# Getting Started with Gridsome

This integration guide is following the Quick Start Guide. We assume that you have fully completed its "Hands-on" path, and therefore can consume the API by browsing this url (opens new window).

If you haven't gone through the Quick Start Guide, the way you request a Strapi API with Gridsome (opens new window) remains the same except that you will not fetch the same content.

# Create a Gridsome app

Create a basic Gridsome application using the Gridsome CLI (opens new window).

gridsome create gridsome-app

# Configure Gridsome

Gridsome is a Static Site Generator (opens new window) and will fetch your content from Strapi at build time. You need to configure Gridsome to communicate with your Strapi application.

yarn add @gridsome/source-strapi

Add the @gridsome/source-strapi to the plugins section in the gridsome-config.js file:

module.exports = {
  siteName: 'Gridsome',
  plugins: [
    {
      use: '@gridsome/source-strapi',
      options: {
        apiURL: `http://localhost:1337`,
        queryLimit: 1000, // Defaults to 100
        contentTypes: [`restaurant`, `category`],
      },
    },
  ],
};

# GET Request your collection type

Execute a GET request on the restaurant Collection Type in order to fetch all your restaurants.

Be sure that you activated the find permission for the restaurant Collection Type.

Example GET request

query {
  allStrapiRestaurant {
    edges {
      node {
        id
        name
        description
      }
    }
  }
}

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "allStrapiRestaurant": {
      "edges": [
        {
          "node": {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Biscotte Restaurant",
            "description": "Welcome to Biscotte restaurant! Restaurant Biscotte offers a cuisine based on fresh, quality products, often local, organic when possible, and always produced by passionate producers.",
            "categories": [1]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

# Example

./src/pages/Index.vue

<template>
<Layout>
  <ul>
    <li v-for="restaurant in $page.allStrapiRestaurant.edges" :key="restaurant.node.id">
      {{ restaurant.node.name }}
      <ul>
        <li v-for="category in restaurant.node.categories">
          <g-link :to="'categories/' + category.id">{{ category.name }}</g-link>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
</Layout>
</template>

<page-query>
  query {
      allStrapiRestaurant {
        edges {
          node {
            id
            name
            categories {
              id
              name
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
</page-query>

Execute a GET request on the category Collection Type in order to fetch a specific category with all the associated restaurants.

Be sure that you activated the findOne permission for the category Collection Type.

Example GET request

query {
  strapiCategory(id: 1) {
    id
    name
    restaurants {
      name
      description
    }
  }
}

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "strapiCategory": {
      "id": "1",
      "name": "French Food",
      "restaurants": [
        {
          "name": "Biscotte Restaurant",
          "description": "Welcome to Biscotte restaurant! Restaurant Biscotte offers a cuisine based on fresh, quality products, often local, organic when possible, and always produced by passionate producers."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "extensions": {}
}

# Example

./src/pages/Index.vue

<template>
<Layout>
  <h1>{{ $page.strapiCategory.name }}</h1>
  <ul>
    <li v-for="restaurant in $page.strapiCategory.restaurants" :key="restaurant.id">{{ restaurant.name }}</li>
  </ul>
</Layout>
</template>

<page-query>
  query  {
    strapiCategory(id: 1) {
      id
      name
      restaurants {
        name
        description
      }
    }
  }
</page-query>

We can generate pages for each category.

Tell Gridsome to generate a page for each category by updating the gridsome-server.js file with the following:

module.exports = function(api) {
  api.createPages(async ({ graphql, createPage }) => {
    const { data } = await graphql(`
      {
        allStrapiCategory {
          edges {
            node {
              id
              name
            }
          }
        }
      }
    `);

    const categories = data.allStrapiCategory.edges;

    categories.forEach(category => {
      createPage({
        path: `/categories/${category.node.id}`,
        component: './src/templates/Category.vue',
        context: {
          id: category.node.id,
        },
      });
    });
  });
};

Create a ./src/templates/Category.vue file that will display the content of each one of your category:

<template>
  <Layout>
    <div>
      <h1>{{ $page.category.name }}</h1>
      <ul>
        <li v-for="restaurant in $page.category.restaurants">{{ restaurant.name }}</li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </Layout>
</template>

<page-query>
  query Category($id: ID!) {
      category: strapiCategory(id: $id) {
        name
        restaurants {
          id
          name
        }
      }
    }
</page-query>

You can find your restaurant categories by browsing http://localhost:8080/categories/<id-of-category>.

Feel free to do the same for your restaurants!

# Starters

# Conclusion

Here is how to request your Collection Types in Strapi using Gridsome.

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