Railway Has a Free API — Deploy in 60 Seconds

Railway makes deploying apps as simple as pushing to GitHub. Zero-config, auto-detect framework, generous free tier.

What Is Railway?

Railway deploys your code automatically from GitHub. No Dockerfiles needed. It detects your framework and handles everything.

Free tier:

• $5 of free usage/month
• 512MB RAM, 1 vCPU
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB add-ons

Quick Deploy

npm i -g @railway/cli
railway login
railway init
railway up

Railway GraphQL API

curl -s https://backboard.railway.app/graphql/v2 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "{ me { name email } }"}'

Use Cases

1. Backend APIs — Express, FastAPI, Django
2. Databases — managed PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL
3. Cron jobs — scheduled tasks
4. Bots — Discord/Telegram
5. Full-stack — frontend + backend + DB

Python FastAPI Example

from fastapi import FastAPI
app = FastAPI()

@app.get("/")
def root():
    return {"status": "live", "platform": "Railway"}

Push to GitHub and Railway auto-deploys.

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