Inspiration
As I've been learning to code I've always wanted to build a public API - something that other people can get use from - and I finally found a simple use case.
When building something for a client in Zapier I needed a way to keep a counter of previous runs. Nothing suitable existing in Zapier so I decided to build it myself.
What it does
The Let's Count API allows users to create, retrieve, update, increment, and decrement counters through a simple namespace and key system.
How I built it
It's a simple app with a PostgreSQL database to store the counters with the API itself built in Replit and running on Python and Flask.
Challenges I ran into
I've never used Postgres or really any database before - so that was a learning curve!
What I learned
Learning how to build a secure, scalable API. There's lots to think about
Built With
- flask
- postgresql
- python
- replit
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