Strapi plugin: Kontainer DAM

Kontainer integration for Strapi 5. Content editors pick images, videos and files straight from your Kontainer DAM inside the Strapi editor — Strapi stores only a JSON reference to the asset, never the file. Kontainer stays the single source of truth.

Features

• kontainer.media custom field — a "Choose from Kontainer" button on any content type opens the Kontainer file picker. Selecting a file stores its reference on the entry:
  • fileId, fileName, folderId — identifiers for retrieving the asset
  • url — CDN URL, including the chosen download template (?d=<templateId>), plus urlBaseName and originalUrl
  • thumbnailUrl, type, extension, dimensions and size
  • all texts: alt, description and every Kontainer custom field (cf) — stored in the JSON alongside the reference
• Download templates — editors apply crop/resize/format templates directly in the picker; the resulting CDN URL and template id are stored.
• File usage tracking — a GET /api/kontainer/file/usages endpoint that Kontainer polls to show where each file is used. Register this Strapi instance as an integration in Kontainer with the endpoint + a token (set the token under Settings → Kontainer). Also GET /api/kontainer/usage/:fileId reports usages for a single file (Strapi API token auth).
• No duplication — nothing is uploaded to the Strapi media library.

Requirements

• Strapi v5 (built and tested on 5.x with the Plugin SDK)
• A Kontainer account (https://yourcompany.kontainer.com)

Installation

npm install @kontainer/strapi-plugin
# or
yarn add @kontainer/strapi-plugin

Configuration

Open Settings → Kontainer → Configuration in the admin panel and enter your Kontainer URL (e.g. https://yourcompany.kontainer.com). That's it — no code changes required.

The plugin automatically extends the admin panel's Content-Security-Policy so thumbnails from *.kontainer.com (and any URL configured via file config) load in the editor.

// config/plugins.ts
export default ({ env }) => ({
  kontainer: {
    enabled: true,
    config: {
      url: env('KONTAINER_URL', ''),
    },
  },
});

Usage

Add the field to a content type

In the Content-Type Builder choose Custom fields → Kontainer media, or add it to the schema directly:

"hero": {
  "type": "customField",
  "customField": "plugin::kontainer.media"
}

Consume from your frontend

The stored reference is returned as-is by the Strapi content API:

const page = await fetch(`${STRAPI_URL}/api/pages/${documentId}`).then((r) => r.json());
const { url, alt } = page.data.hero; // request the asset from Kontainer's CDN

File usage tracking

Kontainer polls one endpoint that returns every Kontainer file usage across all content types (drafts + published, locales, components and dynamic zones):

GET /api/kontainer/file/usages
Authorization: Bearer <token from Settings → Kontainer>

{
  "data": [
    {
      "kontainerFileId": 5764,
      "url": "https://your-strapi/admin/content-manager/collection-types/api::demo-page.demo-page/m3q2h...",
      "title": "Nordic Light"
    }
  ]
}

To wire it up: open Settings → Kontainer, set (or Generate) a token, and register the shown endpoint URL + token as an integration in Kontainer (Settings → Integrations). No token configured → 403; missing or wrong bearer token → 401.

There is also a per-file variant for programmatic checks (Strapi API token auth):

GET /api/kontainer/usage/:fileId
Authorization: Bearer <strapi api token>

{ "fileId": "5764", "count": 1, "data": [ { "contentType": "api::demo-page.demo-page", "field": "hero", "documentId": "m3q2h...", "id": 1, "locale": null, "status": "published" } ] }

Development

npm install
npm run watch   # rebuild on change
npm run verify  # validate the package before publishing

License

MIT © Kontainer