Fetch the files using the Strapi API so we they can be used in our eleventy static site without having to call back to the API.

gistfile1.txt

IN THE ELEVENTY API FILE


const superagent = require('superagent');
let env = require('./env')


//this function gets some date from and API which can be used in the data processing, for simpluicty stakes it is connection to our auctions endpoint so you can see
//it in action 

let getImages = async () => {
    try {
        var res = await superagent.get(env.API_URL+ "/upload/files/").query({})
        //check we got a response.
        if (res.ok) {
            let images = res.body;
            for (var i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {
                //console.log(images[i].url);
                var http = require('http'),                                                
                    Stream = require('stream').Transform,                                  
                    fs = require('fs');                                                    

                var url = env.API_URL+images[i].url   
                //console.log(url)   
                //console.log('output/HTML/assets/images'+images[i].url);           
                let imagename = images[i].url;

                http.request(url, function(response) {                                        
                  var data = new Stream();                                                    

                  response.on('data', function(chunk) {                                       
                    data.push(chunk);                                                         
                  });                                                                         

                  response.on('end', function() {     
                    console.log('hhh output/HTML/assets/images'+imagename )                                        
                    fs.writeFileSync('output/HTML/assets/images'+imagename   , data.read());                               
                  });                                                                         
                }).end();
            }
        }
    } catch (err) {
        console.log('Error getting something:')
        console.error(err)
    }
}


module.exports = async () => {
    getImages();
    return {
    }
    
}



IN THE TEMPLATE FILE 

{{contentarray.content | replace("/uploads/", "/assets/images/uploads/") | renderUsingMarkdown | safe}}