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API Maker v4.2.0-beta.3 · The backend engine for the AI era

Connect a database. Get its APIs. Add your logic.

API Maker connects to your database and gives every table ready-made, secure REST APIs. When you need more, you write your own logic in the language you like. You do it all in one admin panel, in your browser, and it runs on your own computer or servers.

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What is API Maker?

API Maker in one picture : your apps → API Maker (ready-made APIs, your code, security) → your databases Your apps Website, web app Mobile app Other servers, AI agents they call URLs, with a token API Maker Ready-made APIs for every table : read, search, save, update, delete Your own code custom APIs, hooks, events, schedulers · 8 languages Security locked by default : you say which app may call what and built in : cache · logs · WebSockets · Git Your databases MongoDB · MySQL · MariaDB PostgreSQL · SQL Server Oracle · TiDB · Percona your data stays here Admin panel you build, test and watch, in your browser API Maker Launchpad a desktop app : installs API Maker on your computer or your servers
  • You connect a database. MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, TiDB or Percona.
  • Every table gets its APIs at once. Read, search, save, update and delete. You write no code for them.
  • You add your own logic when you need it. A custom API is one function, in TypeScript, Python, PHP, C#, Go, Rust, Java or Kotlin.
  • Nothing is open until you say so. You choose which app may call which API.
  • You work in one admin panel, in your browser. API Maker Launchpad, a free desktop app, installs everything for you.

Learn API Maker in 7 steps

Follow the steps in order. Each one is short, and each page shows the real screens.

  1. 1How API Maker worksThe big picture, in simple words : apps, APIs, your code, your databases.5 min read
  2. 2Install API MakerLaunchpad installs and starts it on your computer, in a few clicks.10 min
  3. 3The admin panelSign in, and learn where everything lives.5 min
  4. 4Your first APIConnect a database, save a row, read it back, see a mistake refused.10 min
  5. 5Your own codeWrite a custom API : one function behind a URL. Then call it.10 min
  6. 6Secure your APIsGive each app a login and a list of what it may call.10 min
  7. 7Put it on a serverLaunchpad installs API Maker on your own server, with HTTPS.15 min

New words on the way ? Words to know explains each one in a line.

Find your way

⚡ All the APIs Every API of a table, custom APIs and system APIs, with their URLs. { } Your tables The schema of a table : its fields, their rules, and the links between tables. ƒ Your code Custom APIs, hooks, events and schedulers, in eight languages. </> Code examples A working example for every call your code can make. ⛨ Security Who may call what, sign-in of your users, secrets, and the security report. ⚙ Run it Caching, logs, Git, backups and upgrades. ▣ Websites Websites rendered by the server, next to your data. ☰ Cheat sheet URLs, headers and the most used calls, on one page. ✦ Docs for AI assistants Point your AI assistant at these docs. ↑ Release notes What changed in each version, up to v4.2.0-beta.3. ↗ Benchmarks How fast it is, measured on real servers.

Watch

What API Maker does, in under two minutes. Then the whole product in one demo, and your first API.

What Is API Maker? The Backend Engine for the AI EraThe transcript

On video

API Maker v4 Full Demo: Six Databases, One Backend, Every API23 chapters and the transcript
How API Maker Works: The Life of a Request, from Your App to Your Data11 chapters and the transcript
Your First API in 10 Minutes: The API Maker Quick Start14 chapters and the transcript

Every feature has a video, with chapters and a transcript : see the video library, from the first steps to the complete course.

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