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REST API for any Postgres database

99 mentions on Hacker News by 72 people: 11 stories, 88 comments · first 2014-12-31 · latest 2026-05-08

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  1. …is similar, and seems very popular, so this sort of thing is scratching somebody's itch. [1] https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest
    comment by tyingq · 2018-10-14 · in Show HN: BackendLab – Code-free web app builder
  2. …I've just added a section in our README that includes a Paypal link for one-time donations. https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest#supporting-developmen... Thank you for your support!
    comment by steve-chavez · 2018-10-12 · in Arguing against using protobuffers
  3. …fighting for web standards :). [1]: https://developers.blockapps.net/advanced/concepts/#cirrus [2]: https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest/issues/790#issuecomme... [3]: https://www.patreon.com/postgrest
    comment by steve-chavez · 2018-10-11 · in Arguing against using protobuffers
  4. A really neat project (written in haskell) for turning a postgres database into a restful API: https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest
    comment by bpchaps · 2018-10-04 · in SQL as an API language
  5. …neither I'm sure that's a good idea), but there's projects for providing HTTP APIs to Postgres: https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest https://github.com/prest/prest
    comment by detaro · 2018-09-08 · in Ask HN: HTTP extension for Postgres
  6. …creates a service for a postgres database. postgrest[0] would probably be it's REST equivalent. https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest
    comment by y4mi · 2018-07-16 · in Show HN: Hasura – Fast, instant GraphQL APIs on Postgres
  7. …). One of his projects he works on is a SASS product which is largely done in postgresql leveraging https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest . Seems pretty good, going to be interesting to see how it turns out ( though I haven't seen him…
    comment by keithnz · 2018-07-13 · in How NoSQL forced the evolution of a scalable relational database
  8. …have to touch Haskell, but benefit from its type safety and performance), check out PostgREST: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest If you need GraphQL and standard PostgREST endpoints (as well as a few other tools like Openresty), this…
    comment by cpursley · 2018-01-16 · in Prisma – An open-source GraphQL API layer for your database
  9. I'd love to see a port of https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest to Elixir. Cockroachdb + Elixir-based Postgrest implementation would be the ultimate platform for realtime distributed web scale.
    comment by cpursley · 2017-12-06 · in “Follow-The-Workload” Beats the Latency-Survivability Tradeoff in CockroachDB
  10. …for REST server. [1]: http://haskell-servant.readthedocs.io/en/stable/introduction... [2]: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by zypeh · 2017-07-27 · in Ask HN: What language/framework do you plan to use in your next project?
  11. Just wanted to give a huge shout-out to PostgREST: https://postgrest.com https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest You can get many of the benefits of GraphQL using postgrest's resource embedding: https://postgrest.com/en/v4.1/api.html#resource…
    comment by Cieplak · 2017-07-11 · in How to GraphQL – A Fullstack Tutorial for GraphQL
  12. take a look at PostgREST https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest simplified example query https://pastebin.com/7J2ZswRC
    comment by ruslan_talpa · 2017-07-01 · in React, Relay and GraphQL: Under the Hood of the Times Website Redesign
  13. …bottledwater-pg [4] which has a nice blog post [5] explaining the benefits of the architecture [1] https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest [2] https://subzero.cloud [3] https://github.com/subzerocloud/postgrest-starter-kit [4]…
    comment by steve-chavez · 2017-06-30 · in Show HN: pg-amqp-bridge – Send Messages from PostgreSQL to RabbitMQ (rust)
  14. …to get a taste and if GraphQL is your thing, you could explore the same idea using subZero [3] [1] https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest [2] https://github.com/subzerocloud/subzero-starter-kit [3] https://subzero.cloud Edit: typos
    comment by ruslan_talpa · 2017-06-18 · in Rules for REST API URI Design
  15. It sounds like you would like to look at something like postgrest. See https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by zitterbewegung · 2017-04-06 · in Databases have failed the web
  16. Words can hurt you know ... :) https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest/graphs/contributors?fr... It uses postgrest but not postgraphql, actually not even the graphql-js reference implementation
    comment by ruslan_talpa · 2017-03-31 · in Is GraphQL the Next Frontier for Web APIs?
  17. I'm a big fan of postgrest ( https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest/ ). It creates a RESTful HTTP API out of your existing postgres schema. It practically eliminates the need to write a CRUD backend.
    comment by daurnimator · 2017-03-31 · in Is GraphQL the Next Frontier for Web APIs?
  18. https://postgrest.com/en/v0.4/ https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by ruslan_talpa · 2017-03-30 · in Ask HN: What was that automatic api creator for postgres written in Haskell?
