29 docs tagged with "Rest API"

Strapi's default API parameters can be configured.

All elements of Strapi's back end, like routes, policies, middlewares, controllers, services, models, requests, responses, and webhooks, can be customized.

Learn more about Strapi 5's Content API

Controllers bundle actions that handle business logic for each route within Strapi’s MVC pattern. This documentation demonstrates generating controllers, extending core ones with createCoreController, and delegating heavy logic to services.

Learn how to authenticate use custom services and controllers using our FoodAdvisor example

With Strapi's error handling feature it's easy to send and receive errors in your application.

Use Strapi's REST API to filter the results of your requests.

Learn how to populate creator fields such as createdBy and updatedBy by creating a custom controller that leverages the populate parameter.

Use an interactive tool that leverages the querystring library to build your query URL

Browse the REST API reference for the locale parameter to take advantage of the Internationalization feature through REST.

In Strapi 5, it's no longer possible to get all localized versions with the '?locale=all' parameter.

Middlewares alter the request or response flow at application or API levels. This documentation distinguishes global versus route middlewares and illustrates custom implementations with generation patterns.

Strapi models (i.e. content-types, components, and dynamic zones) define a representation of the content structure.

In Strapi 5, the shared population strategy is not supported anymore, so components and dynamic zones must be explicitly populated using `on` fragments.

Use API parameters to refine your Strapi REST API queries.

Strapi policies are functions that execute specific logic on each request before it reaches the controller. Policies can be customized according to your needs.

Use Strapi's REST API to populate or select certain fields.

Use the REST API to manage the order of relations

Learn more about requests and responses for Strapi, the most popular headless CMS.

Deep dive into some specific REST API topics using guides that extensively explain some use cases or give step-by-step instructions.

Interact with your Content-Types using the REST API endpoints Strapi generates for you.

Strapi routes handle requests to your content and are auto-generated for your content-types. Routes can be customized according to your needs.

Strapi services are a set of reusable functions, useful to simplify controllers logic.

Use Strapi's REST API to sort or paginate your data.

Use Strapi's REST API to work with draft or published versions of your documents.

In Strapi 5, the response format has been simplified and flattened, and attributes of requested content are no longer wrapped in an attributes object.

Learn what populating means and how you can use the populate parameter in your REST API queries to add additional fields to your responses.

Learn how to use the /api/upload endpoints to upload files to Strapi with the REST API.

Strapi webhooks are user-defined HTTP callbacks used by an application to notify other applications that an event occurred.