How To Build an API in 2022

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what APIs are, the API standards that exist, and walk through the various layers of what goes into making an API. Payments Hub - Sponsor There are hundreds of payments processing companies out there. Hit up developer.paymentshub.com/syntax to learn more about how Payments Hub Developers not only processes ecommerce and in-person payments, but also boards and underwrites your merchants in as little as 90 minutes. We are currently offering Syntax listeners who become new partners 6 months free data through our Business Reporting API! LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 02:40 What are APIs? 06:09 API Standards 13:56 What about GRPC? 15:52 What is TRPC? 19:19 Sponsor: Payments Hub 20:25 API Cake Layers mySQL

Postgres

Mongo DB

SQLite

SQLizer

26:51 Server layer 33:28 Sponsor: LogRocket 34:36 Authentication layer 43:28 Caching layer 46:09 Sponsor: Freshbooks 46:38 Client layer Prisma: Package, but also a service keystone: Package Strapi: Package Sanity: Service Prismic: Service Hasura: Open Source and Service Contentful

https://hygraph.com/

48:01 Should I use x or y? 51:35 Tools GraphQL Playground

Graphiql

Postman

Insomnia

TablePlus

Studio3T

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