Prisma replaces traditional ORMs in REST APIs
Prisma provides a type-safe and modern API for data access, ensuring developers can read and write data in a convenient, performant and secure way.
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The CodeSandbox example implements a REST API that is using Prisma. Explore the project files to learn how Prisma is used to simplify database access.
Why use Prisma for your REST API?
Prisma offers many features enabling you to quickly build high-performance REST APIs. Next to its powerful query engine and API, Prisma especially shines when it comes to developer experience.
Realtime API
Easily add realtime features to your API using WebSockets connected to Prisma's realtime layer for your database.
High-performance query resolution
Prisma client has a built-in dataloader, solving the N+1 problem and ensuring the Prisma API is queried efficiently.
No CRUD-boilerplate
Prisma removes the need to write repeating boilerplate for CRUD operations. Focus on features instead of doing repetitive work.
End-to-end type-safety
With Prisma, you’re building applications that are based on a coherent set of types, from the database to your frontend application.
Compatible with OpenAPI/Swagger
Prisma integrates nicely with OpenAPI and Swagger, making it easy to add a well-defined structure to your API.
Advanced pagination
The Relay connection model is a powerful way to expose pagination in an API. It is supported by Prisma out-of-the-box.
Get started with REST & Prisma
Example REST API with Prisma
Explore the implementation of a simple REST API based on Prisma and Express.
REST API Quickstart Tutorial
Learn how Prisma helps you when building a REST API from scratch or with a legacy database.