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Dev tools · August 3, 2016

Heartbeat – Transform REST Endpoints to Streaming APIs

Heartbeat - Transform any REST API to a Streaming API.

Heartbeat – Transform REST Endpoints to Streaming APIs launched on August 3, 2016 with 111 votes, #372 of 3,856 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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In plain words

Heartbeat transforms REST API endpoints into streaming APIs without requiring code changes. The tool polls REST endpoints at user-specified intervals and delivers real-time updates via JavaScript and REST APIs. It stores historical data for up to six hours, accessible through a dashboard and data visualization interface. Heartbeat is designed for developers who need to convert traditional REST endpoints into streaming services.

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From the sources

Heartbeat tranforms REST endpoints into streaming APIs painlessly, with zero lines of code. Heartbeat transformed streams are accessible from the dashboard, or universally via Javascript and REST based APIs. With the flick of a switch, heartbeat can store updates for up to six hours. It also provides an API and a data view for visually accessing historical data. Heartbeat takes REST API endpoints and transforms them into realtime APIs. Behind the scenes, heartbeat runs a worker process that will poll the REST API at the polling frequency you specify in the dashboard and show the changes via an elegant realtime endpoint. Heartbeat provides a realtime API that can be used from your Javascript…from heartbeat.appbase.io

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