[PHP] Breadly - The missing backend for App Inventor apps (beta)

Peter · August 23, 2018, 3:29am

This is a project i found on a different forum.

This is the Github page.

Maybe of use to someone.

yanquisalexander · October 29, 2019, 4:32pm

Wow, thanks for sharing this Peter, the user who created the backend is a genius, is more efficient than I currently use

deanart2012 · October 29, 2019, 8:12pm

You need to be a genius to use it. I tried and gave up.

yanquisalexander · October 29, 2019, 11:28pm

Well … I just customized it and adapted it to CinelarTV

Works great

hammerhai · October 29, 2019, 11:58pm

I went from to

Peter · October 30, 2019, 5:18am

That’s great. Can you tell what you changed in the original source?

yanquisalexander · October 30, 2019, 9:22am

Only some icons and tweaks in css (after using composer install)

The rest can be changed from the Dashboard itself (Tables, users, menus, etc)

I’m using XAMPP for local development

ShaikhSajidAli · October 30, 2019, 1:34pm

Let me try currently i am working in php side of my website

yanquisalexander · October 30, 2019, 2:09pm

I still have enough editing, but it is very useful, even the Json API requires authentication (Very useful for applications that store user data)

Some screenshots:

parmarparth996 · November 1, 2019, 5:34am

Can anyone tell me how to set up it u am learning

parmarparth996 · November 1, 2019, 7:29am

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yanquisalexander · November 1, 2019, 9:22am

github.com

avramovic/breadly/blob/master/readme.md

[![Gitpod ready-to-code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-blue?logo=gitpod)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/avramovic/breadly)

# Breadly

The missing backend for App Inventor applications.

Breadly allows you to perform BREAD operations on your relational database tables (*B*rowse, *R*ead, *E*dit, *A*dd, *D*elete). It also provides a simple HTTP API for your App Inventor apps to consume.

### Features 

* extremely robust & flexible (based on Laravel 5.5)
* multiple [DB drivers](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/database#introduction): mysql, postgre, sqlite, ...
* web based admin panel to manage database structure and data (*B*rowse, *R*ead, *E*dit, *A*dd, *D*elete)
* provides a base platform to integrate your app and your web site
* simple HTTP API (in JSON format) to use from within your App Inventor apps (with ordinary Web component)
* user registration system with roles and permissions out-of-the-box (JWT token)
* file uploads from your app to your server or S3 storage
* image uploads with automatic resizing
* file upload limits by file size and/or image dimensions
* ...and a lot more!

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Requeriments:

Composer
SSH Access (If you will use a web hosting)
MySQL/MariaDB
PHP

yanquisalexander · November 9, 2019, 12:34pm

Hi, I remembered your comment, I will do a tutorial later

deanart2012 · November 10, 2019, 1:35am

If you have the time that would be greatly appreciated.

Peter · November 10, 2019, 6:52pm

3 posts were merged into an existing topic: easy online database (free and safe)

avramyu · December 11, 2019, 11:34pm

Hello everyone,

I’m the author of Breadly. Feel free to ask anything about it, I’d be glad to help

avramyu · December 14, 2019, 11:23pm

Just published a new release with two small features added:

Your Breadly is now a Tiny Web DB storage service too! It’s there, enabled by default and ready to store your data!
Added a GUID authentication so you can quickly register/log in with device ID only!

To update, first pull a new version from git:

git pull

After that update Laravel components:

composer install

And finally, migrate the database:

php artisan migrate

Tiny Web DB

Not much philosophy here, just put your Breadly URL as your Tiny Web DB service URL and it will work.

To clear all data from Tiny Web DB at this moment you have to run the following command:

php artisan tinywebdb:purge

GUID authentication

Truth is, in most apps you just want to store some data related to the user and you usually do not need user email or name. Or you just don’t want to bother your users with registration/login process. This new API endpoint allows you to register/login user with GUID only. If the user does not exist, it will be created. If it exists, it will be logged in and you will receive a JSON token which you can then use with other endpoints.

/api/auth/guid

What is GUID? Short for “global unique identifier”, it can be any string, but it has to be unique to the user/device. A good idea is to use device ID or OneSignal ID as the guid, because those will most likely be unique, but it’s up to you to ensure it is unique. That’s why this option is disabled by default and can be turned on in Settings page. I’ll add more info about this in the docs (wiki) in the coming days.

yanquisalexander · December 15, 2019, 3:27am

Excellent

avramyu · January 21, 2020, 7:34pm

Just published a new release, with following improvements:

fixed not sending welcome email on web registration
installer improvements
added support for caffeinated/modules

As always, to update first pull a new version from git:

git pull

After that update Laravel components:

composer install

And finally, migrate the database:

php artisan migrate

I’ve added caffeinated/modules, which is a well known module package for Laravel so I hope in future we can have drop-in support for modules (similar like how Wordpress plugins work) to allow users to extend and modify Breadly behavior without the need to modify Breadly code.

To test the module system I started working on https://breadly.cloud, which is a Breadly SaaS (software as a service) powered by vanilla Breadly + a module which I developed. Just register on the site and you’ll get your own copy of Breadly (on a subdomain) and an SQLite database to play with. Do note that it’s still under construction and things may break. Also, I’m not enforcing any limitations on the database/storage size but please do not abuse that

almeidapablo · January 21, 2020, 8:27pm

This is very, very nice. It is not for everyone but even those who can’t work on it by themselves can pay someone to do it once and work alone most of the time without big problems.