Building an API? The 33 tools you need to consider

• postman-app-support

  279 5,741 2.3

  Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster.

  

Postman: In their own words, “Postman is an API platform for building and using APIs”.

• PostgreSQL

  404 14,673 10.0 C

  Mirror of the official PostgreSQL GIT repository. Note that this is just a *mirror* - we don't work with pull requests on github. To contribute, please see https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Submitting_a_Patch

  

PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system that uses and extends the SQL language combined with many features that safely store and scale the most complicated data workloads. It can be hosted on an on-premise server or by a service provider like AWS or Azure.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• MySQL

  146 10,208 9.8 C++

  MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database.

  

MySQL: MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). It can be hosted on-premise, in the cloud (via a platform such as AWS or Azure), on a local machine or even in a docker container.

• Django

  484 76,672 9.8 Python

  The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

  

Python: Django

• swagger-ui

  131 25,507 9.8 JavaScript

  Swagger UI is a collection of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS assets that dynamically generate beautiful documentation from a Swagger-compliant API.

  

Swagger: They have two options, the Swagger Editor (free to download) and Swagger hub (their hosted service). This service defines, visualises and validates APIs in a collaborative environment.

• http-spec

  18 19 6.6 TypeScript

  Utilities to normalize OpenAPI v2 and v3 objects for the Stoplight ecosystem.

  

Stoplight: Offers tooling across the API lifecycle that helps you build quality APIs efficiently.

• sagan

  103 3,102 7.2 HTML

  Discontinued The spring.io site and reference application

  

Java: Spring

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• sendgrid-nodejs

  154 2,948 6.5 JavaScript

  The Official Twilio SendGrid Led, Community Driven Node.js API Library

  

Sendgrid

• Ruby on Rails

  467 54,865 10.0 Ruby

  Ruby on Rails

  

Ruby: Rails

• samples

  40 34 0.0

  List of sample applications demonstrating the ability of the Linx low-code platform. (by linx-software)

  

The reasons to build an API in low-code are plentiful, but it mostly comes down to the time saved and simplicity. Tools such as Linx are a great fit for API development. It is a low-code tool for creating back-end processes, but it can also host and call web services. Some things you can do with Linx: Read, Create and alter files, perform data operations such as database read and write operations, integrate several different services and more.

• insomnia

  225 33,036 9.7 JavaScript

  The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

  

Insomnia: A free cross-platform desktop application that takes the pain out of interacting with and designing HTTP-based APIs.

• Postwoman

  212 59,976 9.6 TypeScript

  👽 Open source API development ecosystem - https://hoppscotch.io

  

Hoppscotch.io: This tool makes testing your REST APIs much more manageable and is free to use when writing.

• Express

  673 63,725 7.6 JavaScript

  Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

  

JavaScript: Express

• aws-lambda-java-libs

  300 505 6.7 C++

  Official mirror for interface definitions and helper classes for Java code running on the AWS Lambda platform.

  

Another interesting angle is building ‘serverless’ functions using AWS Lambda or Azure functions to implement the API. I’ve found that the architectural complexity eats a lot of time, but if you’re already familiar with those platforms, it might be an easy way to build a couple of endpoints.

• auth0-java

  129 279 8.2 Java

  Java client library for the Auth0 platform

  

Auth0

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

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