Strapi-v4

refine supports the features that come with Strapi-v4.

A few of the Strapi-v4 API features are as follows:

• Fields Selection
• Relations Population
• Publication State
• Locale

meta allows us to use the above features in hooks. Thus, we can fetch the data according to the parameters we want.

Hooks and components that support meta:

Supported data hooks	Supported other hooks	Supported components
useUpdate &#8594	useForm &#8594	DeleteButton &#8594
useUpdateMany &#8594	useModalForm &#8594	RefreshButton &#8594
useDelete &#8594	useDrawerForm &#8594
useDeleteMany &#8594	useStepsForm &#8594
useCreate &#8594	useTable &#8594
useCreateMany &#8594	useEditableTable &#8594
useList &#8594	useSimpleList &#8594
useOne &#8594	useShow &#8594
useMany &#8594	useExport &#8594
useCustom &#8594	useCheckboxGroup &#8594
	useSelect &#8594
	useRadioGroup &#8594

note

There is no need to use meta for sorting, pagination, and, filters. Sorting, pagination, and, filters will be handled automatically by the strapi-v4 dataProvider.

info

Normally, strapi-v4 backend returns data in the following format:

{
    "id": 1,
    "attributes": {
        "title": "My title",
        "content": "Long content...",
}

However, we can use normalizeData to customize the data returned by the backend. So, our data will look like:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "My title",
  "content": "Long content..."
}

Setup

npm i @refinedev/strapi-v4

caution

To make this example more visual, we used the @refinedev/antd package. If you are using Refine headless, you need to provide the components, hooks, or helpers imported from the @refinedev/antd package.

Usage

App.tsx

import { Refine } from '@refinedev/core'
import { DataProvider } from '@refinedev/strapi-v4'

const App: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <Refine
      dataProvider={DataProvider('API_URL')}
      /* ... */
    >
      {/* ... */}
    </Refine>
  )
}

API Parameters

Let's examine how API parameters that come with Strapi-v4 are used with meta. Then, let's see how it is used in the application.

Create Collections

We created two collections on Strapi as posts and categories and added a relation between them. For detailed information on how to create a collection, you can check here.

posts

posts has the following fields:

• id
• title
• content
• category
• createdAt
• locale

categories

categories has the following fields:

• id
• title

Fields Selection

To select only some fields, we must specify these fields with `meta``.

Refer to the Fields Selection documentation for detailed information. →

Get only id and title of all posts

const { tableProps } = useTable<IPost>({
  meta: {
    fields: ['id', 'title'],
  },
})

Get all fields of all posts(id, title, category, content ...)

const { tableProps } = useTable<IPost>({
  meta: {
    fields: '*',
  },
})

When sending the request, we can specify which fields will come, so we send fields in meta to hooks that we will fetch data from. In this way, you can perform the queries of only the fields you want.

PostList.tsx

import { useState } from 'react'
import {
  List,
  useTable,
  getDefaultSortOrder,
  FilterDropdown,
  useSelect,
  EditButton,
  DeleteButton,
} from '@refinedev/antd'
import { Table, Select, Space } from 'antd'

import { IPost } from 'interfaces'

import { API_URL } from '../../constants'

export const PostList: React.FC = () => {
  const { tableProps, sorter } = useTable<IPost>({
    meta: {
      fields: ['id', 'title'],
    },
  })

  return (
    <List>
      <Table
        {...tableProps}
        rowKey="id"
        pagination={{
          ...tableProps.pagination,
          showSizeChanger: true,
        }}
      >
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="id"
          title="ID"
          defaultSortOrder={getDefaultSortOrder('id', sorter)}
          sorter={{ multiple: 3 }}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="title"
          title="Title"
          defaultSortOrder={getDefaultSortOrder('title', sorter)}
          sorter={{ multiple: 2 }}
        />

        <Table.Column<{ id: string }>
          title="Actions"
          render={(_, record) => (
            <Space>
              <EditButton hideText size="small" recordItemId={record.id} />
              <DeleteButton hideText size="small" recordItemId={record.id} />
            </Space>
          )}
        />
      </Table>
    </List>
  )
}

Relations Population

By default, relations are not populated when fetching entries.

The populate parameter is used to define which fields will be populated.

Refer to the Relations Population documentation for detailed information. →

Get all the posts and populate the selected relations

const { tableProps } = useTable<IPost>({
  meta: {
    populate: ['category', 'cover'],
  },
})

Get all posts and populate all their first-level relations

const { tableProps } = useTable<IPost>({
  meta: {
    populate: '*',
  },
})

It should be noted that Strapi-V4 allows populating relations more than 1 level.

