Expose your Webflow CMS with a simple API

The text explores the process of using Webflow's APIs to create a public API for sharing content from a Webflow site, specifically focusing on a CMS collection of cat-related data. The author uses Webflow Cloud to host a Next.js or Astro application, integrating it with their Webflow site for cohesive design and functionality. They demonstrate how to set up a custom API endpoint using Astro's Endpoints feature to expose content in JSON format, including filtering capabilities. Challenges such as handling option fields that are stored as IDs are addressed with a hybrid approach combining hard-coded mappings and API calls to fetch collection details. The text concludes by highlighting an improvement using Webflow's CMS Content Delivery APIs, which offer enhanced caching and performance, making the API more efficient and user-friendly.