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Show HN: SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code

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Re: Show HN: SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code

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debarshri wrote: post #2

Nice stuff, Quick question around the product. All the services listed already has rest api. Why would I need your product. What is the value add? May be I am missing something. For Rest api for databases - https://postgrest.org Too expensive for things that is available for free. Also, what happens when we hit rate limit on the upstream service. Who is responsible for that?

We built this initially only to turn the database into API, after ask to users, we found that some people need more than just accessing the database. For example, they want to send notifications to Slack/Telegram when an event happens in the database, or they need to upload a file to the cloud storage, then put the information to their database. That's why we put another service, although they also have an API. Our goal is to make their needs covered in a single platform. Currently, we are working on the "API Workflow" to simplify the process above, so they don't need to write multiple API request in their app.

what happens when we hit rate limit on the upstream service? We will just return the response from the upstream service? And user will get rate limit error. We plan to cache the API calls (can be configured by user) to avoid making repetitive API calls to the upstream.

Anyway, Thank you. We value and respect your opinion. It means a lot for us to make the project even more valuable to people.

Re: Show HN: SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code

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Post by alfaa »

hjgraca wrote: post #18

There are so many open source alternatives... postgrest, supabase... and so on

Yes, I've seen them, We try to be different, keep improving and adding more features to make the product even more valuable to people. Thanks, I appreciate your taking the time to write.

Re: Show HN: SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code

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Post by alfaa »

kayza wrote: post #9

I honestly don’t get it. Could OP do a quick pitch on this?

Sorry, We didn't make it clear on the website. In short, We build and generate REST APIfor you, so you can focus on building on the frontend side. Thanks, I appreciate your taking the time to write.

Re: Show HN: SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code

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Post by alfaa »

wwn_se wrote: post #10

I don't get it? What would be an example use?

Sorry, We didn't make it clear on the website. In short, We build and generate REST API for you, so you can focus on building on the frontend side. Thanks, I appreciate your taking the time to write.

Re: Show HN: SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code

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Post by alfaa »

villgax wrote: post #5

Suggestion, /mon -> /mo or /month or per month Number of API calls per month of 100K for $15 is just too low, you can have decent dedicated servers running per month for $5 & that could very well handle 86400*30 at 1 request per second.

Thank you for your suggestion. We will think about it.

Re: Show HN: SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code

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Post by alfaa »

bastijn wrote: post #21

Unfortunately I have to register to even get a feeling of what this will do. Also a bit ironic to see curl commands in the first 10 pages I clicked in the documentation whilst the whole product is claiming no code is required.

Sorry, we didn't make it clear on the website. We only build and generate the REST API, so you can only focus on the frontend side. Anyway, Thanks, I appreciate your taking the time to write.
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