Core Concepts

Overview

Dreambase provides a unified platform for building modern applications with built-in backend services. You get scalable databases, secure storage, serverless functions, and realtime capabilities—all managed from a single dashboard. This architecture eliminates the need to provision separate infrastructure, letting you focus on your code.

Platform Architecture

Dreambase uses a layered architecture: your application interacts with the API gateway, which routes requests to core services like databases, storage, and functions. Realtime updates flow through a pub/sub system.

This design ensures low-latency responses and automatic scaling.

Key Services

Explore Dreambase's core services through these feature cards.

Databases and Data Modeling

Databases in Dreambase support document collections with JSON-like documents. You define attributes, indexes, and relationships for efficient queries.

Data Modeling Example

Create a collection for users:

const sdk = new Dreambase.Client();
sdk.account.create('unique()', 'user@example.com', 'password');
const users = sdk.database.createCollection('users', 'Users');

from dreambase import Client
client = Client()
users = client.database.create_collection(
    database_id='default',
    collection_id='users',
    name='Users'
)

Use indexes for fast lookups on fields like email or createdAt.

Storage and File Management

Store user uploads, images, or assets securely. Files are encrypted at rest, and you can apply transformations like resizing.

Upload Workflow

const file = sdk.storage.createFile(
  'uploads',
  'image.jpg',
  inputFile
);

Permissions control read/write access per bucket.

Serverless Functions and Realtime

Functions

Deploy code that runs on triggers like HTTP requests or database events. Supported runtimes include Node.js, Deno, and Python.

module.exports = async (req, res) => {
  res.json({ message: 'Hello from Dreambase!' });
};

def main(req):
    return {'message': 'Hello from Dreambase!'}

Realtime Features

Subscribe to database changes or custom events:

sdk.subscribe('database.users', (payload) => {
  console.log('User updated:', payload);
});

Next Steps