Hello Everyone, Today we are gonna be looking at how to create our own API easy and i know what you want to hear the most, Yes! it is free.
WHAT IS HARPERDB
According to the official website HARPER DB
HarperDB is a turn-key solution for the collection, distribution, and analysis of data throughout your organization. Projects that have historically taken months (or even years) of consulting, configuration, and custom development can be completed in days or weeks with HarperDB.
Translation of that is, They have done some really cool stuff that many people are not aware of. I mean you can create a free account, Create a database without writing one line of code, Access to cloud functionality managed by HarperDB and hosted on AWS, You heard that right, it is hosted on AWS, Easily scalable as your app grows to match it's demand.
It is a better alternative to some of the popular API but it is still underrated so why not give it a try.
SIGN UP FOR FREE
Before you click on the sign up button, let me give you a little tip incase you missed it on their homepage, When signing up you should use the coupon code for extra value.
The coupon code to add when signing up is MEETHDBCLOUD, Formerly we used CASSIDY but i'm not sure if that works anymore but they all provide the same value.
When you click on the Start Free the last part of the form show coupon code and that is where you insert the coupon code
FEATURES OF HARPERDB
- EASY TO USE REST API
- SQL AND NoSQL
- DYNAMIC SCHEMA
- CONNECT WITH DRIVERS
- ADVANCED REPLICATION
- 24/7 SUPPORT
- ACCESS ALL THE DATA IN YOUR DATABASE FROM A SINGLE ENDPOINT
Haper's Product & Architecture
There are several products of HarperDB like the Management studio,Built-in API,SQL query engine, etc. These are many more you can understand at their <a href="harperdb.io/product/#integrations" rel="ugc> Product Page
CREATING YOUR DATABASE
Creating your database in flutter is very easy. you can create from scratch or use data from an excel CSV file,
NOTE: To save yourself the hassle you should use an excel worksheet file, it will not work. You have to use a CSV file
Here is a video of me creating and manipulating instances %[youtube.com/watch?v=8DSsAY9kK9c&list=PL..
You can watch the video above to see how easy it is to create, manipulate,manage and test your database after signing up.