Understanding the makeup of a Strapi API

Several files were created for us under the src/api folder when we created the classroom content-type. Now, we will take a look at the updated project structure and consider a general overview of what was created.

Routes, controllers, services, and models

When we created our first content-type in the admin panel, several files were created under the src/api folder:

Figure 2.15: The classroom content-type folder structure

Let us have a quick overview of the route components of a Strapi API, that is the routes, controllers, services and models:

• There are two types of routes in Strapi, a core route and a custom route. Core routes are automatically created by Strapi when a new content-type is created; the core routes are find, findOne, create, update, and delete. The routes/{content-type}.js file contains the core route (or endpoint) definitions. This file uses a createCoreRouter factory function that automatically...