Overview

This is a memo on some configuration settings for Strapi's REST API.

Changing the Search Result Limit

The following documentation describes this.

Sort and Pagination | Strapi 5 Documentation

Use Strapi's REST API to sort or paginate your data.

docs.strapi.io

Specifically:

The default and maximum values for pagination[limit] can be configured in the ./config/api.js file with the api.rest.defaultLimit and api.rest.maxLimit keys.

module.exports = {
  rest: {
    defaultLimit: 25,
    maxLimit: 1000, // 100,
    withCount: true,
  },
};

Retrieving Items Including Those with Draft STATE

By default, items with a Draft STATE could not be retrieved. The following article was helpful.

Can I expose an collection entry in draft-mode in the api for a certain user

If you want to avoid creating the route/controller, you can already search for those through the API by adding this after your article → ?_publicationState=preview&published_at_null=true Example: http://localhost:1337/articles?_publicationState=preview&published_at_null=true more info here → Content API - Strapi Developer Documentation

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Specifically, by adding the following query parameters, draft items could be retrieved.

?publicationState=preview&filters[publishedAt][$null]=true

Summary

We hope this is helpful when using Strapi.