Contentful

Manage the content of your storefront with rich Content Management System (CMS) capabilities using Contentful.

Contentful Plugin Documentation | Medusa Website | Medusa Repository

Features

• Handle the presentational content of your commerce application using Contentful.
• Two-way sync between Medusa and Contentful, allowing you to manage products details consistently.
• Benefit from Contentful's advanced CMS features such as localization and versioning.

Prerequisites

• Contentful account
• Medusa CLI Tool
• PostgreSQL
• Redis

How to Install

1. Run the following command to install a new Medusa server configured with Contentful:

medusa new medusa-contentful https://github.com/medusajs/medusa-starter-contentful

2. Change to the newly created directory medusa-contentful:

cd medusa-contentful

3. Set the following environment variables in .env:

CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID=<YOUR_CONTENTFUL_SPACE_ID>
CONTENTFUL_ACCESS_TOKEN=<YOUR_CONTENTFUL_ACCESS_TOKEN>
CONTENTFUL_ENV=<YOUR_CONTENTFUL_ENV>
REDIS_URL=<YOUR_REDIS_URL>
DATABASE_URL=<YOUR_DB_URL>

4. Migrate the content types into Contentful with the following command:

npm run migrate:contentful

5. Seed Contentful with demo content data using the following command:

npm run seed:contentful

Test the Plugin

1. Run the following command in the directory of the Medusa backend to run the backend:

npm run start

2. You can then setup the Gatsby Contentful Storefront, or connect to Contentful from your own storefront to retrieve content data.

Additional Resources

• Contentful Plugin Documentation