The Complete Strapi™ Course with Plugins and Deployment - Controllers: Creating Custom Controllers

The video tutorial explains the role of controllers in the request-response flow, focusing on their organization into actions and their use in API and plugin controllers. It covers methods to customize controllers, including using CLI commands and creating new files. The tutorial details creating, extending, and replacing controller actions, emphasizing the importance of asynchronous operations when accessing Strapicor services. Finally, it demonstrates implementing and testing custom actions in Strapi, highlighting the need to enable routes in the admin panel for public access.

What is the role of API controllers in the request to response flow?

How can custom controllers be introduced or extended in the system?

What is the significance of the strappy object in accessing controllers?

What are the three ways to customize controller functionalities?

Describe the process of creating a new controller action.

Explain the importance of the CTX.query object in controller actions.

What steps must be taken to ensure a custom action is executable?