Skip to main content

Getting Started with Dart

✋ Caution

The content of this page has not been updated to Strapi v5 yet.

This integration guide follows the Quick Start Guide and assumes you have you have fully completed the "Hands-on" path. You should be able to consume the API by browsing the URL http://localhost:1337/api/restaurants.

If you haven't gone through the Quick Start Guide, the way you request a Strapi API with Dart remains the same except that you do not fetch the same content.

Create a Dart file​

Be sure to have Dart installed on your computer.

take dart-app
touch main.dart

Use an HTTP client​

We'll use http for making HTTP requests.

  • Create a pubspec.yaml file containing the following:
name: my_app
dependencies:
  http: ^0.12.2
  • Install your dependencies by running the following command:
dart pub get

GET Request your collection type​

Execute a GET request on the restaurant collection type in order to fetch all your restaurants.

Be sure that you activated the find permission for the restaurant collection type.

Example GET request
Map<String,String> headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json'
};

var response = await http.get(
  'http://localhost:1337/restaurants',
  headers: headers
);

print(response.body)
Example response
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Biscotte Restaurant",
    "description": "Welcome to Biscotte restaurant! Restaurant Biscotte offers a cuisine based on fresh, quality products, often local, organic when possible, and always produced by passionate producers.",
    "created_by": {
      "id": 1,
      "firstname": "Paul",
      "lastname": "Bocuse",
      "username": null
    },
    "updated_by": {
      "id": 1,
      "firstname": "Paul",
      "lastname": "Bocuse",
      "username": null
    },
    "created_at": "2020-07-31T11:37:16.964Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-07-31T11:37:16.975Z",
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "French Food",
        "created_by": 1,
        "updated_by": 1,
        "created_at": "2020-07-31T11:36:23.164Z",
        "updated_at": "2020-07-31T11:36:23.172Z"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Example​

import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
import 'dart:convert';

class Restaurant {
  static String api_url = 'http://localhost:1337';
  static Map<String,String> headers = {
    'Content-Type':'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
  };

  void all() async {
    var response = await http.get('${api_url}/restaurants', headers: headers);
    print(response.body);
  }
}

void main() {
  var restaurant = Restaurant();
  restaurant.all();
}

POST Request your collection type​

Execute a POST request on the restaurant collection type in order to create a restaurant.

Be sure that you activated the create permission for the restaurant collection type and the find permission for the category Collection type.

In this example a japanese category has been created which has the id: 3.

Example POST request
Map<String,String> headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json'
};

var response = await http.post(
  'http://localhost:1337/restaurants',
  headers: headers,
  body: jsonEncode({
    'name': 'Dolemon Sushi',
    'description': 'Unmissable Japanese Sushi restaurant. The cheese and salmon makis are delicious.',
    'categories': [3]
  });
);
Example response
{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "Dolemon Sushi",
  "description": "Unmissable Japanese Sushi restaurant. The cheese and salmon makis are delicious",
  "created_by": null,
  "updated_by": null,
  "created_at": "2020-08-04T09:57:11.669Z",
  "updated_at": "2020-08-04T09:57:11.669Z",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "Japanese",
      "created_by": 1,
      "updated_by": 1,
      "created_at": "2020-07-31T11:36:23.164Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-07-31T11:36:23.172Z"
    }
  ]
}

Example​

import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
import 'dart:convert';

class Restaurant {
  static String api_url = 'http://localhost:1337';
  static Map<String,String> headers = {
    'Content-Type':'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
  };

  void all() async {
    var response = await http.get('${api_url}/restaurants', headers: headers);
    print(response.body);
  }

  void create(name, description, category) async {
    final data = jsonEncode({
      'name': name,
      'description': description,
      'categories': category
    });

    var response = await http.post(api_url, headers: headers, body: data);
  }
}

void main() {
  var restaurant = Restaurant();
  restaurant.create(
    'Dolemon Sushi',
    'Unmissable Japanese Sushi restaurant. The cheese and salmon makis are delicious.',
    [3]
  );
}

PUT Request your collection type​

Execute a PUT request on the restaurant collection type in order to update the category of a restaurant.

Be sure that you activated the put permission for the restaurant collection type.

Example PUT request
Map<String,String> headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json'
};

var response = await http.put(
  'http://localhost:1337/restaurants/2',
  headers: headers,
  body: jsonEncode({
    'categories': [2]
  });
);
Example response
{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "Dolemon Sushi",
  "description": "Unmissable Japanese Sushi restaurant. The cheese and salmon makis are delicious",
  "created_by": null,
  "updated_by": null,
  "created_at": "2020-08-04T10:21:30.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2020-08-04T10:21:30.219Z",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Brunch",
      "created_by": 1,
      "updated_by": 1,
      "created_at": "2020-08-04T10:24:26.901Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-08-04T10:24:26.911Z"
    }
  ]
}

Example​

import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
import 'dart:convert';

class Restaurant {
  static String api_url = 'http://localhost:1337';
  static Map<String,String> headers = {
    'Content-Type':'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json'
  };

  void all() async {
    var response = await http.get('${api_url}/restaurants', headers: headers);
    print(response.body);
  }

  void create(name, description, category) async {
    final data = jsonEncode({
      'name': name,
      'description': description,
      'categories': category
    });

    var response = await http.post('${api_url}/restaurants', headers: headers, body: data);
  }

  void update(id, params) async {
    final data = jsonEncode({
      'categories': params['categories']
    });

    var response = await http.put("${api_url}/restaurants/${id}", headers: headers, body: data);
  }
}

void main() {
  var restaurant = Restaurant();
  restaurant.update(2, {'categories': [2]});
}