middleware-types

Different types of middlewares

In Strapi, 3 middleware concepts coexist:

• Global middlewares are configured and enabled for the entire Strapi server application. These middlewares can be applied at the application level or at the API level.
  The present documentation describes how to implement them.
  Plugins can also add global middlewares (see Server API documentation).

• Route middlewares have a more limited scope and are configured and used as middlewares at the route level. They are described in the routes documentation.

• Document Service middlewares apply to the Document Service API and have their own implementation and related lifecycle hooks.