How to create draft entry with strapi v4?

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System Information
  • Strapi Version: 4.14.5
  • Operating System: Mac OS
  • Database: MySQL 8
  • Node Version: v18.14.2
  • NPM Version: 9.5.0
  • Yarn Version: 1.22.19

Hi,

I found this topic in forum.

Then I try to create an Entry with null publishedAt, but I got an error response.

Invalid format, expected a timestamp or an ISO date

Any other tips to create draft entries?

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To create a Draft entry, just append status:'draft' along with the other body params.

And to create a Published entry, add status:'published' and publishedAt:YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss along with other body params.

Hope this helps you :slight_smile:

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To create a Draft entry, just append status:'draft' along with the other body params.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t works.
I use REST API from Ruby.
Send request with body like this.

    options[:body] = {
      data: {
        title: post.fields[:title],
        address: post.fields[:address],
        pinned: !!post.fields[:pinned],
        oldId: post.sys[:id],
        status: 'draft', # add this line
      }
    }
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That is what I meant above. Anyways you have the solution now.

Happy coding :slight_smile:

5

Can you work it with strapi v4?

I saw database, but it has no status field and only published_at field presents.
Need any plugin or anything?

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It works in Strapi V4. There won’t be any field for status in the DB.

If you do not submit status: ‘draft’ appended with you form body params, then strapi will consider that record as Published by default.

It is mandatory to pass status: 'draft' in order to create a Draft entry.

7

Thanks, but I can’t do with it.
No other settings required?

require 'httparty'

strapi_api_key = 'MY_API_KEY'
strapi_base_endpoint = 'http://localhost:1337'

headers = {
  "Authorization" => "Bearer #{strapi_api_key}"
}

options = {}
options[:headers] = headers

options[:body] = {
  data: {
    title: 'test',
    status: 'draft', # or 'Draft'
  }
}

res = HTTParty.post(strapi_base_endpoint + '/api/foos', options)
p res.body # returns "{\"data\":{\"id\":4,\"attributes\":{\"title\":\"test\",\"createdAt\":\"2023-12-21T08:51:40.266Z\",\"updatedAt\":\"2023-12-21T08:51:40.266Z\",\"publishedAt\":\"2023-12-21T08:51:40.266Z\"}},\"meta\":{}}"
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This is solution that worked for my custom APIs.

Then I try to create an Entry with null publishedAt , but I got an error response.

Can you try published_at instead of publishedAt. Not sure if that would work but worth trying.

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Thanks.
In fact, I have already tried it and failed.

Can you tell me how to customize API?

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You can follow this approach to create custom api in Strapi. Use the linked example and append it with your custom logic.

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Thanks, I’ll try that!

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Finally, I use this script and it works well.

'use strict';

/**
 * foo controller
 */

const { createCoreController } = require('@strapi/strapi').factories;

module.exports = createCoreController('api::foo.foo', ({ strapi }) => ({
  async create(ctx) {
    const user = ctx.state.user; // if need
    const { body } = ctx.request;

    const newFoo = await strapi.entityService.create('api::foo.foo', {
      data: body.data
    });

    return newFoo;
  },
}));

In request, without publishedAt key, I can create a Draft Content.
This is partial example with Ruby.

options[:body] = {
  data: {
    title: 'test',
    publishedAt: DateTime.now.iso8601, # comment out to create Draft
  }
}
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Great to hear that.

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