@backstage/backend-plugin-api
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This package provides the framework API used by Backstage backend plugins and modules.
Add the library to your backend plugin or module package:
# From your Backstage root directory
yarn --cwd plugins/<plugin>-backend add @backstage/backend-plugin-api
Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications. Unlike @backstage/backend-plugin-api, which is specifically designed for the Backstage ecosystem, Express is a general-purpose web server framework.
Hapi is a rich framework for building applications and services in Node.js. It is similar to @backstage/backend-plugin-api in that it provides a structured way to build backend services, but it is not specific to the Backstage platform and offers a broader range of features for general application development.
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Core API used by Backstage backend plugins
The npm package @backstage/backend-plugin-api receives a total of 500,848 weekly downloads. As such, @backstage/backend-plugin-api popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @backstage/backend-plugin-api demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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