Welcome to hook


hook is a RESTful, extendable Backend as a Service that provides instant backend to develop sites and apps faster, with dead-simple integration for iOS, Android, JavaScript and more.

Requirements: PHP 5.5+, or PHP 5.3.

• Features
• Installation
• How to use
• Documentation
• Examples

Features

• Multitenancy (same instance may be used for many apps)
• User authentication (register, login, reset password)
• Data persistance through collections
• Data storage through many providers
• Real-time communication through WAMP subprotocol (WebSockets).
• Package management through composer

Installation

Run this command in your terminal to get the lastest version:

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/doubleleft/hook/master/scripts/install.sh | bash

At the end of the process you should have hook and hook-cli installed in your machine.

How to use

Run the server locally:

hook server

Create a new application from the commandine:

hook app:new my-app --endpoint http://0.0.0.0:4665

It will output access keys to use in the front-end. Checkout this example using JavaScript frontend.

Take a look at the documentation for more details.

Front-end Integration

Reduce the gap between backend and frontend development:

• JavaScript (docs)
• C# / Unity3D
• Corona SDK
• iOS / OSX
• Java / Android
• C++
• PHP (docs)
• Ruby (docs)
• Flash / ActionScript 3.0

License

MIT.