How to Develop a REST API on an 8base Workspace

Using serverless functions to stand up REST endpoints on an 8base Workspace

By default, the 8base platform auto-generates an extremely powerful GraphQL API that gives you immediate API access to your data. Sometimes though, developers are using a 3rd party service or another tool that doesn’t easily support the authoring and execution of GraphQL queries. Instead, they require that a REST API (or discrete endpoints) be available.

Developing a REST API in 8base can easily be accomplished using the Webhook custom function type. Using Webhooks, a developer can quickly code and deploy serverless functions that become available using traditional HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.) and a unique path.

Getting Started Building a REST API on 8base

To get started building a REST API on top of an 8base workspace, you’re going to need to have the following resources created/installed.

1. An 8base Workspace (Free tier or Paid Plan)
2. 8base CLI installed (Instructions available here)
3. A Text Editor or IDE (VS Code, Atom, Sublime, or any other way to write code)