Interacting with the Strapi API

To access any API endpoint in Strapi, we will use the HOST server and PORT, followed by /api/, and then the API ID (Plural) value.

Remember

The API ID (Plural) value was generated when we created the classroom content-type earlier in this chapter. It is usually the plural form of the content-type name.

So, to access the classroom endpoint on our API, we can use the following URL: http://localhost:1337/api/classrooms. This can be done from the browser since it's a GET request, but let's get into the habit of using Postman early on. The expectation is that this endpoint should return a list of classrooms:

Figure 2.10: Calling the API endpoint using Postman

Setting permissions

We received a 403 Forbidden HTTP status code from the backend. Strapi secures API endpoints by default, so we will have to explicitly tell it to allow access to the API for all users. To do that, let's head back to the admin panel...