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Henry Walker

What’s the best no-code tool for building an API?

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Just joined this community, glad to be here. I’m working on a new product and could use some help. Would be great to hear from anyone who has used no-code tools for building an API. I know you can pull data from Airtable, but what if you want to manipulate that data quite heavily? Would appreciate any pointers on good tools for an MVP.
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Chirag Dodiya
Zapier would be a bad choice. Because it just costs too much. If you are looking to build it as a sustainable Saas. Go with Bubble.io or a tool specialized on building API SaaS. I think one guy in Reddit built something similar. You can DM me if you are interesting. I'll find that tool.
Henry Walker
@chirag_dodiya thank you. It would be great to know that actually - is there a way to DM on this platform?!
Chirag Dodiya
@henwalkco yeah I don't think so, this guy from reddit built it. You can connect with him on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/khal... Use my reference, I talked with him recently on this.
Henry Walker
@chirag_dodiya thank you, sir
Justin Macorin
Zapier? If you are going to manipulate data, no-code tools are probably going to limit you. Perhaps you can try using serverless functions in Digital Ocean or Cloudflare + ChatGPT if you give it the input/output you are looking for?
Henry Walker
Thanks Justin. I’ve used Zapoer a bit - although not for any custom logic. I can code to a basic level, so that’s a good point about serverless functions 👍 I’ve used Lambda but not CF or DO. I suppose I was wanting if there is an such nocode tool that lets you build some limited custom logic with a UI. Something MVP that could be custom coded later.
Justin Macorin
I don't know... If you have a basic level understanding, you can try to install VS code with Copilot. Using comments to generate functions, snippets and lines of code can really help. Example: //sort the name_list array by alpha, //remove the first element of the array, //call POST to http://example.com You can test it out on your computer and the copy/paste it in a serverless function platform. Just an idea...
Henry Walker
Helpful to get your thoughts here. Thank you
Luka Isailovic
Depends on how comfortable are you with technical stuff. I'd say Hasura.io is pretty good as a layer on top of your database, offers instant API but its also customizable with custom handlers