Connect a database. Get every API. Add your logic.

API Maker connects to your databases and gives every table secure REST APIs at once : 17 per MongoDB collection, 14 per SQL table. You add your own logic in custom APIs, hooks, schedulers and events, in TypeScript, Python, PHP, C#, Go, Rust, Java or Kotlin. Every API is locked by default, your code is checked for data leaks, and caching, logging, monitoring and Git deployment are built in. It all runs on your own servers, as one program written in Rust.

Your first API in 10 minutes Install on a server Run on your computer How it works

Start here¶

Install API Maker On a blank Ubuntu server, one command installs everything : Install on a server. On your laptop, the API Maker Launchpad desktop app runs API Maker and its databases in Docker.
```
curl -fsSL https://apimaker.dev/v4/install.sh > install.sh && bash install.sh --default --version=latest --license_key=YOUR_KEY
```
Connect a database Put the connection string in the default secret and add an instance. Every table of it gets its APIs right away. A new account even comes with a sample shop : instance, schemas, custom APIs and hooks to read.
Call an API Get a token of the API user with the token API, send it in x-am-authorization, and read your data : Your first API walks through it with curl.
Add your logic Write custom APIs, hooks, schedulers and events in TypeScript, Python, PHP, C#, Go, Rust, Java or Kotlin, with the global object g to reach every API of API Maker from your code.
Secure and ship Groups decide which APIs, tables and fields each application may use, the security report finds the gaps, and a Git pull is the deployment. Go through Before you go live first.

Find your way¶

⟲ How API Maker works The life of a request, the API families, the two tokens and where your code runs. ⚡ All APIs at a glance Every generated, schema, custom and system API with its method and URL, on one page. { } Table schema Types, validations, conversions, defaults, ids, encryption, relations, concurrency control. g. The global object g Request, response, database, system and cache APIs, logger and shared space in your code. </> Code examples A working snippet for every method of g.sys.db, g.sys.system and g.sys.cache. ▣ SSR websites Websites in TSX rendered next to your data : routing, forms, sign-in, row rules, cache, UI libraries, templates. new H Request headers Tokens, response case and format, encryption, caching, sandbox, tenant, language. ⛨ Security Groups, API users, auth providers, single sign-on, encrypted payloads and the security report. ⚙ Operations Caching, logs, dashboards, deployment of API Maker itself and its configuration. ☰ Cheat sheet URLs, headers, query params and the g object on one page, to keep next to your editor. ✦ Docs for AI assistants llms.txt, the Markdown twin of every page, and how to point an agent at this documentation. new ↑ Release notes What changed in every version, from v1.0.0 to v4.0.0-beta.10. ↗ Benchmarks Requests per second and memory on 7 Linode servers, 1 to 8 vCPUs, shared and dedicated CPU, on MongoDB, PostgreSQL and MySQL, with the full autocannon output.

What you get with every table¶

	Schema APIs `/api/schema`	Generated APIs `/api/gen`
Read	get all, get all by stream, get by id, query, query by stream, count, distinct, distinct with query, aggregate (MongoDB)	the same
Write	save single or multiple, master save, update by id, update many, replace by id (MongoDB), array operations (MongoDB), remove by id, remove by query	the same
Applies the schema	types, validations, conversions, defaults, ids, encryption, concurrency control	no : data passes as it is
Filters	find with `$in`, `$gt`, `$like`, `$regex`, `$and`, `$or`… and find and join across tables	the same
Related data	deep populate across tables, databases and instances	the same
Output	JSON, XML, YAML, text, any key case, flat objects, encrypted : headers	the same

Every one of them can run pre and post hooks, be cached, be logged, send WebSocket notifications and emit events.

Supported databases¶

MongoDB · MySQL · MariaDB · PostgreSQL · Microsoft SQL Server · Oracle Database · TiDB · Percona XtraDB, in one account at the same time, with queries and deep populate across them. The connection string pages show the format for each one.

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, recorded on API Maker v4 with chapters and a transcript : the video library of the website has them in playlists by topic, from the first steps to the complete course.

Stay in touch¶

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