The CData API Server includes a wizard for building APIs based on tables in your database. The wizard can be accessed from the Resources tab. A variety of databases are supported.

The resources of your API are defined in text-based schemas that are easy to extend. To edit a schema, click the edit button next to the resource in the table on the Resources tab.

You can also write your own schemas to surface files and back-end services as REST APIs; for example, you can surface XML as Web services.