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by LAC-Tech 1403 days ago
I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding what supabase is.

I thought it was a Postgres database that gave you a PostgREST HTTP API interface.

If that's the case... what does the javascript library do?
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tfsh 1403 days ago
The JS library is an interface to the HTTP API which handles functionality such as authentication, querying (and the likes) and more complex functionality such as real-time updates. I notice V2 also included auto-generated type defs for various table columns
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kiwicopple 1403 days ago
yes you're right. The JS library is a thin wrapper around PostgREST's API (https://github.com/supabase/postgrest-js)

Supabase now offers a few more features which integrate with the Postgres database - File Storage (s3), Authentication, Deno Functions, and Realtime (database change listeners). Each of these services is a standalone server and each has a corresponding JS library.

"supabase-js" wraps up the modular JS libraries into a single library for convenience

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LAC-Tech 1403 days ago
Ok that puts in perspective. It's a convenience package not a must have.
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