connecting my express app to strapi

[Emmaroeneyoh]

My Request

Community vote 👍 Upvote if you like this topic 🚀 If you can make the article/video!

Thank you.

[DesmondSanctity]

I can write on this topic

[muyiwexy]

@ShadaW11 Hello there, I will like to write on this topic.

[divofred]

@muyiwexy I don't think using Express with a Headless CMS like Strapi will be great. I think Strapi is trying to make API applications serverless.

[sammychris]

Hello @ShadaW11, I would like to write on this topic.

[sammychris]

In this article, I will create an issue tracker app using express. And make use of Strapi API to help manage data and its states.

The App will allow users to make, find, update and delete an issue. Each issue will have a unique id. This gives each user access to the issue they created.

The app will allow just 3 issues per IP address in a day. Strapi CMS will manage every issue information, IP addresses, users name, and issue current state. This is where an admin can either resolve or reject an issue.

The issues will contain 3 statuses: pending, resolved, or reject. Depending on how long it took the Strapi Admin to respond. Most of the interactions with the app will be done via Postman.

Here is an example: Outline

Introduction
What is Strapi?
Setting up a Strapi project
Shallow dive into node and express
Building our App
Connecting our express App to Strapi via API
Fetching API data from Strapi
Posting API data to Strapi
Testing the App
Conclusion
Resources

Please, just in case there are any suggestions or adjustments, I will gladly make changes right away. Thanks...

[ShadaW11]

I agree with @divofred - any feedback on the outline suggest by Sammychris, thank you @sammychris interesting outline, im just thinking about the use case and how we can add some interesting functionality.

[ShadaW11]

@sammychris Any feedback?

[sammychris]

Still on it. I will let you know when I'm through. Thanks

[Abdull600]

Has anyone written about this article?

[dessireugarte]

Hello @sammychris 👋 Are you still interested in writing this article?

[sammychris]

Yes, Sorry I took too long. Hopefully before the end of next week.

[dessireugarte]

No worries @sammychris! I will assign you the issue and change the status then 👍

[dessireugarte]

Hello @sammychris Unfortunately, this topic has taken too long so we will close the issue.