Generate a free REST API
Even without a backend or database access, you can quickly generate custom datasets and interact with them through a flexible REST API, then build your application using Retool.
Generate Custom Data Fast
Create and customize datasets that perfectly align with your specific project requirements.
Access Simple REST Endpoints
Interact with your data through straightforward, well-documented REST API endpoints↗.
Build with Retool Integration
Quickly develop functional applications using Retool's powerful interface builder.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, your API has GET, PUT, POST, PATCH, and DELETE endpoints for reading + writing to your dataset. Writes are persisted.
Your sample API will be available as long as you continue using it. We may delete it if it hasn’t been used in the last 30 days - please contact us if that is a concern for your use case.
Yes, you can call this API from wherever you need it (a mobile app, using cURL, Postman, etc.). To use your API in Retool, use our REST API connector↗.
Your dataset can have at most 150 rows.
Nope!
The API Generator is an embedded Retool app that uses some of our favorite open-source libraries, including json-server↗, Moment.js↗, faker.js↗ and Lodash↗.
Starting with Retool is simple, fast, and free.
