Fetching Unpublished Content via API in Production Environment

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System Information
  • Strapi Version: v4.11.0
  • Operating System: Ubuntu 22
  • Database: sqlite
  • Node Version: 18.12.1
  • NPM Version: 8.19.2
  • Yarn Version: -

Hello Strapi Community,

I’ve been working with Strapi for a while and I find it an excellent headless CMS for my needs. Currently, I’m using the draft & publish feature in Strapi for my profile content type .

I understand that for security and content management reasons, Strapi’s default behavior is to only allow fetching of published content via the API. This is a great feature and makes perfect sense for most production scenarios.

However, for a specific use-case in my project, I need to fetch unpublished (draft) profiles in a production environment. I am aware of the potential security implications and have measures in place to ensure that this data won’t be exposed inappropriately.

I was wondering if there’s a recommended method or a best practice to fetch unpublished profiles via the API in a production environment, perhaps through some advanced configurations or plugin development? Any guidance or help on this matter would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your time and assistance.

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Please refer to this How to publish/unpublish programmatically | The Missing Strapi Docs

For to not published ```
publishedAt: null // No Date Set

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You can now do this via publication state: https://docs.strapi.io/dev-docs/api/rest/filters-locale-publication#publication-state