Strapi "Do Not Delete"

A plugin for Strapi CMS that protects certain entries from being deleted.

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• Features
• Installation
• Configuration
• User Guide
• Troubleshooting
• Migration
• Support or Donate
• Roadmap

✨ Features

• Protect certain entries from being deleted.
• Use various comparators to match against protection rules.

💎 Installation

yarn add strapi-plugin-do-not-delete@latest

Don't forget to restart or rebuild your Strapi app when installing a new plugin.

🔧 Configuration

Configuration can be added to the pluginOptions of a schema. This will need to apply to each individual content type that utilizes this plugin.

// ./api/page/content-types/page/schema.json
{
  "kind": "collectionType",
  "collectionName": "pages",
  "info": {
    "singularName": "page",
    "pluralName": "pages",
    "displayName": "Page",
    "description": "Generic web page"
  },
  "options": {
    "draftAndPublish": true
  },
  "pluginOptions": {
    "do-not-delete": {
      // Config goes here.
    }
  },
  "attributes": {
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    "slug": {
      "type": "uid",
      "targetField": "title",
      "required": true
    }
  }
}

property	type	description
rules	array	An array of protection rules.

rules

An array of protection rules.

Example

Below, the comparison rule is querying if the slug value for Page is equal to home, and if this condition is true, the delete operation is cancelled.

// ./api/page/content-types/page/schema.json
"pluginOptions": {
  "do-not-delete": {
    "rules": [
      ["slug", "is", "home"]
    ]
  }
}

Comparators

The items in each comparison array must follow the format:

['attribute', 'comparator', 'value or pattern']

Comparator	Description
is	Strict equality with ===
isNot	Strict inequality with !==
in	Does the value array include attribute?
notIn	Does the value array not include attribute?
has	Does the attribute contain value?
hasNot	Does the attribute not contain value?
lt	Is attribute less than value?
lte	Is attribute less than or equal to value?
gt	Is attribute greater than value?
gte	Is attribute greater than or equal to value?
between	Does attribute fall between the pair of values?
after	Does attribute occur after the value date?
before	Does attribute occur before the value date?
day	Does attribute occur on the same day of the value date?
month	Does attribute occur in the same month of the value date?
year	Does attribute occur in the same year of the value date?
matches	RegExp test against pattern (do not include outer slashes)

// ./api/page/content-types/page/schema.json
"pluginOptions": {
  "do-not-delete": {
    "rules": [
      // Equality.
      ["slug", "is", "home"],
      ["slug", "isNot", "test"],

      // Contains.
      ["slug", "in", ["home", "blog", "404"]],
      ["slug", "notIn", ["test", "temp"]],
      ["slug", "has", "admin"],
      ["slug", "hasNot", "-test"],

      // Regular expression.
      ["slug", "matches", "^foobar"], // same as "starts with"
      ["slug", "matches", "foobar$"], // same as "ends with"

      // Greater than or equal to.
      ["rating", "lt", 10],
      ["rating", "lte", 9],
      ["rating", "gt", 4],
      ["rating", "gte", 5],
      ["rating", "between", [3, 6]],

      // Dates (any valid date string format can be used).
      ["publishedAt", "after", "2022-12-31"],
      ["publishedAt", "before", "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"],
      ["publishedAt", "day", "Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT"],
      ["publishedAt", "month", "January 2020"],
      ["publishedAt", "year", "2023"],
    ]
  }
}

📘 User Guide

Attempting to delete a protected entry

When attempting to delete a protected entry, a validation error will display at the top of the screen that reads:

This entry is protected and cannot be deleted.

Deleting an entry that is currently protected

If you find yourself in a scenario where a protected entry actually does need to be deleted, you must first update the pluginOptions and restart Strapi to remove the protection rule that applies to that entry.

💩 Troubleshooting

In general

Remember to rebuild your app after making changes to some config or other code.

yarn build
# OR
yarn develop

🚌 Migration

Follow the migration guides to keep your "do not delete" plugin up-to-date.

❤️ Support or Donate

If you are enjoying this plugin and feel extra appreciative, you can buy me a beer or 3 🍺🍺🍺.

🚧 Roadmap

• Custom validation error messages.
• RBAC features.