# 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.

# 1. Install Strapi globally

Please make sure Node.js and npm are properly installed on your machine.

npm install strapi@beta -g

# 2. Create a new project

strapi new my-project --quickstart

# 3. Create an Administrator user

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

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

# 4. Create a new Content Type

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

• Click the "+ Add Content Type" button.
• Enter restaurant.
• Click "+ Add New Field"
  • Click the String field.
  • Type restaurant under the BASE SETTINGS tab, in the Name field.
  • Check Required field and Unique field under the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab.
  • Click Continue.
• Click "+ Add New Field"
  • Click the Text field.
  • Type description under the BASE SETTINGS tab, in the Name field.
  • Click the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab, check Display as a WYSIWYG.
  • Click Continue.
• Click the Save button and wait for Strapi to restart.

# 5. Create another new Content type

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

• Click the "+ Add Content Type" button.
• Enter category.
• A window opens with fields options:
  • Click the String field.
  • Type category under the BASE SETTINGS tab, in the Name field.
  • Check Required field and Unique field under the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab.
  • Click Continue.
• In the field options window:
  • Click the Relation Field field.
  • On the right side, click the Permissions dropdown and select, Restaurant.
  • In the center, select the icon the represents many-to-many. The text should read, Categories has and belongs to Many Restaurants.
  • Click Save.
• Click the Save button and wait for Strapi to restart.

# 6. Add content to "Restaurant" Content Type

Navigate to CONTENT TYPES - Restaurants.

• Click on + Add New Restaurant button. Type Strapi Restaurant in the Restaurant field. Type Strapi restaurant is a cosy restaurant delivering one of the very fastest and nicest dining experiences in the world, combining nods to tradition with fierce modernity, warmth with daring. into the Description field.
• Click Save.

You will see your restaurant listed in the entries.

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

Navigate to CONTENT TYPES - Categories.

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

You will see the Convenient category listed in the entries.

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

You will see the Time Saving category listed in the entries.

Navigate back to CONTENT TYPES - Restaurants.

• Click on Strapi Restaurant
• On the right, under Categories(1), select the Add an item..., and add Time Saving as a category for this restaurant.

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

# 8. 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 scroll down under Permissions, find Category. Click the checkbox next to find and findone.
• Click Save.

# 9. Consume the Content Type's API

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