How to Create an Admin Setting Pagebeta
betaIn this document, you’ll learn how to create a setting page in the admin.
Overview
The admin UI routes allow you to add new pages to the admin dashboard. However, they can’t be used to add a new tab under the Setting page.
To do that, you need to create an Admin setting page. The page will automatically be shown as a tab under the Setting page in the admin. The tab leads to the content of your custom page.
An admin UI route is essentially a React Component created under the src/admin/settings directory.
This guide explains how to create a new setting page in the admin dashboard with some examples.
Prerequisites
It’s assumed you already have a Medusa backend with the admin plugin installed before you move forward with this guide. If not, you can follow this documentation page to install a Medusa project.
Furthermore, custom Admin Setting Pages are currently available as a beta feature. So, you must install the beta version of the @medusajs/admin and @medusajs/medusa packages:
(Optional) TypeScript Preparations
Since setting pages are React components, they should be written in .tsx or .jsx files. If you’re using Typescript, you need to make some adjustments to avoid Typescript errors in your Admin files.
This section provides recommended configurations to avoid any TypeScript errors.
These changes may already be available in your Medusa project. They're included here for reference purposes.
First, update your tsconfig.json with the following configurations:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "es2019",
"module": "commonjs",
"allowJs": true,
"checkJs": false,
"jsx": "react-jsx",
"declaration": true,
"outDir": "./dist",
"rootDir": "./src",
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
"noEmit": false,
"strict": false,
"moduleResolution": "node",
"esModuleInterop": true,
"resolveJsonModule": true,
"skipLibCheck": true,
"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
},
"include": ["src/"],
"exclude": [
"dist",
"build",
".cache",
"tests",
"**/*.spec.js",
"**/*.spec.ts",
"node_modules",
".eslintrc.js"
]
}
The important changes to note here are the inclusion of the field "jsx": "react-jsx" and the addition of "build" and “.cache” to exclude.
The addition of "jsx": "react-jsx" specified how should TypeScript transform JSX, and excluding build and .cache ensures that TypeScript ignores build and development files.
Next, create the file tsconfig.server.json with the following content:
This is the configuration that will be used to transpile your custom backend code, such as services or entities. The important part is that it excludes src/admin as that is where your Admin code will live.
Finally, create the file tsconfig.admin.json with the following content:
This is the configuration that will be used when transpiling your admin code.
Create the Setting Page
In this section, you’ll learn the basics of creating an admin UI route.
Step 1: Create File
Custom admin setting pages are added under the src/admin/settings directory of your Medusa project. The path of the file depends on the path you want the setting page to be available under. It is based on Next.js 13’s App Router.
All setting page paths are prefixed with /a/settings.
For example, if you want the setting page to be available in the admin dashboard under the path /a/settings/custom you should create your setting page under the file path src/admin/settings/custom/page.tsx.
Step 2: Create React Component in File
For an admin route to be valid, it must default export a React component. There are no restrictions on the content of the React component. It must also export a configuration object that indicates how the tab is shown on the Setting page.
For example, you can create the file src/admin/settings/custom/page.tsx with the following content:
import type { SettingConfig } from "@medusajs/admin"
import { CustomIcon } from "../../icons/custom"
const CustomSettingPage = () => {
return (
<div>
<h1>Custom Setting Page</h1>
</div>
)
}
export const config: SettingConfig = {
card: {
label: "Custom",
description: "Manage your custom settings",
// optional
icon: CustomIcon,
},
}
export default CustomSettingPage
This creates a setting page that will be available at /a/settings/custom. The content of the page is defined in the exported React component.
The exported configuration also indicates the details of the tab that will be added to the Setting page. You must specify a label and description, and you can optionally specify an icon. The icon is a React component.
Step 3: Test it Out
To test your admin setting page, run the following command in the root directory of the Medusa backend project:
This will build your admin and opens a window in your default browser to localhost:7001. After you log in, go to localhost:7001/a/settings. You’ll find a new tab available under a new Extensions section.
If you click on the tab, a new page will open with the content as defined in your React component.
Styling Setting Page
Admin setting pages support Tailwind CSS by default.
For example, to customize the style of your custom setting page:
import type { SettingConfig } from "@medusajs/admin"
const CustomSettingPage = () => {
return (
<div
className="bg-white p-8 border border-gray-200 rounded-lg"
>
<h1>Custom Setting Page</h1>
</div>
)
}
export const config: SettingConfig = {
card: {
label: "Custom",
description: "Manage your custom settings",
},
}
export default CustomSettingPage
Use Routing Functionalities
If you want to use routing functionalities such as linking to another page or navigating between pages, you can use react-router-dom's utility hooks and functions.
💡 react-router-dom is available as one of the @medusajs/admin dependencies. You can also install it within your project using the following command:
If you're installing it in a plugin with admin customizations, make sure to include it in peerDependencies.
For example, to add a link to another page:
import type { SettingConfig } from "@medusajs/admin"
import { Link } from "react-router-dom"
const CustomSettingPage = () => {
return (
<div>
<h1>Custom Setting Page</h1>
<Link to={"/a/products"}>
View Products
</Link>
</div>
)
}
export const config: SettingConfig = {
card: {
label: "Custom",
description: "Manage your custom settings",
},
}
export default CustomSettingPage
View react-router-dom’s documentation for other available components and hooks.
Querying and Mutating Data
You might need to interact with the Medusa backend from your admin setting page. To do so, you can utilize the Medusa React package. It contains a collection of queries and mutations built on @tanstack/react-query that lets you interact with the Medusa backend.
Make sure to also install the Medusa React package first if you’re intending to use it, as explained in the Medusa React guide.
For example, you can retrieve available products and display them in your route:
import type { SettingConfig } from "@medusajs/admin"
import { useAdminProducts } from "medusa-react"
const CustomSettingPage = () => {
const { products } = useAdminProducts()
return (
<div>
<h1>Custom Setting Page</h1>
<div className="bg-white">
{products?.map((product) => product.title)}
</div>
</div>
)
}
export const config: SettingConfig = {
card: {
label: "Custom",
description: "Manage your custom settings",
},
}
export default CustomSettingPage
You can also use medusa-react to interact with custom endpoints using Custom Hooks utility functions.