Row-level limits, query fields, and credentials stay server-side; buyers never see your connection string.
MySQL → API
Turn MySQL into a live, sellable API
Connect your database once. ApiClay handles documentation exposure, buyer identity through the marketplace, usage metering, and monetization—so you are not rebuilding a public API stack from scratch.
How it works
Three moves from raw source to a buyer-ready listing-no all-nighter on StackOverflow required.
Your database
Keep MySQL as the source of truth. You choose which tables (and options like limits and public query fields) are allowed to surface through HTTP.
Your API surface
In the publisher dashboard, select MySQL, validate the connection, and attach datasource tables. We strip secrets from every public-facing screen.
Your revenue
Enable trials, subscription plans, and pay-as-you-go credits. List on Discover so integrators find you the same way they find any ApiClay API.
Ditch the slow path.
Do it the ApiClay way.
The slow way
Stand up a Node or Spring service, bolt on JWT, write OpenAPI by hand, and still argue about rate limits.
The ApiClay way
Paste connection details in a guided flow, map tables, and publish. Policy knobs for trials and daily caps are already there.
The fragile way
Share read-only credentials with every partner and pray nobody screenshots them in Slack.
The ApiClay way
Buyers authenticate through the marketplace; your MySQL credentials never appear in docs or the playground.
The expensive way
Pay for idle API servers just to expose a few reporting tables.
The ApiClay way
Monetize per request or plan. Scale usage without provisioning another fleet of API VMs.
The lonely way
Email CSV exports whenever someone wants “API access.”
The ApiClay way
Same data, stable JSON contract, changelog-friendly versioning on your listing.
The manual way
Rebuild Postman collections every time a column changes.
The ApiClay way
Buyers work from the productized route list and policy you define in the dashboard.
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 revenue ops feed
Finance lives in MySQL but Sales wants CRM-friendly JSON. Publish a read-only slice with row caps so partners sync nightly without VPNs.
The customer health export
Expose aggregated usage metrics to premium customers via an API product instead of one-off SQL dumps.
The supplier catalog
Distributors need SKU metadata in machine-readable form. Ship it as a subscribed API with trial rows for eval accounts.
The break-glass reader
Let support tools hit governed endpoints instead of granting broad SQL access to every agent.
The offline-first sync
Mobile clients poll a stable HTTPS surface; you keep normalization and joins inside MySQL.
The grounded context store
Let agents pull fresh facts from approved tables instead of stale PDFs—without giving models raw database passwords.
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.
Do buyers get direct database access?
Can I limit how many rows someone reads?
What about schema changes?
Does this replace my application database?
How do I charge?
Is SSL supported?
Stop overthinking the API layer
Pick your datasource, wire it once in the dashboard, and ship a documented product your buyers can trust tonight.