Open your terminal in the directory you want to create your application in.
2.**Run the following command line in your terminal:**
```bash
strapi new my-project
```
This action creates a new folder named `my-project` with the entire [files structure](../concepts/concepts.md#files-structure) of a Strapi application.
A new directory has been created in the `/api` folder of your application which contains all the needed stuff for your `Product` Content Type: API, routes, controllers, services and models. Take a look at the [API structure documentation](../concepts/concepts.md#files-structure) for more informations.
After creating [your first Content Type](#create-your-first-api), we need to create, edit and delete data.
In this section, we will discover the Content Manager Plugin that Strapi provides to help you for this task.
### Plugin Content Manager
If you visit the admin panel at http://localhost:1337/admin, you can access the Content Manager plugin. This powerful interface is auto-generated according to your ContentTypes and lets you create, update and delete your data from UI.
#### Create a product
Try to create a new product by clicking on "New entry". Give it a name, a description and a price. Submit the form. You can see the new product in the products list.
#### Edit a product
From the list view, you can click on a product and edit its values.
#### Delete a product
From the list view and the edit view, you can delete a product.
Great work! You are now able to create, update and delete data from the Content Manager plugin.
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## Consume your API
Your API is now ready and [contains data](#manage-your-data). At this point, you'll probably want to use this data in mobile or desktop applications.
When you create your API using the command line or the Content Type Builder plugin, it automatically creates the needed files to build your Content Types REST API.
Generated APIs provide a handy way to filter and order queries. In that way, ordering products by price is as easy as `GET http://localhost:1337/product?_order=price:asc`. For more informations, read the [filters documentation] (Coming soon)
If you want to get a specific entry, add the `id` of the wanted product at the end of the url.
```js
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'http://localhost:1337/product/123', // Where `123` is the `id` of the product.
done: function(product) {
console.log('Well done, here is the product having the `id` 123: ', product);
},
fail: function(error) {
console.log('An error occurred:', error);
}
});
```
### Create data (POST)
Use the `POST` route to create a new entry.
jQuery example:
```js
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'http://localhost:1337/product',
data: {
name: 'Cheese cake',
description: 'Chocolate cheese cake with ice cream',
price: 5
},
done: function(product) {
console.log('Congrats, your product has been successfully created: ', product); // Remember the product `id` for the next steps.
},
fail: function(error) {
console.log('An error occurred:', error);
}
});
```
### Update data (PUT)
Use the `PUT` route to update an existing entry.
jQuery example:
```js
$.ajax({
type: 'PUT',
url: 'http://localhost:1337/product/123', // Where `123` is the `id` of the product.
data: {
description: 'This is the new description'
},
done: function(product) {
console.log('Congrats, your product has been successfully updated: ', product.description);
},
fail: function(error) {
console.log('An error occurred:', error);
}
});
```
### Delete data (DELETE)
Use the `DELETE` route to delete an existing entry.
jQuery example:
```js
$.ajax({
type: 'DELETE',
url: 'http://localhost:1337/product/123', // Where `123` is the `id` of the product.
done: function(product) {
console.log('Congrats, your product has been successfully deleted: ', product);
},
fail: function(error) {
console.log('An error occurred:', error);
}
});
```
***
Congratulations! You successfully finished the Getting Started guide! Read the [concepts](../concepts/concepts.md) to understand more advanced concepts.
Also, feel free to join the community thanks to the different channels listed in the [community page](http://strapi.io/community): team members, contributors and developers will be happy to help you.
