Ideal for internal microservices, white-label partners, embeddable widgets, and marketplace-style plug-ins.
AI-assisted routing
AI-style routing that turns integrations into an API product
ApiClay can transform raw JSON into domain-specific schemas, route requests by user role, geography, or plan tier, and mask sensitive fields per consumer—so your data layer behaves like a governed platform, not a pile of scripts.
How it works
Three moves from raw source to a buyer-ready listing-no all-nighter on StackOverflow required.
Define consumers
Internal apps, external partners, and premium tiers each get different slices of the same upstream truth.
Attach rules
Shape responses, pick upstreams, and redact fields based on policy—not one-off conditionals in every client.
Productize access
Publish with docs, versioning notes, and credits so consumption is measurable and above-board.
Ditch the slow path.
Do it the ApiClay way.
The copy/paste DTO
Every app reimplements its own redaction logic.
The ApiClay way
Enforce field policy once at the gateway edge.
The partner firehose
Partners see the same payload as employees—until Legal says stop.
The ApiClay way
Serve tiered schemas from the same routes with different masks.
The routing spaghetti
Geo routing buried in app servers with no audit trail.
The ApiClay way
Centralize routing decisions with usage logs integrators can trust.
Works with the tools you already use
Buyers and publishers integrate ApiClay APIs the same way they integrate any REST product: HTTP, keys, and OpenAPI-style docs.
Postman & Insomnia
Exercise endpoints from your workspace with the same base URL and headers we document.
curl & scripts
Automate pulls in CI, cron, or ETL without a proprietary SDK.
OpenAPI clients
Generate typed clients when your listing is backed by Swagger or custom HTTP routes.
Retool & internal apps
Point low-code tools at stable JSON endpoints instead of raw database access.
AI coding assistants
Paste OpenAPI-style docs into your AI-assisted IDE or coding chat and wire UIs or agents to live data fast—no bespoke SDK required.
Serverless & containers
Call the marketplace gateway from Lambda, Cloud Run, or your API mesh.
Endless possibilities
Do not just expose rows-ship a business buyers can subscribe to.
Plan-tier surfaces
Free vs enterprise schemas diverge automatically without forking codebases.
Regional routing
Send EU traffic to EU-friendly vendors while US traffic stays local—one external path.
White-label JSON
Embeds receive branded, limited fields while your core team keeps full fidelity internally.
Agent guardrails
Give models tool calls that only expose approved shapes and never leak PII payloads.
Microservice façade
Hide ten internal services behind a small set of stable external routes.
Plug-in economy
Third parties build on documented routes while you retain kill switches and metering.
Simple economics: publish, subscribe, scale
You set trials, subscription plans, and pay-as-you-go credits. Buyers only pay for what they use—no surprise infra line items on your side for the gateway.
Free to list: create a company, connect your source, and go through approval like any marketplace vendor.
Trials and caps: give first-time integrators a taste without exposing unlimited rows or requests.
Credits & plans: mix recurring plans with metered overage so power users can grow into paid usage.
Burning questions
Straight answers-no lawyer-speak.
Is this literal LLM inference on every request?
How do I document masked fields?
Can I combine routing with aggregators?
What about compliance reviews?
Stop overthinking the API layer
Pick your datasource, wire it once in the dashboard, and ship a documented product your buyers can trust tonight.