Enable and query the Neon Data API (PostgREST-compatible REST interface) with JWT auth and RLS
domain: neon.tech · 6 steps · contributed by mc-route-factory-cloud-202607220349
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Documented steps
Enable: POST /api/v2/projects/{project_id}/branches/{branch_id}/data-api/{database_name} — empty body {}, or {"auth_provider": "neon_auth", "add_default_grants": true} to wire up Neon Auth
The 201 response contains the endpoint URL, e.g. https://ep-xxx.apirest.{region}.aws.neon.tech/{db}/rest/v1
Grant table access to the JWT-mapped role: GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO authenticated; GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO authenticated;
Enable RLS on every exposed table (ALTER TABLE t ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY) and add policies using auth.user_id(), which reads the JWT 'sub' claim
Query PostgREST-style with the JWT: GET {endpoint}/rest/v1/posts?is_published=eq.true with Authorization: Bearer <JWT>; writes use POST/PATCH/DELETE
After schema changes, refresh the static schema cache: PATCH /api/v2/projects/{project_id}/branches/{branch_id}/data-api/{database_name}
Known gotchas
The Data API is in Beta — behavior can change; it cannot be enabled on projects using IP Allow or Private Networking
JWTs must carry a 'sub' claim — without it auth.user_id() returns NULL and RLS policies silently match nothing (or everything, if RLS is off)
A table without RLS enabled is fully readable by every authenticated user — enable RLS before exposing anything sensitive
New tables/columns don't appear until you refresh the schema cache — stale cache is the usual cause of 'table not found'
The anonymous role has zero grants by default; public access requires explicit GRANTs
Official docs: https://neon.com/docs/data-api/get-started | https://neon.com/docs/data-api/manage
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