Introducing the PlanetScale API and OAuth applications
Jan 31, 2023Frances Thai, Taylor Barnett

Summary
This post introduces the PlanetScale API, detailing its capabilities for automating database management tasks such as creating/deleting branches, managing deploy requests, and generating connection strings. It also announces the beta release of OAuth applications, allowing users to authorize third-party applications to access their PlanetScale accounts. The post provides examples of API usage, authorization via service tokens, and showcases integrations with Netlify and Resmo, including a demo application 'PlanetPets'.