Here’s a super cool tool for exposing your database as a REST API without writing a single line of code. It’s called DB2Rest, and it’s incredibly convenient!
No more wasting time coding the data access layer or struggling with an ORM. With DB2Rest, you can install the middleware in just a few simple steps, and voilà, your database is directly accessible via a clean and well-structured REST API. It’s almost magical!
For example, to update the values of a movie with ID 1001, you would use the following command:
curl --request PATCH \
--url 'http://localhost:8080/film?filter=film_id%3D%3D1001' \
--header 'Content-Profile: sakila' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'User-Agent: insomnia/8.4.5' \
--data '{ "rental_rate" : 1.99, "length" : 92 }'Additionally, the developers have thought of everything regarding security. The middleware acts as a gateway, so there’s no risk of exposing our precious database directly to the outside world. Plus, you can finely configure access rights, ensuring that each user can only access the data they need.
Moreover, it’s ultra-fast. There’s no overhead associated with an ORM, just a single query to the database, along with plenty of caching. In short, performance is excellent. You can even use the simplified query language RQL instead of dealing with lengthy SQL queries. It supports a wide variety of databases, from PostgreSQL to Oracle and MySQL. Even legacy databases can get their own REST API effortlessly, giving your applications a much-needed refresh!
This is the kind of tool that saves us a ton of time on the backend, allowing us to focus on business logic and user experience, which is what truly matters!
In short, go ahead and try out DB2Rest—your productivity is about to soar!
