README.md

GuitarLA Strapi

In this project I have learned about how to create a REST API using strapi to make the backend for other projects. Other technologies that have been used is this project are render to host the PostgreSQL database and Cloudinary to save the images.

Installing Strapi

First, create a new project of Strapi using the necessary credentials of render.

$ npx create-strapi-app@latest
Need to install the following packages:
  create-strapi-app@4.6.0
Ok to proceed? (y) y
? What would you like to name your project? guitarla-strapi
? Choose your installation type Custom (manual settings)
? Choose your preferred language JavaScript
? Choose your default database client postgres
? Database name: guitarla_8pjb
? Host: dpg-cffp4p82i3mg6p9gdnog-a.frankfurt-postgres.render.com
? Port: 5432
? Username: root
? Password: ********************************
? Enable SSL connection: Yes

Creating a project with custom database options.
Creating a new Strapi application at /home/raul/projects/WebDev/Udemy - React Bootcamp/guitarla-strapi.
Creating files.
Dependencies installed successfully.

Your application was created at /home/raul/projects/WebDev/Udemy - React Bootcamp/guitarla-strapi.

Available commands in your project:

  npm run develop
  Start Strapi in watch mode. (Changes in Strapi project files will trigger a server restart)

  npm run start
  Start Strapi without watch mode.

  npm run build
  Build Strapi admin panel.

  npm run strapi
  Display all available commands.

You can start by doing:

  cd /home/raul/projects/WebDev/Udemy - React Bootcamp/guitarla-strapi
  npm run develop

Then run this commands to start the admin UI.

$ cd guitarla-strapi/

$ npm run develop

> guitarla-strapi@0.1.0 develop
> strapi develop

Building your admin UI with development configuration...
Admin UI built successfully
[2023-02-05 12:43:43.856] info: The Users & Permissions plugin automatically generated a jwt secret and stored it in .env under the name JWT_SECRET.

 Project information

┌────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Time               │ Sun Feb 05 2023 12:44:22 GMT+0100 (Central Euro… │
│ Launched in        │ 78938 ms                                         │
│ Environment        │ development                                      │
│ Process PID        │ 1359                                             │
│ Version            │ 4.6.0 (node v18.12.1)                            │
│ Edition            │ Community                                        │
│ Database           │ postgres                                         │
└────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 Actions available

One more thing...
Create your first administrator 💻 by going to the administration panel at:

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│ http://localhost:1337/admin │
└─────────────────────────────┘

Finally, create the necessary Content-Type for the project and open the endpoints (Public: find, findOne).

Cloudinary

Let's install the cloudinary dependence.

$ npm install @strapi/provider-upload-cloudinary --save

added 53 packages, and audited 1561 packages in 11s

135 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

Then, add the necessary credentials to the .env file to connect to your account.

Final result

This is the final result of the configuration. First, log in with the user you've created before.

Content-Type created:

The, add some content.