How to Build a Product Management System with Flask and Strapi: A Comprehensive Guide (4-Part Series)

[Tiioluwani]

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Outline:

Part 1: Introduction and Setting Up the Environment

Introduction

• Overview of the project
• Importance of using Flask and Strapi together

  Understanding Flask and Strapi

• Introduction to Flask: A lightweight WSGI web application framework
• Introduction to Strapi: An open-source headless CMS

  Setting Up the Environment

• Installing Flask
• Installing Strapi
• Setting up the development environment

  Creating the Strapi Project

• Initializing a new Strapi project
• Configuring Strapi settings

  Creating the Flask Project

• Setting up a basic Flask application
• Structuring the Flask project

Part 2: Strapi Content Types and Building the API

Analyzing Strapi Content Types

• What are Content Types in Strapi?
• Importance and Use Cases of Content Types in a CMS

  Building Content Types in Strapi

• Creating Collection Types (Products)
• Adding fields (Name, Price, Description, Stock, Images)
• Setting up relationships between content types

  Creating API Endpoints in Strapi

• Understanding Strapi's default API endpoints
• Customizing API endpoints for specific needs
• Ensuring the endpoints return the correct data

Part 3: Integrating Flask with Strapi

Integrating Flask with Strapi: An Overview

• Why integrate Flask with Strapi?

• Benefits of combining a headless CMS with a backend framework

  Fetching Data from Strapi in Flask

• Setting up the Flask application to make API requests

• Fetching product data from Strapi

  Rendering Data in Flask Templates

• Creating HTML templates to display product data

• Using Jinja2 templating engine in Flask to render data

  Handling Images and Media

• Fetching and displaying images from Strapi

• Ensuring media files are correctly served in the Flask application

Part 4: Implementing CRUD Operations and Final Touches

Implementing CRUD Operations

• Importance of CRUD operations in web applications

• Overview of CRUD operations and their implementation

  Implementing Create Operation

• Creating a form in Flask to add new products

• Sending data to Strapi to create a new product

  Implementing Read Operation

• Fetching and displaying all products

• Viewing details of a single product

  Implementing Update Operation

• Creating a form to update product stock

• Sending update requests to Strapi

  Implementing Delete Operation

• Adding a delete button for each product

• Sending delete requests to Strapi

  Final Touches

• Improving the user interface

• Adding error handling and validation

• Testing the entire application

What are the objectives of your article?

By the end of this series, readers should have a solid grasp of how to integrate Flask with Strapi to build a comprehensive product management system, complete with a polished user interface and robust functionality.

What is your expertise as a developer or writer?

Intermediate

What type of post is this?

Tutorial

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[Theodore-Kelechukwu-Onyejiaku]

Hi @Tiioluwani ,

At the moment, we won't be accepting this. You are trying to combine two frameworks making the task redundant.

Please feel free to propose another article. Thank you.