sqlaas: SQL-as-a-service

Firebase for SQL

Quick Start

1. Create a free instance of this app on Heroku by clicking this button:
2. When it's done deploying, click View App button and record the URL of your heroku app. It'll be something like "https://calm-plateau-12345.herokuapp.com".
3. Follow the usage guide on connecting browser and node clients to start reading and writing SQL!

Usage

const dbUrl = "https://<APP_NAME>.herokuapp.com"
sqlaas("select * from employees;", dbUrl)
.then(queryResults => console.log("query results", queryResults))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
// expect 3 rows with columns id title name salary start_date

You can also write SQL directly in your browser URL bar:

https://<APP_NAME>.herokuapp.com/?sql=select * from employees;

Installation

Node:

npm install --save sqlaas

const sqlaas = require("sqlaas")

Browser:

<script src="../src/client.js"></script>
<!-- available as window.sqlaas -->

Server

To run your own SQL-as-a-service, clone down this repo and run

npm install
npm start

You'll need postgres running. npm start will tell you what to do if anything is missing. It will also create an example "employees" database if none exists.

Notes

• Heroku doesn't allow programmatic database creation, so this has to be per-user.
• No migrations, backups, or sharding; NOT FOR PRODUCTION! Very insecure!