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Above is quick video of integrating Butter's Pages API into an application.
Integrating Butter into your Flutter app is dead simple. Here's a mini tutorial to get a feel for adding marketing pages to your app. You can also use our Content Fields to do advanced content modeling. For full a integration guide check out our Official Flutter Guide
First you would set up a new Customer Case Study page type in Butter and create a page. With your page defined, the ButterCMS API will return it in JSON format like this:
{
"data": {
"slug": "homepage",
"page_type": null,
"fields": {
"seo_title": "Anvils and Dynamite | Acme Co",
"headline": "Acme Co provides supplies to your favorite cartoon heroes.",
"hero_image": "https://cdn.buttercms.com/c8oSTGcwQDC5I58km5WV",
"call_to_action": "Buy Now",
"customer_logos": [
{
"logo_image": "https://cdn.buttercms.com/c8oSTGcwQDC5I58km5WV"
},
{
"logo_image": "https://cdn.buttercms.com/c8oSTGcwQDC5I58km5WV"
}
]
}
}
}
To create these pages in our app, create the home_page.dart file:
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:buttercms_dart/buttercms_dart.dart';
class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_HomePageState createState() => _HomePageState();
}
class _HomePageState extends State {
Butter butter = Butter("YOUR_API_KEY");
Map jsonMap;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
butter.page.retrieve("*", "homepage").then((response) {
setState(() {
// First fetch the json response,then decode into a map
jsonMap = json.decode(response.body);
});
});
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text("Home Page"),
),
body: jsonMap == null ? _buildLoadingScreen() : _buildBody(),
);
}
Widget _buildLoadingScreen() {
return Center(
child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
);
}
Widget _buildBody() {
return ListView(
children: [
Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: Text(jsonMap["fields"]["seo_title"]),
),
Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: Text(jsonMap["fields"]["headline"]),
),
Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: Image.network(jsonMap["fields"]["hero_image"]),
),
Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: FlatButton(
onPressed: () {},
child: Text(
jsonMap["fields"]["call_to_action"],
),
),
),
Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: Text("Customers love us!"),
),
...jsonMap["customer_logos"]
.map((logo) => Image.network(logo["logo_image"]))
.toList(),
],
);
}
} Setup the page to list all pages
The plugin also allows us to retrieve multiple pages using list() instead of retrieve().
We will try to list multiple client pages as:
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:buttercms_dart/buttercms_dart.dart';
class PagesListScreen extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_PagesListScreenState createState() => _PagesListScreenState();
}
class _PagesListScreenState extends State {
Butter butter = Butter("YOUR_API_KEY");
Map jsonMap;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
butter.page.list("customer_case_study").then((response) {
setState(() {
// First fetch the json response,then decode into a map
jsonMap = json.decode(response.body);
});
});
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text("Pages"),
),
body: jsonMap == null ? _buildLoadingScreen() : _buildBody(),
);
}
Widget _buildLoadingScreen() {
return Center(
child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
);
}
Widget _buildBody() {
List pages = jsonMap["data"];
return ListView.builder(
itemBuilder: (context, position) {
return ListTile(
title: Text(pages[position]["fields"]["headline"]),
leading: Image.network(
pages[position]["fields"]["customer_logo"],
width: 40.0,
height: 40.0,
),
);
},
itemCount: pages.length,
);
}
} That's it! The page your created in Butter dashboard will immediately show in your app.
Try ButterCMS in your Flutter appAbout ButterCMS
ButterCMS is an API-based, or "headless", CMS. We're a hosted service and we maintain all of the infrastructure. For more information on how we compare to a traditional CMS check out API-based CMS vs Traditional CMS.
How do you compare to Wordpress?
In short, we offer all the same easy-to-use editing capabilities of Wordpress but are significantly easier for developers to setup and maintain. This means you spend less time working on your CMS and more time focusing on things important to your business.
Do you host my templates?
Unlike CMS's you might be used to, we don't control or host any of your templates. The design of your app (HTML + CSS) lives in your application along side the rest of your app. Your application calls our Content API and we return your content in JSON format. You can then render this content in any way you'd like.
Can I import my content?
Yep. To import existing content from another platform, simply send us an email.
What kind of database can I use?
No database required! We're a SaaS CMS or CaaS. You simply call our Content API from your app. We host and maintain all of the CMS infrastructure.
Can I host this?
No, we're a SaaS CMS or CaaS. You simply call our Content API from your app. We host and maintain all of the CMS infrastructure.
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