Build a platform to generate RESTful API
I'm currently thinking about building a platform that will generate an API to users to save time, and also for users who needs a basic api and don't know who develop it.
the users can:
- import the database to generate the api.
- add payment gateways and authentication.
- add the option to customize the code or add it manually.
- generate the api to express.js or laravel and download it.
Do you think this idea is good?
I thought about it because mostly the clients only wants something basic and not very complex.
https://openapi-generator.tech/ // https://openapi-generator.tech/docs/generators is somewhat close to what you are describing and quite popular. There are many other types of generators based off of OpenAPI(Swagger).
API billing would depend on the platform/framework used.
Targeting no-code/low-code users or finding a way to enrich data they already have and adding value to the already existing generators may be a viable approach, but I worry that the major players (GCP/AWS) are already have AI based approaches to enrich and deliver existing data, so your competition may become an issue.
tldr: Bundling API Design, billing and service management into one package sounds viable, Would be somewhat concerned about future competition.
I like the idea. Many developers need a REST API but don't know how to build it. In most cases, those devs also don't know how to deploy and maintain the API.
That's why we, at Apisful, decided to create a cloud-based API generator, so you don't need to touch backend code or servers.
Could you kindly take a look at our docs ? Does it meet your requirements?
I like your platform, but what i want is almost the same as you did but also give the developer the freedom export the code if he want so he can customize the api if there's something more complex he wants that the platform don't provide.
And also generate the api from a database that the developer already have.