I want to build a self-hosted website with nodejs and the express framework because I'm already familar with that. However, using a CMS for this project is a requirement, so I'm looking for a suited and easy-to-use/-learn CMS and discovered strapi which I quite like.

Setting up an API with strapi is easy indeed but now I'm struggling with adding strapi to an express server. My goal is one express server with strapi, which also hosts the website. So, I can control the routing with express (which I'm used to) and can render the site on the server.

Can somebody explain me how to do that and maybe give a small example? The examples I found, are only about hosting the API externally and using a client-side web framework or a static site generator. Or is my vision not possible with strapi and I should use another CMS like KeystoneJS (which is already built on Express)?

Thanks in advance!