strapi/docs/3.0.0-beta.x/cli/CLI.md

Command Line Interface (CLI)

Strapi comes with a full featured Command Line Interface (CLI) which lets you scaffold and manage your project in seconds.

strapi new

Create a new project.

strapi new <name>

options: [--debug|--quickstart|--dbclient=<dbclient> --dbhost=<dbhost> --dbport=<dbport> --dbname=<dbname> --dbusername=<dbusername> --dbpassword=<dbpassword> --dbssl=<dbssl> --dbauth=<dbauth> --dbforce]

• strapi new <name>
  Generates a new project called <name> and installs the default plugins through the npm registry.

• strapi new <name> --debug
  Will display the full error message if one is fired during the database connection.

• strapi new <name> --quickstart
  Use the quickstart system to create your app.

• strapi new <name> --dbclient=<dbclient> --dbhost=<dbhost> --dbport=<dbport> --dbname=<dbname> --dbusername=<dbusername> --dbpassword=<dbpassword> --dbssl=<dbssl> --dbauth=<dbauth> --dbforce
  

  Generates a new project called <name> and skip the interactive database configuration and initialize with these options.

  • <dbclient> can be mongo, postgres, mysql.
  • <dbssl> and <dbauth> are available only for mongo and are optional.
  • --dbforce Allows you to overwrite content if the provided database is not empty. Only available for postgres, mysql, and is optional.

strapi develop|dev

Start a Strapi application with autoReload enabled.

Strapi modifies/creates files at runtime and needs to restart when new files are created. To achieve this, strapi develop adds a file watcher and restarts the application when necessary.

strapi develop
options: [--no-build |--watch-admin ]

• strapi develop
  Starts your application with the autoReload enabled
• strapi develop --no-build
  Starts your application with the autoReload enabled and skip the administration panel build process
• strapi develop --watch-admin
  Starts your application with the autoReload enabled and the front-end development server. It allows you to customize the administration panel.

::: tip You should never use this command to run a Strapi application in production. :::

strapi start

Start a Strapi application with autoReload disabled.

This commands is there to run a Strapi application without restarts and file writes (aimed at production usage). Certain features are disabled in the strapi start mode because they require application restarts.

::: tip You can specify a NODE_ENV to use the configurations in the ./config/environments/[development|staging|production] folder. By default the development environment will be used. :::

strapi build

Builds your admin panel.

strapi build

options: [--no-optimization]

• strapi build
  Builds the administration panel without minimizing the assets
• strapi build --no-optimization
  Builds the administration panel without minizing the assets. The build duration is faster.

::: tip You can specify a NODE_ENV to use the configurations in the ./config/environments/[development|staging|production] folder. By default the development environment will be used. :::

strapi generate:api

Scaffold a complete API with its configurations, controller, model and service.

strapi generate:api <name> [<attribute:type>]

options: [--tpl <name>|--plugin <name>]

• strapi generate:api <name>
  Generates an API called <name> in the ./api folder at the root of your project.

• strapi generate:api <name> <attribute:type>
  Generates an API called <name> in the ./api folder at the root of your project. The model will already contain an attribute called <attribute> with the type property set to <type>.

  Example: strapi generate:api product name:string description:text price:integer

• strapi generate:api <name> --plugin <plugin>
  Generates an API called <name> in the ./plugins/<plugin> folder.

  Example: strapi generate:api product --plugin content-manager

• strapi generate:api <name> --tpl <template>
  Generates an API called <name> in the ./api folder which works with the given <template>. By default, the generated APIs are based on Mongoose.

  Example: strapi generate:api product --tpl bookshelf

::: tip The first letter of the filename will be uppercase. :::

strapi generate:controller

Create a new controller.

strapi generate:controller <name>

options: [--api <name>|--plugin <name>]

• strapi generate:controller <name>
  Generates an empty controller called <name> in the ./api/<name>/controllers folder.

  Example: strapi generate:controller category will create the controller at ./api/category/controllers/Category.js.

• strapi generate:controller <name> --api <api>
  Generates an empty controller called <name> in the ./api/<api>/controllers folder.

  Example: strapi generate:controller category --api product will create the controller at ./api/product/controllers/Category.js.

• strapi generate:controller <name> --plugin <plugin>
  Generates an empty controller called <name> in the ./plugins/<plugin>/controllers folder.

