MongoDB → API
MongoDB documents, meet production HTTP
Stop hand-writing Express routers for every collection. Publish a governed API with trials, analytics, and marketplace billing while BSON stays where it belongs—in your cluster.
How it works
Three moves from raw source to a buyer-ready listing-no all-nighter on StackOverflow required.
Your documents
MongoDB remains the flexible source for JSON-shaped data. You declare which collections appear in the contract.
Your gateway
Validate the connection string (including auth source when needed). ApiClay keeps credentials off public pages and proxies traffic through the configured API gateway.
Your integrators
Buyers discover you on Discover, subscribe, and pull data with the same credit model as SQL listings.
Ditch the slow path.
Do it the ApiClay way.
The boilerplate way
Repeat CRUD handlers, validation, and pagination for each collection.
The ApiClay way
Focus on schema design in Mongo; let the marketplace expose a consistent policy and billing shell.
The leaky way
Email connection strings to contractors.
The ApiClay way
Contractors use buyer keys tied to subscriptions—not your cluster password.
The opaque way
Slack screenshots of Compass queries.
The ApiClay way
Share a URL to live docs and a playground that respects the limits you configured.
The bespoke billing way
Track usage in a spreadsheet and invoice manually.
The ApiClay way
Meter calls automatically and let credits settle through the platform.
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.
The feature flag payload
Ship configuration documents to clients over HTTPS with row limits so mobile apps cannot download the entire config database.
The telemetry fan-out
Store high-volume events in MongoDB, but let partners access rollups via a throttled API product.
The headless CMS bridge
Editors use your existing tools; developers consume structured content through a versioned listing.
The agent memory API
Let assistants read/write allowed documents through HTTP instead of unsafe direct cluster access.
The compliance snapshot
Expose read-only slices to auditors or partners with immutable request logs tied to buyer accounts.
The leaderboard service
Player stats stay in documents; seasonal tournaments integrate against a stable competitive API.
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.
Can I use authentication databases?
How are nested documents handled?
What about writes?
Will this slow down my cluster?
Can I publish multiple databases?
How do buyers authenticate?
Stop overthinking the API layer
Pick your datasource, wire it once in the dashboard, and ship a documented product your buyers can trust tonight.