Strapi Provider Plugin

Learn how to configure Strapi Provider Plugin for use with Filebase.

What is Strapi?

Strapi is an open-source content management service (CMS) built using JavaScript. The Strapi Provider Plugin is a custom plugin that has been developed to use Filebase with Strapi.

Special thanks to Alex Bakers for developing this plugin.

Read below to learn how to use Strapi Provider Plugin with Filebase.

Prerequisites:

• Install Node.js and npm.

• Install yarn.

• Download and install Strapi.

• Sign up for a free Filebase account.

• Have your Filebase Access and Secret Keys. Learn how to view your access keys here.

• Create a Filebase IPFS Bucket. Learn how to create a bucket here.

1. Install the plugin using yarn or npm:

yarn add strapi-provider-upload-ipfs-storage

npm install strapi-provider-upload-ipfs-storage --save

2. Edit the ./config/plugins.js file to include the following code snippet:

module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  // ...
  upload: {
    config: {
      provider: "strapi-provider-upload-ipfs-storage",
      providerOptions: {
        defaultStorage: "filebase",
        filebase: {
          key: env("FILEBASE_KEY"),
          secret: env("FILEBASE_SECRET"),
          bucket: env("FILEBASE_BUCKET"),
        },
      },
    },
  },
  // ...
});

3. Edit the local .env file to include the following information:

FILEBASE_KEY="FILEBASE_KEY"
FILEBASE_SECRET="FILEBASE_SECRET"
FILEBASE_BUCKET="FILEBASE_BUCKET"

Replace the following values to reflect your configuration:

• FILEBASE_KEY: Filebase Access Key

• FILEBASE_SECRET: Filebase Secret Key

• FILEBASE_BUCKET: Filebase Bucket Name

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