Skip to main content

14 docs tagged with "backend server"

View All Tags

Advanced features

Strapi provides advanced built-in features for developers who'd like to get the best of the backend server, plugins, and database. Click on any of the following cards to read more about a specific feature:

Back-end customization

All elements of Strapi's back end, like routes, policies, middlewares, controllers, services, models, requests, responses, and webhooks, can be customized.

Controllers

Controllers are JavaScript files that contain a set of methods, called actions, reached by the client according to the requested route. Whenever a client requests the route, the action performs the business logic code and sends back the response. Controllers represent the C in the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern.

Middlewares

The diagram represents a simplified version of how a request travels through the Strapi back end, with global middlewares highlighted. The backend customization introduction page includes a complete, interactive diagram.

Models

Strapi models (i.e. content-types, components, and dynamic zones) define a representation of the data structure.

Plugin CLI

Reference documentation for Strapi's Plugin CLI commands

Policies

Strapi policies are functions that execute specific logic on each request before it reaches the controller. Policies can be customized according to your needs.

Routes

Strapi routes handle requests to your content and are auto-generated for your content-types. Routes can be customized according to your needs.

Services

Strapi services are a set of reusable functions, useful to simplify controllers logic.

Webhooks

Strapi webhooks are user-defined HTTP callbacks used by an application to notify other applications that an event occurred.