> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ub.bitbros.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> urBackend is a Backend-as-a-Service that gives you instant REST APIs on your own MongoDB database — no server code required.

## What is urBackend?

urBackend is an open-source **Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS)** built on the principle of **Bring Your Own Database (BYOD)**. You connect your own MongoDB instance, define your collections, and get a production-ready REST API in seconds — without writing a single line of server code.

Your data stays in your database. urBackend provides the API layer, authentication, file storage, and security on top of it.

## Why use urBackend?

**No backend boilerplate.** Create a collection in the dashboard and your REST endpoint is live immediately. There is no server to provision and no routing to configure.

**Dual-key security built in.** Every project gets a publishable key (`pk_live`) for safe use in frontend code and a secret key (`sk_live`) for server-side operations. The two keys have different trust levels and are enforced at the API layer.

**Auth is included.** Sign-up, login, JWT issuance, profile management, password reset, email verification, and social login (GitHub and Google) are all available out of the box through the `/api/userAuth/*` endpoints.

## Features

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Database" icon="database" href="/guides/database">
    Create collections, define schemas, and read or write JSON documents through a standard REST API. Supports filtering, pagination, and sorting.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Auth" icon="lock" href="/guides/authentication">
    Built-in user authentication with JWT tokens. Supports sign-up, login, email verification, password reset, and social login via GitHub and Google.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Storage" icon="folder-open" href="/guides/storage">
    Upload files and images and receive public CDN links automatically. Delete files by path when they are no longer needed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Webhooks" icon="webhook" href="/guides/webhooks">
    Receive HTTP callbacks on data events. Secured with HMAC-SHA256 signatures, with automatic retries and delivery logs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="SDK" icon="code" href="/sdk/overview">
    A typed JavaScript/TypeScript client that wraps the REST API. Covers auth, database reads and writes, and storage operations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Row-Level Security" icon="shield-check" href="/concepts/row-level-security">
    Let authenticated frontend users write their own data safely using their publishable key and a user JWT — no secret key exposure required.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Your first API call

Once you have a project and a collection set up, reading data requires only your publishable key:

```javascript theme={null}
const response = await fetch('https://api.ub.bitbros.in/api/data/products', {
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'pk_live_...'
  }
});

const { data } = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

The `pk_live` key is safe to include in frontend and mobile code — it grants read access only. Write operations require either the `sk_live` key (server-side) or a user JWT with Row-Level Security enabled on the collection.

<Note>
  Ready to build? Follow the [Quick Start](/quickstart) to go from a blank project to live read/write endpoints in under 60 seconds.
</Note>