Ponder

Introducing API functions

With today's 0.5.0 release, you can build custom API endpoints directly in your Ponder app.

Use cases
- Replace GraphQL with tRPC or REST
- Build SQL queries with Drizzle
- Merge onchain & offchain data

Why build API functions?

The automatic GraphQL API is too rigid. With more flexibility at the API layer, users can simplify their data models and indexing logic.

Example: Don't create a "volume" or "chart" table, just write a simple aggregation query.

Building ponder.sh. EVM, TypeScript, open-source enjoyer.

The GraphQL client developer experience is cumbersome compared to TypeScript-native tools like tRPC.

We have work planned that builds on API functions to improve the client/server experience further. More soon.

API functions are built on Hono, and the new Select API is powered by Drizzle.

Docs: ponder.sh/docs/query/api-functions
Migration guide: ponder.sh/docs/migration-guide#050
Telegram chat: t.me/ponder_sh

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Great to hear! Appreciate any feedback or ideas

been waiting for this my whole web3 life, and you couldn't have launched it at a better time

will be digging into the docs soon 🫡

NOW this is ready to replace The Graph fully ✅

Keep shipping @typedarray.eth !