Integrate v0 with Strapi

These integration guides are not official documentation and the Strapi Support Team will not provide assistance with them.

What Is v0?

v0 is Vercel's AI development platform that generates React and Next.js components from natural language descriptions, design files, or screenshots. Unlike generic code generators, v0 uses a composite model architecture trained specifically on modern React patterns, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui components.

The platform operates through a chat-based interface where you describe UI requirements in plain English. v0 generates TypeScript-first code following established conventions, then lets you refine through iterative prompts. You can edit code directly within the v0 interface, track changes with version history, and export projects as ZIP files or push directly to your repository.

v0 generates Next.js projects with proper file structure, React Server Components for improved performance, App Router patterns compatible with Next.js 13 and later, accessibility considerations, and responsive design using Tailwind CSS utilities.

Since v0 focuses on frontend generation, you'll need to manually connect these components to your backend, which makes Strapi integration valuable.

Why Integrate v0 with Strapi

The integration addresses specific workflow bottlenecks in full-stack development. When you're building content-driven applications, you typically spend significant time connecting UI components to backend APIs.

Here's how the workflow eliminates this friction:

• Define content types in Strapi (auto-generates REST endpoints; GraphQL endpoints require installing the GraphQL plugin)
• Describe your UI requirements to v0 (generates React components with matching prop interfaces)
• Wire them together in Next.js (fetch Strapi data and pass it as props to v0 components)

This separation of concerns means frontend developers can iterate on UI components independently while backend teams refine content structures, then connect them through a thin integration layer that takes minutes rather than hours to implement.

This workflow enables type-safe API consumption where the frontend component interfaces and backend API structures evolve in alignment, reducing manual integration work.

Both platforms use AI to speed up development: Strapi for content structure and v0 for UI components. You'll manually connect them through explicit API calls, mapping v0's prop interfaces to Strapi's data structures.

All v0 components use the same foundation: React with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui. This prevents style drift across your application. Combined with Strapi's structured Content API delivering data, you get a clear separation between presentation and content management.

v0 components accept props mapped to Strapi content fields. Strapi provides a visual admin panel for content updates. Once you connect components to Strapi's API, content teams update content without developer intervention for each change, addressing the common pain point of developers being pulled away from feature development for minor content updates.

How to Integrate v0 with Strapi

Integrating v0 with Strapi follows a structured workflow: set up your development environment, configure Strapi's API layer, generate UI components with v0, connect components to Strapi data through Next.js, and deploy both pieces to production infrastructure.

Prerequisites

You need Node.js v20 or v22, as Strapi only supports LTS versions. Install npm version 6 or above (yarn and pnpm work too). For databases, PostgreSQL 14.0+, MySQL 8.0+, or MariaDB 10.3+ are production-ready options. SQLite works for development but requires Python as an additional dependency and causes issues on PaaS platforms that reset databases, making it unsuitable for production deployments.

Set up a local development environment with a code editor configured for TypeScript and React. Run Strapi locally during development, then deploy to production infrastructure for live applications. For improved development experience in Visual Studio Code, install general-purpose extensions for JavaScript, TypeScript, linting, and related tools, as there is no official Strapi VS Code extension.

You should be comfortable with Next.js Server Components, dynamic routing, and data fetching patterns. Understanding Strapi's REST API structure helps: how to use the populate parameter for relations, how filtering works, and how Strapi's response format structures data.

Preparing Your Strapi API for v0 Components

Define content types in Strapi's Content Type Builder. For a blog, create an Article collection with fields like title, content, publishedDate, and relations to Author and coverImage.

Strapi automatically generates REST endpoints for each content type. Configure public role permissions for read access, and use API tokens or JWT for authenticated requests.

Configure CORS in ./config/middlewares.js:

1module.exports = [
2  {
3    name: 'strapi::cors',
4    config: {
5      origin: ['http://localhost:3000', 'https://your-vercel-domain.vercel.app'],
6      methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'PATCH', 'OPTIONS'],
7      headers: ['Content-Type', 'Authorization', 'X-Frame-Options'],
8      credentials: true,
9      maxAge: 86400,
10    },
11  },
12];

After updating CORS settings, restart Strapi for changes to take effect.

Generating UI Components with v0

Open v0's chat interface and describe UI requirements with specific detail. Instead of "create a blog card," specify: "Create a blog article card component using React and Tailwind CSS with a featured image, article title in heading, excerpt text limited to two lines, author name with small avatar, publish date, and a read more link with hover effect."

v0 generates components using Tailwind CSS utilities and shadcn/ui component primitives. When requesting components, specify the exact shadcn/ui components needed: "Use shadcn/ui Button component for the call-to-action button with hover state" rather than generic button references.

Review generated code in v0's preview window, refine through follow-up prompts, and track changes with version history.

Once satisfied, copy the component code from v0's interface. Create a new file in your Next.js project under components/ui/ for v0-generated UI primitives or components/features/ for composed feature components, depending on whether it's a base component or a feature combining multiple primitives.

Adjust import paths to match your project structure. Remember that v0-generated components are presentation-focused and require manual API integration: wrap them in container components that fetch data from Strapi and pass the data as props to the v0-generated UI components.