Get all posts and populate one second-level relation and first-level relation

const { tableProps } = useTable<IPost>({
  meta: {
    populate: {
      category: {
        populate: ['cover'],
      },
      cover: {
        populate: [''],
      },
    },
  },
})

In order to pull the categories related to the posts, we can now show the categories in our list by defining the meta populate parameter.

PostList.tsx

import {
  List,
  useTable,
  getDefaultSortOrder,
  FilterDropdown,
  useSelect,
  EditButton,
  DeleteButton,
} from '@refinedev/antd'
import { Table, Select, Space } from 'antd'

import { IPost } from 'interfaces'

import { API_URL } from '../../constants'

export const PostList: React.FC = () => {
  const { tableProps, sorter } = useTable<IPost>({
    meta: {
      fields: ['id', 'title'],
      populate: ['category'],
    },
  })

  const { selectProps } = useSelect({
    resource: 'categories',
    optionLabel: 'title',
    optionValue: 'id',
  })

  return (
    <List>
      <Table
        {...tableProps}
        rowKey="id"
        pagination={{
          ...tableProps.pagination,
          showSizeChanger: true,
        }}
      >
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="id"
          title="ID"
          defaultSortOrder={getDefaultSortOrder('id', sorter)}
          sorter={{ multiple: 3 }}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="title"
          title="Title"
          defaultSortOrder={getDefaultSortOrder('title', sorter)}
          sorter={{ multiple: 2 }}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex={['category', 'title']}
          title="Category"
          filterDropdown={(props) => (
            <FilterDropdown {...props}>
              <Select
                style={{ minWidth: 200 }}
                mode="multiple"
                placeholder="Select Category"
                {...selectProps}
              />
            </FilterDropdown>
          )}
        />
        <Table.Column<{ id: string }>
          title="Actions"
          render={(_, record) => (
            <Space>
              <EditButton hideText size="small" recordItemId={record.id} />
              <DeleteButton hideText size="small" recordItemId={record.id} />
            </Space>
          )}
        />
      </Table>
    </List>
  )
}

Relations Population for /me request

If you need to the population for the /me request you can use it like this in your authProvider.

const strapiAuthHelper = AuthHelper(API_URL + '/api')

strapiAuthHelper.me('token', {
  meta: {
    populate: ['role'],
  },
})

Publication State

note

The Draft & Publish feature should be enabled on Strapi.

Refer to the Publication State documentation for detailed information. →

live: returns only published entries

preview: returns draft and published entries

const { tableProps } = useTable<IPost>({
  meta: {
    publicationState: 'preview',
  },
})

We can list the posts separately according to the published or draft information.

PostList

import { useState } from 'react'

import {
  List,
  useTable,
  getDefaultSortOrder,
  FilterDropdown,
  useSelect,
  DateField,
  EditButton,
  DeleteButton,
} from '@refinedev/antd'
import {
  Table,
  Select,
  Space,
  Form,
  Radio,
  Tag,
} from 'antd'

import { IPost } from 'interfaces'

import { API_URL } from '../../constants'

export const PostList: React.FC = () => {
  const [publicationState, setPublicationState] = useState('live')

  const { tableProps, sorter } = useTable<IPost>({
    meta: {
      fields: ['id', 'title'],
      populate: ['category'],
      publicationState,
    },
  })

  const { selectProps } = useSelect({
    resource: 'categories',
    optionLabel: 'title',
    optionValue: 'id',
  })

  return (
    <List>
      <Form
        layout="inline"
        initialValues={{
          publicationState,
        }}
      >
        <Form.Item label="Publication State" name="publicationState">
          <Radio.Group onChange={(e) => setPublicationState(e.target.value)}>
            <Radio.Button value="live">Published</Radio.Button>
            <Radio.Button value="preview">Draft and Published</Radio.Button>
          </Radio.Group>
        </Form.Item>
      </Form>
      <br />
      <Table
        {...tableProps}
        rowKey="id"
        pagination={{
          ...tableProps.pagination,
          showSizeChanger: true,
        }}
      >
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="id"
          title="ID"
          defaultSortOrder={getDefaultSortOrder('id', sorter)}
          sorter={{ multiple: 3 }}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="title"
          title="Title"
          defaultSortOrder={getDefaultSortOrder('title', sorter)}
          sorter={{ multiple: 2 }}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex={['category', 'title']}
          title="Category"
          filterDropdown={(props) => (
            <FilterDropdown {...props}>
              <Select
                style={{ minWidth: 200 }}
                mode="multiple"
                placeholder="Select Category"
                {...selectProps}
              />
            </FilterDropdown>
          )}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="publishedAt"
          title="Status"
          render={(value) => {
            return (
              <Tag color={value ? 'green' : 'blue'}>
                {value ? 'Published' : 'Draft'}
              </Tag>
            )
          }}
        />
        <Table.Column<{ id: string }>
          title="Actions"
          render={(_, record) => (
            <Space>
              <EditButton hideText size="small" recordItemId={record.id} />
              <DeleteButton hideText size="small" recordItemId={record.id} />
            </Space>
          )}
        />
      </Table>
    </List>
  )
}

