# Data API builder: REST, GraphQL and MCP for your databases

Canonical source : [Data API builder: REST, GraphQL and MCP for your databases](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/data-api-builder-rest-graphql-and-mcp-for-your-databases>)

Data API builder generates REST and GraphQL endpoints, as well as MCP tools, from Azure databases and on-premises stores. It supports several backends, including Azure SQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Cosmos DB, and runs in a container or locally during development.

Configuration defines entities and their permissions; DAB then translates requests into SQL. This layer reduces the API code teams need to maintain, while access remains shaped by the configuration and each database’s capabilities.

- Selected on : 2026-10-22

- Entry updated : 2026-11-07T20:32:37+0000

- Format : Article

- Source language : EN

Original resource : [Data API builder: REST, GraphQL and MCP for your databases](<https://github.com/Azure/data-api-builder>)

Tags : [MCP](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/mcp>) · [REST](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/rest-apis>) · [GraphQL](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/graphql>) · [Databases](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/databases>) · [Authorization](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/authorization>)

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