  19. …of 10 language extensions, 20 imports, and 1 line of Perl" and I understand the sentiment :-) [1] https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest/blob/0b486ccf446c6480d...
    comment by a-saleh · 2017-03-26 · in PostgREST – A fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL database
  20. > Postgrest is a great example of a real-world Haskell codebase. It's hard to read. Very messy . https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest/tree/master/src/PostgR... Despite 15 years of programming experience in python, js, C, etc. I feel like…
    comment by gothrowaway · 2017-03-26 · in PostgREST – A fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL database
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    story by developeron29 · 2017-03-26 · 87 comments
  22. https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest - 8k stars
    comment by seddona · 2017-03-20 · in Three Months of Go, from a Haskeller’s perspective (2016)
  23. In addition to the others mentioned, PostgREST: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by seagreen · 2017-03-19 · in Three Months of Go, from a Haskeller’s perspective (2016)
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    PostgREST 0.4 released
    story by tarp · 2017-01-23 · 1 comment
  25. https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest could use a technical writer and would welcome one
    comment by ruslan_talpa · 2017-01-21 · in Ask HN: Any open-source project in need of a Technical Writer?
  26. …It needs some backend to talk to postgres. I would use rust or maybe postgrest[0] would do. [0] https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by ivanceras · 2016-11-15 · in Ask HN: If you were to build a CRM today what would your stack be?
  27. …in general) tools/libraries : Bookshelf ORM http://bookshelfjs.org/ PostgREST automated REST API https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest Sqitch git style migration management http://sqitch.org/
    comment by _w3e8 · 2016-05-10 · in PostgreSQL Scalability: Towards Millions TPS
  28. …Postgrest. Postgrest is an open-source project that creates a REST api based on a Postgres schema: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest It ain't GraphQL, and I don't understand GraphQL enough to note functional differences. Postgrest made…
    comment by bageldaughter · 2016-04-27 · in Postgraphql: A GraphQL schema created by reflection over a PostgreSQL schema
  29. …convince me that you aren't going anywhere and will be able to build a substantial community. [1]: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest [2]: That isn't a reason not to do it.
    comment by tyre · 2016-04-07 · in Apply HN: Brodlist – a new type of database
  30. There's also PostgREST https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by droque · 2016-03-02 · in Show HN: Restdb.io – a plug and play database service
  31. Perhaps something like a modified PostgREST could work? https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by 15155 · 2016-01-17 · in Parsing 10TB of Metadata, 26M Domain Names and 1.4M SSL Certs for $10 on AWS
  32. …to check if it's possible. I haven't though it can be as fast. 2-4* times faster than a Postgrest https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest 20* times faster than Rails (*for GET index) Now it's refactored as shard so it should be much easier…
    comment by bobik314 · 2016-01-14 · in Crystal_api – fast and easy REST api for Postgresql written in Crystal
  33. https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by bryanlarsen · 2016-01-07 · in PostgreSQL 9.5: UPSERT, Row Level Security, and Big Data
  34. With a REST layer like https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest you don't need any extra application server layer to serve your data, securely (RLS). Bye bye Java EE ?
    comment by lugus35 · 2016-01-07 · in PostgreSQL 9.5: UPSERT, Row Level Security, and Big Data
  35. It looks like PostgREST has already started updating its documentation for RLS: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by DerfK · 2016-01-04 · in PostgreSQL 9.5 Released
  36. OP was talking about this: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by loopdoend · 2015-12-19 · in PostgreSQL 9.5 RC1 Released
  37. Dude, have you seen Postgrest? https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by sscarduzio · 2015-08-29 · in Aquameta Layer 0: Meta – Writable System Catalog for PostgreSQL
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    Postgrest now allows exposing stored procedures
    story by r-u-serious · 2015-08-21 · 0 comments
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    PostgREST serves a fully RESTful API
    story by ScottWRobinson · 2015-07-25 · 0 comments
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    story by cdjk · 2015-07-22 · 204 comments
  41. …once support for stored functions [0] is completed it'll be tremendously more useful. 0: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest/issues/114
    comment by snuxoll · 2015-07-21 · in Woah that is some wild postgresql
  42. You might be interested in this: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest "PostgREST serves a fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL database. It provides a cleaner, more standards-compliant, faster API than you are likely to write…
    comment by chrisdevereux · 2015-07-21 · in Woah that is some wild postgresql
  43. You should check out PostgREST, a tool to expose Postres tables through a JSON APIs: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by framp · 2015-07-04 · in Developing Web Applications with Haskell
  44. …"second opinion" to what this cookbook says. It doesn't say anything about transactions, [1]: https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest [2]: http://begriffs.com/posts/2014-12-30-intro-to-postgrest.html
    comment by glogla · 2015-05-25 · in The Restful CookBook
  45. There is also postgrest, providing a REST API for postgresql databases. https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by Codas · 2015-04-24 · in Becoming Productive in Haskell
  46. …turn a Postgres db into an API with PostgREST, and it supports jsonb to retrieve json properties. https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by begriffs · 2015-04-20 · in A proof of concept MongoDB clone built on Postgres
  47. I haven't used it yet but postgrest looks awesome for this. https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest
    comment by lgas · 2015-02-26 · in Embracing SQL in Postgres
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    story by thu · 2014-12-31 · 1 comment