriately
      }
    }
  );
}
// See full code example (https://github.com/FlatFilers/flatfile-docs-kitchen-sink/blob/main/javascript/guest-sidebar/index.js)
See full code example in our flatfile-docs-kitchen-sink Github repo

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Guest sidebar reference

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metadata.sidebarConfig

Sidebar Config
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showDataChecklist
boolean
The data checklist shows all of the data needed for uploading to the primary Workbook.
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showSidebar
boolean
Determines if a guest can see the sidebar. If the sidebar is hidden and there are multiple Workbooks in your Space, please specify the desired Workbook ID as your defaultPage.

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Example Project

Find the guest sidebar example in the Flatfile GitHub repository.

typescript

Clone the guest sidebar example in Typescript

javascript

Clone the guest sidebar example in Javascript