Today I had to build a simple API route to capture web page screenshot. Given that I am mostly working with Node.js these days, the natural choice was to create an API route using Express.js and use Puppeteer to capture screenshot. This API route expects three parameters; url…
You can query firestore (a firebase db) quite easily. But when it comes to string search; they dropped the ball and send you to third party search solutions. There is nothing wrong with that if your project needs a full text search; but what if you just want a simple…
Let's get right in to creating a blockchain explorer for the Ethereum mainnet. You can choose to run your own Ethereum full node or use one of the gateway API provider like Cloudflare's Ethereum Gateway. If you are running your own node then I assume you already know how to…
Here is how you can use ipapi to get a detailed geolocation information of any IP address.…
There are many ways you can build a marketplace like the one from Airbnb, TaskRabbit etc. Flex gives you full control on your processes and design. It's a marketplace API service which gives you everything you need to build a marketplace quickly.…
You can create your own email service in few minutes. Here are some ideas which you can pursue to either solve your own problem or create a service to solve a wider issue. Your company's SMTP server to send and receive emails, Start a SMTP email relay service like sendgrid, mailgun etc.…