What’s the best no-code tool for building an API?
Henry Walker
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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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Henry Walker@henwalkco
Helpful to get your thoughts here. Thank you
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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?
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.
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...
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
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.
@chirag_dodiya thank you. It would be great to know that actually - is there a way to DM on this platform?!
@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.