The Complete Strapi™ Course with Plugins and Deployment - Services

The video tutorial explains the concept of services in software development, focusing on their role in enhancing code reusability and simplifying controller logic. It describes the layered architecture involving services, Entity Service API, and Query Engine API, which work together to perform database operations. The tutorial also covers how to customize and extend services, providing examples of creating and testing custom services. It highlights the importance of services in adhering to the Don't Repeat Yourself principle and demonstrates how to implement custom functionality within a Strappy application.

What is the primary purpose of services in Strapi?

• To directly interact with the user interface

• To perform single specific tasks and foster code reusability

• To replace controllers in the application

• To handle all database operations independently

How do services in Strapi adhere to the Don't Repeat Yourself principle?

• By being reusable and performing specific tasks

• By being complex and handling multiple tasks

• By being part of the user interface

• By directly accessing the database

What is the role of the Entity Service API in Strapi?

• To handle user authentication

• To replace the Query Engine API

• To directly perform database queries

• To act as an intermediate layer between services and the Query Engine API

What is the role of the Query Engine API in Strapi?

• To manage the user interface

• To perform the actual database queries

• To handle user authentication

• To replace the Entity Service API

How can services be customized in Strapi?

• By modifying the user interface

• By altering the server configuration

• By creating, extending, or replacing core services

• By changing the database schema

What is the significance of the strapi.service function?

• It allows direct database access

• It enables the creation of new controllers

• It modifies the user interface

• It makes services available to controllers and other services

What is the first step in creating a custom service in Strapi?

• Creating a new controller

• Modifying the database

• Adding a configuration object to extend core services

• Changing the user interface

How can a custom service be called within a controller?

• By using a third-party library

• By modifying the user interface

• By using the strapi object and the strapi.service function

• By directly accessing the database

What is the purpose of adding a counter key in a custom find function?

• To change the data type of the result

• To delete the existing data

• To add a custom attribute to each result

• To replace the existing data

What does the custom method in the final section demonstrate?

• How to change the server configuration

• How to replace a core service using the Entity Service API

• How to create a new database

• How to modify the user interface