Using Directus Image Optimization in Directus Directus can serve images on a website from the file library using the asset URL, however, if these images are too large, it will impact the performance of both your web application and Directus itself.
Using Directus How to Logout of Directus Directus has the amazing ability to keep us logged in even when we close the browser. This saves us so much time however, what happens when we need to log out of Directus?
Getting Started Where can I find the API Reference? The Directus API Reference is a powerful document that shows us the different ways we can query the API, including filters and pagination.
Getting Started What is the URL for Images? Rather than link to the images directly, you can use Directus to deliver images to your application with ease and security. Best of all, you can optimize images for web using the built in parameters.
Getting Started How to Configure the Mailservice Adding a mail service to Directus is very important, without this configured, user's will not receive any emails from Directus including password reset tokens.
Getting Started How to create an API Key You can create a new API key in the User Directory. Here you can generate a token and assign a role for the permissions.
Using Directus How to perform an API POST Query Create and update items in your collection using the API.
Using Directus How to use API Authentication Every API is different when it comes to Authentication but in Directus, all you need is a Bearer token.
Getting Started How to create an API Authentication Token Create a new access token in the User Directory. Here you can generate a token and assign a role.
Using Directus Show Images on a Website Adjust file permissions to allow images from the Media Library to be used on a website without authentication.
Flows How to send an Email Use workflows to send emails to any recipient(s). Simply choose your trigger, set any required conditions then use the "send an email" action.
Troubleshooting How to tell if my workflow has run Sometimes it's not obvious when a workflow has run. Fortunately, it keeps a log.
Using Directus How to Restrict Access to Public Assets Using the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing policy, we can restrict which domains are allowed to access our public assets.
Flows How to send a Notification To send a notification, you will need to create a workflow with the desired trigger, then fetch or specify the recipient(s) and compose the notification.
Getting Started How to trigger a Flow Run automated workflows using Directus Flows. These can be triggered by user events, external webhooks or scheduled timepoints.
Updates Directus 9.12 Released! The team at Monospace have released a new version of Directus and it's got some amazing new features. This article will cover the changes in the recent release of Directus.
Using Directus How to backup Directus Updating Directus can sometimes break your project, especially if you have custom extensions. Use this article to backup your project and keep your data safe.
Using Directus Featured Must Have Directus 9 Extensions A very powerful feature of Directus 9 is the ability to be extended. Here is a collection of some really useful extensions.
Using Directus How to export data to JSON in Directus Choose exactly what fields to include and filter the records to your needs, putting you in control over your data.
Using Directus How to Import data into Directus using JSON Simply format your JSON with your required fields and you can import 1,000s of records directly from the user interface.
Using Directus How to export data to CSV in Directus Directus has a powerful export functions that puts you in control over your data. Choose exactly what fields to include and filter records to your needs.
Using Directus How to Import a CSV into Directus When setting up new tables in Directus, it is very likely that you have a purpose in mind and some existing data to include. Thankfully, we can import directly from the user interface.
Troubleshooting Directus Can't Connect to the Database The Directus Software attempts to make a connection to the configured database but fails. Checking the configuration, ports and the database itself will resolve the issue.
Getting Started How to sort the Directus API Sorting your data is essential for optimizing your connections. Especially when dealing with a lot of data.
Getting Started How to filter the Directus API Filtering your data is essential for optimizing your connections. Especially when dealing with a lot of data.
