Can I get Assets from a specific Matrix block?

Question

When they exist, I'd like to get specification PDFs from a product entry. They're stored in a productInfo Matrix field, in a specifications block that has a downloads Assets collection.

Naturally I attempted the following...

{% set specFiles = entry.productInfo.specifications.downloads %}
{% for specFile in specFiles %}
    {{ specFile.title }}
{% endfor %}

...and Craft thought I was being greedy:

Internal Server Error

Craft\ElementCriteriaModel and its behaviors do not have a method or closure named "specifications".

I noticed in this SE question that examples skipped referencing the block type and went straight for the field name, so I tried that next...

{% set specificationDownloads = entry.productInfo.downloads %}
{% for specFile in specificationDownloads %}
    {{ specFile.title }}
{% endfor %}

This didn't throw any error, but it didn't return any results either.

I know that I can loop through the blocks and then the downloads, it just seems excessive...

{% for block in entry.productInfo %}
    {% if block.type == 'specifications' %}
        {% for specFile in block.downloads %}
            {{ specFile.title }}
        {% endfor %}
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

So what is the most straightforward way to get results when I want to limit them to a specific (Assets) field within a certain Matrix block type?

Answer 1

You should be able to do this like so:

{% for block in entry.productIndo.type('specifications') %}
    {% for download in block.downloads %}
        {{ download.url }}
    {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

Of if the nested loops don't suit you:

{% set specificationBlock = entry.productIndo.type('specifications').first() %}

{% if specificationBlock %}
    {% for download in block.specificationBlock %}
        {{ download.url }}
    {% endfor %}
{% endif %}