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Hook.io Microservice Platform Adds Role Based Access Control and API Access Keys

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So this is also available to free accounts? What's the difference between "private hooks" and access-controlled ones then, access to the code behind it?

Yes, this is available for free accounts.

Private hooks is a paid-only feature which restricts the `hook::run` role to only run for authenticated users or api keys.

This looks really cool but I'm not 100% sure what it is for. Googling produces fairly generic results - can anyone point me towards some practical use cases for microservices?

Any plans to add Golang as an experimental/supported language?

Yes, we've had an open discussion to implement Golang.

see: https://github.com/bigcompany/hook.io/issues/157

I'll probably try to implement C and Golang in the same update.

Is there a way to use hook.io with websockets? I want to hook on incoming websocket events from external service, process it and send data via HTTP. How can I do this?

This has been discussed before.

I'll most likely add this feature sometime in the future.

Discussion: https://github.com/bigcompany/hook.io/issues/113

We've now added Websocket Hooks as a new feature.

https://hook.io/blog/websocket-hooks

Sorry. Ameteur question here. What does this do? Is it like a serverless service like AWS lambda?

hook.io is a hosting platform for microservices. Yes, it's for "serverless" architectures. We also beat AWS Lambda to market by over two months.

If only that was important ;)

I think it is important to note we beat AWS Lambda to market.

It goes to show you the innovation behind hook.io. We've been ahead of the curve on functionality for microservice hosting since day one.

Just like how AltaVista beat Google to the search engine market by several years? :)

Completely off-topic but the website design is just hideous.

I agree. It also fails to confuse or distract me.

Agreed - although important to note it seems that _Marak_ is the sole developer so that makes sense - hard to be awesome at everything! I'd recommend using an out of the box theme to make everything look a little more professional and trustworthy :)

Please don't do this here.

Unfortunately, I agree.

As the sole developer of the entire platform ( with no background in graphic design or any design budget ), it's been difficult for me to make the project look nice.

The entire thing is 100% open-source. If anyone wants to help with design, please reach out at: support@marak.com

I usually go to ThemeForest and buy a theme, for $8 or $20. I have found them easy to customize and cut down to what I want, usually massaging them into a Django template. You get a great look for incredible value.

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