supabase

What is supabase?

The supabase npm package is a powerful tool for interacting with the Supabase platform, which provides a suite of backend services such as a PostgreSQL database, authentication, and real-time subscriptions. It allows developers to easily integrate these services into their applications.

What are supabase's main functionalities?

Database CRUD Operations

This feature allows you to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on your Supabase database. The code sample demonstrates how to fetch data from a table.

const { createClient } = require('@supabase/supabase-js');
const supabase = createClient('https://your-project.supabase.co', 'public-anon-key');

async function fetchData() {
  let { data, error } = await supabase
    .from('your_table')
    .select('*');
  if (error) console.error(error);
  else console.log(data);
}

fetchData();

Authentication

Supabase provides authentication services, allowing you to manage user sign-ups, logins, and sessions. The code sample shows how to sign in a user using email and password.

const { createClient } = require('@supabase/supabase-js');
const supabase = createClient('https://your-project.supabase.co', 'public-anon-key');

async function signIn() {
  const { user, session, error } = await supabase.auth.signIn({
    email: '[e-mail]',
    password: 'password'
  });
  if (error) console.error(error);
  else console.log(user, session);
}

signIn();

Real-time Subscriptions

Supabase supports real-time subscriptions, allowing you to listen for changes in your database and react to them in real-time. The code sample demonstrates how to subscribe to insert events on a table.

const { createClient } = require('@supabase/supabase-js');
const supabase = createClient('https://your-project.supabase.co', 'public-anon-key');

supabase
  .from('your_table')
  .on('INSERT', payload => {
    console.log('New row added!', payload);
  })
  .subscribe();

Storage

Supabase provides storage services for managing files. The code sample shows how to upload a file to a storage bucket.

const { createClient } = require('@supabase/supabase-js');
const supabase = createClient('https://your-project.supabase.co', 'public-anon-key');

async function uploadFile() {
  let { data, error } = await supabase.storage
    .from('your_bucket')
    .upload('public/avatar1.png', 'path/to/file.png');
  if (error) console.error(error);
  else console.log(data);
}

uploadFile();

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firebase

Firebase is a comprehensive app development platform that offers a variety of tools and services to help you develop high-quality apps. It provides functionalities similar to Supabase, such as real-time databases, authentication, and storage. Firebase is known for its ease of use and extensive documentation.

parse

Parse is an open-source backend framework that provides a suite of tools for building and managing mobile and web applications. It offers features like a database, user authentication, and file storage, similar to Supabase. Parse can be self-hosted, giving developers more control over their backend infrastructure.

hasura

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README

Supabase CLI [WIP]

Developer tools and helpers.

Getting started

Install

npm install supabase -g

Commands

supa init 
supa dev
supa eject