Custom REST endpoints

BrettBedarf

11 months ago

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  denolfe

  Payload Team

  11 months ago

  Hey @BrettBedarf, good question. Since Payload simply takes your express app as a parameter, you still have full access to it to add any additional functionality as needed. Here is an example server.ts that is generated runningnpx create-payload-app. You would simply add your additional functionality after the payload.init call.

  import express from 'express';
  import payload from 'payload';
  
  require('dotenv').config();
  const app = express();
  
  // Initialize Payload
  payload.init({
    secret: process.env.PAYLOAD_SECRET,
    mongoURL: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
    express: app,
  })
  
  // Add your own express routes here
  
  app.listen(3000);

  Hopefully, that answers your question. Let me know if you have any follow up questions 👍