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πŸš€ Stop Building Backends: Instantly Get Secure, Customizable APIs with Hosby

If you’ve ever built a frontend app and thought:

"Ugh, now I have to set up a backend just to store some data?"

This is for you.

Hosby lets you skip the backend boilerplate and gives you production-ready APIs instantly, without writing a single line of backend code.


πŸ’‘ What is Hosby?

Hosby is an API-first backend-as-a-service designed for front-end developers.

You define your data models β†’ Hosby generates a complete set of secure API routes to query, insert, update, and delete data.

It's like Firebase Firestore β€” but with REST endpoints, auth, webhooks, and zero vendor lock-in.


βš™οΈ How it works

1. Create a table (resource):

{
"name": "posts",
"fields": {
"title": "string",
"content": "text",
"authorId": "string"
}
}

Hosby instantly gives you REST API routes like:
| Method | Route | Description |
| ------ | -------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| POST | /api/posts/insertOne | Insert a new post |
| GET | /api/posts/findBy?authorId=xyz | Find all posts by authorId |
| GET | /api/posts/findOne?id=... | Find one post by ID |
| PATCH | /api/posts/update | Update one or many posts |
| DELETE | /api/posts/deleteBy?id=... | Delete post by ID |

You don’t write any backend logic.
Just call the APIs from your frontend like you would with Axios, fetch, or TanStack Query.

πŸ” Security by default
🌐 Each API key has its own permissions

πŸ”‘ Public vs private API key separation

πŸ”„ Built-in auth support (email, Google, Facebook)

🧠 Rate limiting and access rules (coming soon)

πŸ›  Built for dev workflows
βœ… Test everything locally before going live

πŸ“¦ Deploy your API instantly to production (no config)

πŸ”§ Webhooks: plug into Stripe, SendGrid, or your own services

πŸ“˜ Auto-generated API docs (Postman / Swagger style)

*Example: using Hosby from the frontend *

// Create a post
await fetch("https://api.hosby.io/project/posts/insertOne", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_PUBLIC_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
title: "Hello Dev.to!",
content: "This was created via Hosby πŸŽ‰",
authorId: "abc123"
})
});

No backend. No middleware. No database setup.
Just clean, ready-to-use APIs.

Ideal for:
Front-end developers building projects fast

Indie hackers validating MVPs

Bootcamp students or junior devs who don’t want to touch backend yet

Agencies & freelancers with tight deadlines

https://hosby.io

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