The best way to build an API, now for Heroku.
Make a git repo with anything in it. The repo is just a pretext to push to Heroku.
Note that the Heroku PostgreSQL addon will not work because it does not support having multiple database roles. I would recommend spinning up a Postgres database with Amazon RDS. Make sure you create it in the Virginia region because that's where Heroku's dynos are and it will decrease latency between the server and db.
Next install the Heroku Toolbelt and run these commands.
# first set up a new app
heroku create --stack=cedar --buildpack https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest-heroku.git
# now fill in the values specific to your database
heroku config:set AUTH_ROLE=foo
heroku config:set AUTH_PASS=abc
heroku config:set ANONYMOUS_ROLE=bar
heroku config:set DB_NAME=my_db
heroku config:set DB_HOST=foo.rds.amazonaws.com
heroku config:set DB_PORT=5432
heroku config:set DB_POOL=10
heroku config:set POSTGREST_VER=0.3.2.0
git push heroku masterTo determine the best value for DB_POOL ask the database by
running this SQL:
show max_connections;