Setting api data to strapi

Questions and Answers
1

Hello everyone, maybe it’s a dumb question, but how do I can set the data from a third-party api to strapi. Data that comes from an api is large, so I don’t want to set it manually. I want to add additional fields to data from api, that’s why I don’t just fetch it directly. I’m building my project with next js

2

You should the Strapi Content API (usually POST requests) to send the transformed data to your Strapi server and save it in the corresponding model.

Here’s a simplified example using JavaScript:
// Example Next.js script to fetch data and send it to Strapi

const fetchDataFromApi = async () => {
try {
// Fetch data from the third-party API
const response = await fetch(‘https://api.example.com/data’);
const data = await response.json();

// Transform and enhance data
const transformedData = data.map(item => ({
  // Add your additional fields here
  additionalField: 'example',
  ...item,
}));

// Send data to Strapi
const strapiResponse = await fetch('http://localhost:1337/api-endpoint', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    // Add any additional headers if needed
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(transformedData),
});

const strapiData = await strapiResponse.json();
console.log('Data sent to Strapi:', strapiData);

} catch (error) {
console.error(‘Error fetching or sending data:’, error);
}
};

// Call the function to initiate the process
fetchDataFromApi();

Remember to replace 'https://api.example.com/data' with the actual URL of the third-party business information api and 'http://localhost:1337/api-endpoint' with the appropriate endpoint in your Strapi server.