Wiring v0 Components to Strapi Data

1export default async function BlogPage() {
2  async function getArticles() {
3    try {
4      const response = await fetch(
5        `${process.env.STRAPI_API_URL}/api/articles?populate=author,coverImage&sort=publishedDate:desc`,
6        {
7          headers: {
8            'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.STRAPI_API_TOKEN}`,
9          },
10          next: { revalidate: 3600 }, // ISR: Revalidate every hour
11        }
12      );
13
14      if (!response.ok) {
15        throw new Error(`Failed to fetch articles: ${response.statusText}`);
16      }
17
18      return response.json();
19    } catch (error) {
20      console.error('Error fetching articles:', error);
21      throw error;
22    }
23  }
24
25  const { data } = await getArticles();
26
27  if (!data || data.length === 0) {
28    return (
29      <div className="container mx-auto px-4 py-8">
30        <p className="text-gray-600">No articles found.</p>
31      </div>
32    );
33  }
34
35  return (
36    <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 gap-6">
37      {data.map((article) => (
38        <ArticleCard 
39          key={article.id}
40          title={article.attributes.title}
41          excerpt={article.attributes.excerpt}
42          image={article.attributes.coverImage?.data?.attributes?.url}
43          author={article.attributes.author?.data?.attributes?.name}
44          publishedDate={article.attributes.publishedDate}
45        />
46      ))}
47    </div>
48  );
49}

The revalidate option implements ISR: pages regenerate every hour. For client-side fetching, consider React Query or SWR for automatic caching.

Strapi nests data under data.attributes. Map these nested paths to v0 component props carefully.

Building Complete Pages from Components

Create app/blog/page.tsx for listing pages and app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx for dynamic detail routes.

Fetch Strapi data with Server Components:

1async function getArticle(slug: string) {
2  const res = await fetch(
3    `${process.env.STRAPI_API_URL}/api/articles?filters[slug][$eq]=${slug}&populate=*`,
4    {
5      headers: {
6        'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.STRAPI_API_TOKEN}`,
7      },
8      next: { revalidate: 3600 },
9    }
10  );
11  
12  if (!res.ok) return null;
13  const data = await res.json();
14  return data.data[0];
15}
16
17export default async function BlogPost({ params }: { params: { slug: string } }) {
18  const article = await getArticle(params.slug);
19  
20  if (!article) notFound();
21  
22  return (
23    <div className="container mx-auto px-4 py-8">
24      <BlogHeader {...article.attributes} />
25      <ContentCard content={article.attributes.content} />
26      <ShareButtons url={`/blog/${params.slug}`} />
27    </div>
28  );
29}

Export generateStaticParams for static path generation. Create app/blog/layout.tsx for shared UI elements.

Deploying to Vercel

Connect your GitHub repository through Vercel's dashboard. Vercel automatically detects Next.js projects and configures build settings. Add environment variables: STRAPI_API_TOKEN (server-side only) and NEXT_PUBLIC_STRAPI_URL (client-side).

Trigger your first deployment to test the integration. Vercel provides preview deployments for pull requests, allowing you to verify Strapi connectivity before promoting to production.

Configure your Strapi CORS settings to include all Vercel domains:

1// Recommended: Use environment-based CORS configuration
2origin: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' 
3  ? [
4      'https://your-production-domain.com',
5      'https://your-custom-domain.com',
6    ]
7  : [
8      'http://localhost:3000',
9      'http://localhost:5173',
10      'https://your-project.vercel.app',
11    ];

Check build logs for issues with environment variable access, CORS configuration, or API connectivity.

Project Example: Build a Real Estate Listings Platform

A real estate platform demonstrates practical integration patterns: complex data models with relations, media-heavy content, search and filtering, and map-based visualization.

Create a Property collection type with core fields (title, description, price, bedrooms, bathrooms, squareFootage), address fields (city, state, zipCode, latitude, longitude), enumerations (propertyType, listingStatus), media fields (featuredImage, gallery), and relationships to Agent, Amenity, and Neighborhood collections.

Establish relationships in Strapi's Content-Type Builder: many-to-one for Property-to-Agent, many-to-many for Property-to-Amenities.

This relational structure allows you to build agent profile pages, filter properties by amenities, and display neighborhood information without duplicating data. The many-to-many relationship for amenities is particularly valuable: properties can share amenity references while maintaining data consistency, and changes to amenity details propagate across all associated properties automatically.

Generate components with detailed v0 prompts specifying layout, UI elements, and responsive behavior. For property cards, specify the layout structure, including required elements like property images, price information, address, bedroom/bathroom/square footage statistics with icons, favorite button functionality, and call-to-action links.

For filtering interfaces, detail the specific controls neede,d including property type selections, price range dual sliders, bedroom/bathroom number selectors, and amenity multi-select dropdowns.

Use dynamic routes (app/properties/[slug]/page.tsx) with populate parameters for related content. Set revalidate: 3600 for ISR: pages update every hour, keeping listings current without sacrificing performance.

Create a ContactSubmission collection in Strapi. Use Next.js API routes to POST form data with Bearer token authentication.

Consider deploying Strapi to Railway or Render with PostgreSQL. Deploy Next.js to Vercel with environment variables pointing to your Strapi API. Configure webhooks in Strapi to trigger Vercel rebuilds when content changes if you need instant updates.

Strapi Open Office Hours

If you have any questions about Strapi 5 or just would like to stop by and say hi, you can join us at Strapi's Discord Open Office Hours, Monday through Friday, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm CST: Strapi Discord Open Office Hours.

For more details, visit the Strapi documentation and v0 documentation.