In this article we'll go through and example of pulling in External Content into the content editor. We'll base this walkthrough on the examples that were published to GitHub.

External Data Select

Extension Name : external data select

Extension Source Path : https://github.com/RWS/tridion-sites-extensions-examples/tree/main/sites-10-ux-update/content-editor/external-data-select-addon/external-data-select-field

Commands

1. "npm i" this installs the project
2. "npm run build" this builds the solution
3. "npm run pack" this creates the package

Upload the Add-on using add-on Manager 

Example: Create a Schema  with a text field and add (externalDataSelect  name under CustomURL) or add a text field on one of the existing schema

Create a Component based on the Schema Created 

You see the external data is loaded on the defined Text Field in this case externalData