Strapi Questions & Answers

To use TypeScript in a Strapi project, follow the steps given below:

1. In your existing Strapi project, run the following command:

2. Create a tsconfig.json file and add this file in the root of your project:

3. Rename your JavaScript files to ‘.ts’ and update their contents to use TypeScript features

4. Strapi will detect the ‘.ts’ files and start using TypeScript for these parts of your project

5. Strapi will automatically compile TypeScript during development. You can start your project with:

To cancel or delete a Strapi Cloud subscription, follow the steps given below:

• Cancel
• Open your Strapi account
• Press on the active subscription tile
• Hit the ‘Cancel Subscription’ link
• Give the cancellation reason from the drop-down
• If you wish, you can add a comment in the textbox given
• Hit the ‘Confirm Cancellation’ button
• Delete
• Open your Strapi account
• Navigate to the ‘Profile’ page
• Press on your profile picture in the upper right part of the page
• Click on Profile
• Press on the ‘General’ tab
• Hit ‘Delete account’
• Type DELETE in the popup textbox
• Hit Delete to confirm

Strapi does not currently offer a direct function that allows you to give another user full ownership of your account.

To add multiple environments to Strapi Cloud, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Strapi account
• Navigate to project settings
• Go to the 'Environments' tab
• Hit 'Create new environment' to add additional environments like ‘Staging’, 'Production' and ‘Development' with distinct configurations for each stage

To convert a Strapi Cloud backup for local usage, follow the steps given below:

• Download the backup from your Strapi Cloud project
• Use the Strapi CLI command 'strapi import' within your local Strapi project directory
• This will import the data from the backup file into your local database

Strapi doesn't have a native SSL solution, as exposing a Node.js application on a low port to the public web is not safe. A proxy application such as HAProxy, Caddy, Nginx, Traefik or Apache can be utilized to configure SSL with Strapi.

You can use the Plugin SDK to create a Strapi 5 plugin. This is a set of commands designed for creating plugins that can be used locally, published on NPM, or submitted to the Marketplace.

To upgrade your free Strapi Cloud trial to a paid plan, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Strapi account
• Navigate to settings
• Go to the 'Plans' section
• Choose the desired paid plan
• Provide your billing credentials to activate it

You cannot update or create content types in the staging or production environments in Strapi. This is because the 'Content-type Builder' functionality is only accessible in development mode.

To call a hook in services in Strapi, follow the steps given below:

1. In Strapi, services are in:

./api/[your-api]/services/[your-service].js

2. Create a new service or modify an existing one

3. Inside the service, define a function where you want to call the hook.

4. Use Strapi's hook system to trigger hooks.

5. Ensure your hook is registered in config/hook.js , if it's a custom one Restart the Strapi server for the hook to take effect.