::: tip The first letter of the filename will be uppercase. :::

strapi generate:model

Create a new model.

strapi generate:model <name> [<attribute:type>]

options: [--api <name>|--plugin <name>]

• strapi generate:model <name>
  Generates an empty model called <name> in the ./api/<name>/models folder. It will create two files. The first one will be <name>.js which contains your lifecycle callbacks and another <name>.settings.json that will list your attributes and options.

  Example: strapi generate:model category will create these two files ./api/category/models/Category.js and ./api/category/models/Category.settings.json.

• strapi generate:model <name> <attribute:type>
  Generates an empty model called <name> in the ./api/<name>/models folder. The file <name>.settings.json will already contain a list of attribute with their associated <type>.

  Example: strapi generate:model category name:string description:text will create these two files ./api/category/models/Category.js and ./api/category/models/Category.settings.json. This last file will contain two attributes name with the type string and description with type text.

• strapi generate:model <name> --api <api>
  Generates an empty model called <name> in the ./api/<api>/models folder.

  Example: strapi generate:model category --api product will create these two files:

  • ./api/product/models/Category.js
  • ./api/product/models/Category.settings.json.

• strapi generate:model <name> --plugin <plugin>
  Generates an empty model called <name> in the ./plugins/<plugin>/models folder.

::: tip The first letter of the filename will be uppercase. :::

strapi generate:service

Create a new service.

strapi generate:service <name>

options: [--api <name>|--plugin <name>]

• strapi generate:service <name>
  Generates an empty service called <name> in the ./api/<name>/services folder.

  Example: strapi generate:service category will create the service at ./api/category/services/Category.js.

• strapi generate:service <name> --api <api>
  Generates an empty service called <name> in the ./api/<api>/services folder.

  Example: strapi generate:service category --api product will create the service at ./api/product/services/Category.js.

• strapi generate:service <name> --plugin <plugin>
  Generates an empty service called <name> in the ./plugins/<plugin>/services folder.

::: tip The first letter of the filename will be uppercase. :::

strapi generate:policy

Create a new policy.

strapi generate:policy <name>

options: [--api <name>|--plugin <name>]

• strapi generate:policy <name>
  Generates an empty policy called <name> in the ./config/policies folder.

  Example: strapi generate:policy isAuthenticated will create the policy at ./config/policies/isAuthenticated.js.

• strapi generate:policy <name> --api <api>
  Generates an empty policy called <name> in the ./api/<api>/config/policies folder. This policy will be scoped and only accessible by the <api> routes.

  Example: strapi generate:policy isAuthenticated --api product will create the policy at ./api/product/config/policies/isAuthenticated.js.

• strapi generate:policy <name> --plugin <plugin>
  Generates an empty policy called <name> in the ./plugins/<plugin>/config/policies folder. This policy will be scoped and accessible only by the <plugin> routes.

strapi generate:plugin

Create a new plugin skeleton.

strapi generate:plugin <name>

• strapi generate:plugin <name>
  Generates an empty plugin called <name> in the ./plugins folder.

  Example: strapi generate:plugin user will create the plugin at ./plugins/user.

Please refer to the local plugins section to know more.

strapi install

Install a plugin in the project.

strapi install <name>

• strapi install <name>
  Installs a plugin called <name>.

  Example: strapi install graphql will install the plugin strapi-plugin-graphql

::: warning Some plugins have admin panel integrations, your admin panel might have to be rebuilt. This can take some time. :::

strapi uninstall

Uninstall a plugin from the project.

strapi uninstall <name>

options [--delete-files]

• strapi uninstall <name>
  Uninstalls a plugin called <name>.

  Example: strapi uninstall graphql will remove the plugin strapi-plugin-graphql

• strapi uninstall <name> --delete-files
  Uninstalls a plugin called <name> and removes the files in ./extensions/name/

  Example: strapi uninstall graphql will remove the plugin strapi-plugin-graphql and all the files in ./extensions/graphql

::: warning Some plugins have admin panel integrations, your admin panel might have to be rebuilt. This can take some time. :::

strapi console

Start the server and let you eval commands into your application in real time.

strapi console

strapi version

Print the current globally installed Strapi version.

strapi version

strapi help

List CLI commands.

strapi help