Strapi Documentation

# Quick Start Guide

Get ready to get Strapi up and running in less than 5 minutes 🚀.

For a step-by-step guide, please take a look at the detailed tutorial.

(Before continuing, please make sure Node.js and npm are properly installed on your machine. You can install the Yarn v1.2.0+ package here.)

# 1. Install Strapi and Create a new project

# 2. Create an Administrator user

Navigate to http://localhost:1337/admin.

  • Complete the form to create the first Administrator user.
  • Click Ready to start.

# 3. Create a Restaurant Content Type

Navigate to PLUGINS - Content Type Builder, in the left-hand menu.

  • Click the "+ Create new collection type" link
  • Enter restaurant, and click Continue
  • A window opens with fields options:
    • Click the Text field
    • Type name in the Name field
    • Click over to the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab, and check the Required field and the Unique field
    • Click the "+ Add another Field" button
    • Click the Rich Text field
    • Type description under the BASE SETTINGS tab, in the Name field
    • Click Finish
  • Click the Save button and wait for Strapi to restart

# 4. Create a Category Content type

Navigate back to PLUGINS - Content Type Builder, in the left-hand menu.

  • Click the "+ Create new collection type" link
  • Enter category, and click Continue
  • A window opens with fields options:
    • Click the Text field
    • Type name under the BASE SETTINGS tab, in the Name field
    • Click over to the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab, and check the Required field and the Unique field
    • Click the "+ Add another field" button
    • Click the Relation field
    • On the right side, click the Category dropdown and select, Restaurant
    • In the center, select the icon that represents many-to-many. The text should read, Categories has and belongs to many Restaurants
    • Click Finish
  • Click the Save button and wait for Strapi to restart

# 5. Add content to "Restaurant" Content Type

Navigate to COLLECTION TYPES - Restaurants, in the left-hand menu.

  • Click on + Add New Restaurant button. Type Biscotte Restaurant in the Restaurant field. Type Welcome to Biscotte restaurant! Restaurant Biscotte offers a cuisine based on fresh, quality products, often local, organic when possible, and always produced by passionate producers. into the Description field.
  • Click Save.

You will see your restaurant listed in the entries.

# 6. Add categories to the "Category" Content Type

Navigate to COLLECTION TYPES - Categories.

  • Click on + Add New Category button. Type French Food in the Category field. Select Biscotte Restaurant, on the right from Restaurant (0).
  • Click Save.

You will see the French Food category listed in the entries.

  • Click on + Add New Category button. Type Brunch in the Category field. DO NOT ADD IT HERE to Biscotte Restaurant.
  • Click Save.

You will see the Brunch category listed in the entries.

Navigate back to COLLECTION TYPES - Restaurants.

  • Click on Biscotte Restaurant.
  • On the right, under Categories(1), select the Add an item..., and add Brunch as a category for this restaurant, and click the Save button.

You have now seen two different ways to use the relation field type to add and connect relations between Content Types.

# 7. Set Roles and Permissions

Navigate to PLUGINS - Roles & Permissions.

  • Click the Public Role.
  • Scroll down under Permissions, find Restaurant. Click the checkbox next to find and findone.
  • Repeat and find Category. Click the checkbox next to find and findone.
  • Click Save.

# 8. Consume the Content Type's API

Here we are! The list of restaurants is accessible at http://localhost:1337/restaurants.

CONGRATULATIONS

👏 Congratulations, you have now completed the Strapi Quick Start. Where to go next?

← Tutorial →