How to make a desktop admin panel for a website?

Question

CMS

I am writing a site on a node, and a desktop program for managing the content of the site. Now I'm thinking: "And where to implement the code for writing to the database?". The fact is that the database is in a separate hosting, and the files will be stored on the CDN.
Question: write requests on the server side, and through the program make requests to it and thus add new information and files? Or add directly through the program, and the server only give data to users?
Thanks in advance)

Answer 1

Hey!
If you do not plan authentication and authorization on the site, then it makes sense to move the admin panel to another place, the main site will be cleaner and simpler. But if a personal account is planned, then it makes no sense to take out the admin panel, it’s easier to add a management page than to create another project for this

Answer 2

Make a REST API on the server for admin actions, and on the client, make a regular SPA application that sends commands (add something, delete, etc.) to the server with an ajax request.
Thus, the database will remain on the server, and the client can be installed on different machines, and you can transfer it to a browser or mobile application.