KeyHippo [LW24]
Add API key auth to Postgres Row Level Security (RLS) policy
KeyHippo [LW24] launched on December 3, 2024 with 141 votes, #307 of 5,365 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
https://launchweek.dev/lw/MEGA KeyHippo is a Postgres extension that lets you issue API keys directly from SQL and validate them in RLS policy in parallel with your existing session-token flow (e.g. Supabase Auth).
Extend your Postgres Row Level Security to enable API key authentication
KeyHippo extends your Row Level Security policies to enable API key authentication and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). -- Use API keys within your existing policy: CREATE POLICY "allow_owner_access" ON "public" . "table_name" USING ( ( SELECT "auth" . "uid" () = "table_name" . "owner_id" ) OR ( SELECT user_id FROM keyhippo . current_user_context ()) = "table_name" . "owner_id" ); Backed by Combinator Oh yeah, it's fast too. key validation ops / year Create, rotate, and revoke API keys with built-in scope controls. Implement granular RBAC with groups, roles, andfrom keyhippo.com
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