How to fetch and display external data in combination with Payload CMS content

To fetch and display external data in combination with Payload CMS content, We can follow these steps:

1. Fetch External Data

• We can use any method to fetch external data, such as fetch, axios, or any other HTTP client.
• This can be done in any part of our application depending on your needs—server-side (e.g., in API routes) or client-side (e.g., within React components).

2. Fetch Payload CMS Content

• Use Payload’s built-in API to fetch content.
• This can be done using Payload.fetch or by making a direct HTTP request to our Payload API.

3. Combine Data

• Once we have both your external data and Payload CMS content, we can merge, transform, or combine them as needed. This could be done in a backend service, or directly in our Next.js components/pages.

4. Display Data

• After combining the data, we can pass it to your React components to display it.