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Dev tools · July 16, 2023

Axe API

The next-generation Rest API framework

Axe API launched on July 16, 2023 with 198 votes, #191 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

What it does

Axe API is a TypeScript-based Node.js framework designed to eliminate the need for repetitive tasks associated with common elements while allowing developers to focus on custom logic.

Axe API is the next generation rest API framework. You can quickly create a Rest API by simply defining models and relationships.

Define your model, validations, relations, middlewares, etc. in a declarative way to build your API in minutes. Axe API will not just create all of your API endpoints automatically. It will also process all of them by your model definition. Using hooks is a very elegant technique to add your business logic to your API endpoints in a test-friendly way. Adding robust query features to your API such as sorting, selecting fields, or querying data will cost you nothing. Axe API analyzes your database schema in the initialization process to compare your models with it. Axe API creates documentation automatically by checking your model definitions, table relations, database schema,from axe-api.com

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