What does HackerNews think of automatic-api?

A list of software that turns your database into a REST/GraphQL API

Language: Go

#14 in GraphQL
#9 in REST API
#12 in REST API
Soul – A SQLite RESTful Server | Oct 2022
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Also, I found this report that might be helpful for you. https://github.com/dbohdan/automatic-api/
Ask HN: I want to build a Web API, where do I start? | Oct 2019
I was just researching automatic API generation for a project of mine.

This list might be of interest for your friend, however I have no idea how good or bad these solutions are :

https://github.com/dbohdan/automatic-api

The most lazy way would be to use CouchDB. However when you have no schema in your database (NoSQL) you have to implement it (poorly) in your application. Relationnal DB are harder at first but end up a good long term investment imo.

Sqlite to Rest | Jul 2019
There are many other projects like this, too. I have a list at https://github.com/dbohdan/automatic-api/.

Added: This type of software lacks a standard name and an established "format" (like HTTP servers or word processors have a "format"), so it is hard to discover other projects even when you are aware of a few. I've taken to calling them "automatic API servers" and promoted the term a bit. Some projects have adopted the GitHub topic "automatic-api" (https://github.com/topics/automatic-api) as a result. My hope is that a name and a search tag will help with discovery and make it more of a distinct type of product.

PostgreSQL Features to Try | Apr 2019
There is a list at https://github.com/dbohdan/automatic-api/
SQLer – Turn Your SQL queries into RESTful APIs without any programming language | Jan 2019
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And there are other automatic API servers like PostgREST. Some are RESTful like PostgREST and some provide a GraphQL API. I maintain a list: https://github.com/dbohdan/automatic-api/.