auto-rest-api 0.0.0

Automatically map database schemas and deploy per-table REST API endpoints.

Auto-REST

A light-weight CLI tool for deploying dynamically generated REST APIs against relational databases. See the project documentation for detailed usage instructions.

Supported Databases

Auto-REST provides built-in support for the database types listed below. Support for additional databases can be added by installing the corresponding database drivers. See the official documentation for instructions.

CLI Flag	Default Driver	Database Type
--sqlite	sqlite+aiosqlite	SQLite
--psql	postgresql+asyncpg	PostgreSQL
--mysql	mysql+asyncmy	MySQL
--oracle	oracle+oracledb	Oracle
--mssql	mssql+aiomysql	Microsoft SQL Server
--driver	Custom driver (user-defined)	Custom

Quickstart

Install the CLI using your preferred Python package manager:

pipx install auto-rest-api

Verify that the installation completed successfully:

auto-rest --help

Launch an API by supplying connection parameters for your target database:

auto-rest \
  --psql 
  --db-host localhost
  --db-port 5432
  --db-name default
  --db-user jsmith
  --db-password secure123!

Navigate to localhost:8081/docs/ and view the OpenAPI documentation for your dynamically generated REST API!