API Servers - New products released by AppSeed

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Hello! This article presents the latest products released by the AppSeed platform, a collection of simple REST Servers built with a unified API definition across multiple frameworks: Django, Node JS/ Express, Flask, and FastAPI (coming soon). The good part is the usability of any of these servers with React and Vue UI Kits with less effort.  Thanks for reading!

React products enhanced with JWT authentication compatible with mentioned API Servers:
React Datta PRO - Fullstack React Dashboard.

Why Using a Unified API Interface

A while ago, based on our community feedback, we decided to implement a unified API definition across all supported servers (Flask, Django, Node JS) and let users decide the preferred backend framework without changing the UI once a backend migration occurs from Flask to Django or from Django to Node JS for instance. Using a common definition, basically all frontend products, despite the technology,  can be used without extra efforts with currently provided backends and stay compliant with the future ones: FastAPI, Koa, etc.

The current definition covers only a simple JWT authentication that manages users via the following methods:

  • /api/users/register: create a new user
  • /api/users/login: authenticate an existing user
  • /api/users/logout: delete the associated JWT token
  • /api/users/checkSession: check an existing JWT Token for validity
  • /api/users/edit - edit the information associated with a registered user

All provided methods use a simple I/O interface and intuitive, beginner-friendly structures.

API Register I/O Sample
POST api/users/register
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "username":"test",
    "password":"pass", 
    "email":"test@appseed.us"
}
API Server - Register Unified Interface
API Login I/O Sample
POST /api/users/login
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "password":"pass", 
    "email":"test@appseed.us"
}
API Server - Login Unified Interface

For more information related to this concept, feel free to access the official documentation: API Unified Definition.

Now, back to our API servers, the next sections will present each server starting from the open-source ones.

API Server Django

Simple starter built with Python / Django Rest / Sqlite3 and JWT Auth. The authentication flow is based on json web tokens. The product comes with a simple, intuitive codebase, DRF integration, SQLite for persistence JWT Authentication API, Docker, and unitary tests.

API Server - Open-source Django REST Server.

API Server Flask

Simple Flask API Starter with JWT authentication, and SQLite persistence that provides "out-of-the-box" all the ready-to-use bare minimum essentials - Built on top of flask_rextx and flask_jwt_extended libraries.

API Server - Open-source Flask REST Server.

API Server Node JS

Simple API server crafted in Node JS/Express/Typescript with SQLite for persistence and TypeORM as SQL interface. Authentication Flow uses json web tokens via Passport library - passport-jwt strategy.

API Server - Open-source Node JS REST Server.

API Server Node JS PRO

This commercial product contains two branches: the first one uses SQLite and TypeORM as SQL interface and the second branch handles the persistence via MongoDB and Mongoose.

To make this article more useful, I will mention a few React Products already coded to handle the JWT Authentication provided by all mentioned servers. Let's go!

React Dashboard Berry

Berry is a creative React Dashboard build using the Material-UI. It is meant to be the best User Experience with highly customizable feature-riched pages. It is a complete game-changer React Dashboard Template with an easy and intuitive responsive design as on retina screens or laptops. The product comes with a simple JWT authentication flow: login/register/logout.

React Dashboard Berry - Fullstack React Product.

React Dashboard Datta Able

Datta Able is an open-source React Dashboard that provides a colorful and modern design. Datta Able React Free is the most stylized React Free Admin Template, around all other admin templates in the market. It comes with high feature-rich pages and components with fully developer-centric code. The product comes with a simple JWT authentication flow: login/register/logout.

React Datta Able - Fullstack React Product.

React Datta Able PRO

Datta Able PRO is a premium React Dashboard that provides a colorful and modern design. Datta Able React PRO is the most stylized React Free Admin Template, around all other admin templates in the market. It comes with high feature-rich pages and components with fully developer-centric code. The product comes with a simple JWT authentication flow: login/register/logout.

React Datta Able PRO - Fullstack React Product.
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