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title: "Creating Your First Database API | DreamFactory"
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# Creating Your First Database API

Video·2 January 2019·14 min 20 sec

The introductory walkthrough: generate a documented, secured database API, then exercise it through the auto-generated Swagger documentation. Longer and more explanatory than the newer quick-start videos, which makes it a good first watch if you want the reasoning rather than the speed run.

**Recorded in 2019.** The concepts still apply, but the interface shown predates the current DreamFactory release. Some steps may differ in the current release.

## What you’ll learn

* Generating a documented, secured database API from scratch
* Using the generated Swagger documentation to test endpoints
* The reasoning behind each step, at an unhurried pace

## Related article

* [What are REST endpoints that JOIN table data?](https://blog.dreamfactory.com/rest-endpoints-that-join-table-data)

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