help with query string for filtering a collection

[torn summit]

im struggling to get this filtering working, basically i want to filter on two different fields, im getting the first of these queries to work:

works: http://localhost:3000/api/mainPages?where[pageLayout.blockType][equals]=projectPageBlock
doesnt work: http://localhost:3000/api/mainPages?where[pageLayout.relCategories.slug][equals]=testslug

blockType is a string, relCategories is a relational field (array) with slug text fields

if i can get them to work separately i can at least combine them after i believe with a simple &

[carmine ruin]

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Documentation:

• adding-your-own-queries-and-mutations
• rest-queries
• token-based-auth

Community-Help:

• Fetching from a database
• Use document data in Access Control function
• [The following path cannot be queried: status","data":[{"path":"status"}]}]](https://payloadcms.com/community-help/discord/the-following-path-cannot-be-queried-status-data-path-status)

[maiden edge]

Hey I strongly recommand you to use the qs lib to create your query, like on the doc

https://payloadcms.com/docs/queries/overview#rest-queries

[torn summit]

fair enough, but the problem remains the same, this issue is how to express the filter request

this would be the query im thinking, but no luck, same result:

const query = {
'pageLayout.blockType': {
equals: 'projectPageBlock'
},
and: [
{
'pageLayout.relCategories.slug': {
equals: 'arkitektur'
}
}
]
};