An API is the part of the product other software talks to. Mobile apps, a separate frontend, a partner integration, a webhook from a payment provider. If that contract is vague, every team downstream guesses, and you pay for the guessing later.
Who this is for
- You have a frontend or mobile team and need a backend they can rely on.
- You need to connect an existing product to payments, email, a CRM, or an internal system.
- You inherited an API with no documentation and inconsistent auth.
- You are an agency delivering a client build and need the backend done under your brand.
This is not a fit if you want a visual website only and there is no data or login. We will tell you that on the call.
What we build
A backend you can deploy, with:
- Authentication that matches how users actually sign in (token, session, or SSO if you already have it).
- Resources and endpoints named after the business, with errors a client can handle.
- Jobs and queues for email, exports, imports, and anything slow.
- The specific integrations the product needs, not a generic “we integrate with anything” list.
- Documentation: OpenAPI or a maintained Postman collection. If your other developers cannot call an endpoint without asking us, the API is not done.
Language follows the project. New work with no existing stack is usually Laravel. An existing Node or Python service stays in that language unless there is a concrete reason to move it.
Process and timeline
We write the API contract before the handlers. That document is what the quote is based on. A small, closed set of endpoints is a fixed price. A rolling list of partner integrations is hourly, with time logged against each integration.
You see working endpoints in slices. The first slice is something your frontend can call, not a folder of empty controllers.
Timelines depend on third parties more than on our typing speed. A payment provider with a clear API is faster than a legacy system that only offers a nightly CSV. We will say which is which before you commit.
What changes the price
Number of resources, whether auth is simple or multi-tenant, how many external systems must be proven in staging, and whether we are also deploying and watching the first production week. Details are on pricing.
Related services
Laravel and PHP development if the whole app should live in Laravel. Custom web applications if you also need the interface. Mobile apps if the client is iOS and Android.
Send the systems you need to connect. If one of them is a poor fit, we will say so before quoting.