Locale

tip

To fetch content for a locale, make sure it has been already added to Strapi in the admin panel

Refer to the Locale documentation for detailed information. →

const { tableProps } = useTable<IPost>({
  meta: {
    locale: 'de',
  },
})

With the local parameter feature, we can fetch posts and categories created according to different languages.

import { useState } from 'react'

import {
  List,
  useTable,
  getDefaultSortOrder,
  FilterDropdown,
  useSelect,
  EditButton,
  DeleteButton,
} from '@refinedev/antd'
import { Table, Select, Space, Form, Radio, Tag } from 'antd'

import { IPost } from 'interfaces'

import { API_URL } from '../../constants'

export const PostList: React.FC = () => {
  const [locale, setLocale] = useState('en')
  const [publicationState, setPublicationState] = useState('live')

  const { tableProps, sorter } = useTable<IPost>({
    meta: {
      populate: ['category', 'cover'],
      locale,
      publicationState,
    },
  })

  const { selectProps } = useSelect({
    resource: 'categories',
    optionLabel: 'title',
    optionValue: 'id',
    meta: { locale },
  })

  return (
    <List>
      <Form
        layout="inline"
        initialValues={{
          locale,
          publicationState,
        }}
      >
        <Form.Item label="Locale" name="locale">
          <Radio.Group onChange={(e) => setLocale(e.target.value)}>
            <Radio.Button value="en">English</Radio.Button>
            <Radio.Button value="de">Deutsch</Radio.Button>
          </Radio.Group>
        </Form.Item>
        <Form.Item label="Publication State" name="publicationState">
          <Radio.Group onChange={(e) => setPublicationState(e.target.value)}>
            <Radio.Button value="live">Published</Radio.Button>
            <Radio.Button value="preview">Draft and Published</Radio.Button>
          </Radio.Group>
        </Form.Item>
      </Form>
      <br />
      <Table
        {...tableProps}
        rowKey="id"
        pagination={{
          ...tableProps.pagination,
          showSizeChanger: true,
        }}
      >
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="id"
          title="ID"
          defaultSortOrder={getDefaultSortOrder('id', sorter)}
          sorter={{ multiple: 3 }}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="title"
          title="Title"
          defaultSortOrder={getDefaultSortOrder('title', sorter)}
          sorter={{ multiple: 2 }}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex={['category', 'title']}
          title="Category"
          filterDropdown={(props) => (
            <FilterDropdown {...props}>
              <Select
                style={{ minWidth: 200 }}
                mode="multiple"
                placeholder="Select Category"
                {...selectProps}
              />
            </FilterDropdown>
          )}
        />
        <Table.Column
          dataIndex="publishedAt"
          title="Status"
          render={(value) => {
            return (
              <Tag color={value ? 'green' : 'blue'}>
                {value ? 'Published' : 'Draft'}
              </Tag>
            )
          }}
        />
        <Table.Column<{ id: string }>
          title="Actions"
          render={(_, record) => (
            <Space>
              <EditButton hideText size="small" recordItemId={record.id} />
              <DeleteButton hideText size="small" recordItemId={record.id} />
            </Space>
          )}
        />
      </Table>
    </List>
  )
}

meta Usages

When creating and editing posts you can use these API parameters in meta:

const { formProps, saveButtonProps, queryResult } = useForm<IPost>({
  meta: { publicationState: 'preview' },
})

EditList.tsx

const { formProps, saveButtonProps, queryResult } = useForm<IPost>({
  meta: { populate: ['category', 'cover'] },
})

CreateList.tsx

const { selectProps } = useSelect({
  meta: { locale: 'en' },
})

Example

Demo Credentials

Username: demo@refine.dev

Password: demodemo

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RUN IN YOUR LOCAL

npm create refine-app@latest -- --example data-provider-strapi-v4