Working with the Data APIs

Perform database operations using REST API calls

Supabase's auto-generated Data APIs let you perform operations on your database using REST API calls. You can read, write, and delete data, and even call functions, without writing an intermediate layer to translate between your app and Postgres.

How to use the data APIs#

The Data APIs are auto-generated HTTP REST endpoints. You can call them in the same way as any HTTP endpoint, for example, using curl from the command line or fetch from the browser. For convenience, you can use the Supabase client libraries. The client libraries perform the HTTP call for you, while also handling authentication, parsing responses, and maintaining type safety.

For examples of how to perform common database operations, see the Database section:

• Managing tables, views, and data

• Querying joins and nested tables

• JSON and unstructured data

• Managing database functions

• Using full-text search

• Debugging performance issues