Deploying APIs

After building queries in Infactory, you can deploy them as API endpoints that applications can use. This guide explains how to deploy queries, manage deployed APIs, and integrate them into your applications.

The Deployment Process

Deploying a query transforms it from a development-stage query to a production-ready API endpoint that can be called from your applications.

Deploying Your First Query

Select a query to deploy

From the Build tab, select the query you want to deploy.

Click the Deploy button

Click the Deploy button at the top of the query editor.

Review deployment details

Review the deployment summary, which shows:

Query name and description
Required parameters (slots)
Estimated performance characteristics

Confirm deployment

Click Deploy to confirm and deploy your query as an API endpoint.

The Deploy Page

The Deploy page is your command center for managing deployed queries and APIs. The Deploy page consists of these main components:

Deployed Queries List: All queries that have been deployed as API endpoints
API Documentation: Interactive Swagger documentation for your APIs
API Key Management: Tools for creating and managing API keys
Usage Metrics: Statistics on API usage and performance

Testing Deployed Queries

Navigate to the Deploy tab

Click on the Deploy tab in your Infactory project.

Find your deployed query

Locate your deployed query in the list or search for it by name.

Open the API documentation

Click on the Test or API Docs button for your query.

Enter parameter values

Fill in values for any required parameters (slots).

Execute the API call

Click Execute to run a test call to your API endpoint.

View the response

See the structured data response from your API endpoint.

Understanding the API Architecture

Infactory provides two ways to interact with your deployed queries:

1. Unified API Endpoint

The unified endpoint allows you to send natural language questions and have Infactory automatically route them to the appropriate query:

POST https://api.infactory.ai/v1/query

Request Format

{
  "query": "What is the average height for each position?",
  "project_id": "your_project_id",
  "stream": false
}

Response Format

{
  "data": [
    { "position": "Quarterback", "average_height": 75.2 },
    { "position": "Running Back", "average_height": 70.8 },
    { "position": "Wide Receiver", "average_height": 72.5 }
    // ... more results
  ],
  "query_used": "average_by_category",
  "parameters": {
    "category": "position",
    "metric": "height"
  },
  "execution_time_ms": 124
}

2. Direct Query Endpoints

You can also call specific query endpoints directly with their parameters:

POST https://api.infactory.ai/v1/queries/{query_name}

Request Format

{
  "category": "position",
  "metric": "height"
}

Response Format

{
  "data": [
    { "position": "Quarterback", "average_height": 75.2 },
    { "position": "Running Back", "average_height": 70.8 },
    { "position": "Wide Receiver", "average_height": 72.5 }
    // ... more results
  ],
  "execution_time_ms": 118
}

API Key Management

To secure your API endpoints, Infactory uses API keys:

Creating an API Key

Navigate to API Keys section

In the Deploy tab, click on the API Keys section.

Create new key

Click the Create New Key button.

Configure key details

Enter a name for the key (e.g., “Development”, “Production”)

Set permissions

Select which projects and environments this key should have access to.

Create key

Click Create to generate the API key.

Save your key

Copy and securely store the displayed API key - it will only be shown once!

Using API Keys

Include your API key in all requests to the Infactory API:

const response = await fetch('https://api.infactory.ai/v1/query', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: "What is the average height for each position?",
    project_id: "your_project_id"
  })
});

Managing Deployed Queries

Updating a Deployed Query

Navigate to the Build tab

Go back to the Build tab to make changes to your query.

Make your changes

Edit the query code or parameters as needed.

Test your changes

Click Run to test your updated query.

Deploy updates

Click Deploy to update the deployed version of your query.

Confirm update

In the confirmation dialog, you’ll see that this is an update to an existing query. Click Deploy to confirm.

Undeploying a Query

Navigate to the Deploy tab

Go to the Deploy tab in your Infactory project.

Find the query

Locate the query you want to undeploy in the deployed queries list.

Undeploy the query

Click the Undeploy button or menu option for that query.

Confirm undeployment

In the confirmation dialog, click Undeploy to confirm.

Integrating with Your Applications

Here are examples of how to integrate with Infactory APIs in different languages:

JavaScript/TypeScript

// Using the unified API endpoint
async function askQuestion(question) {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.infactory.ai/v1/query', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      query: question,
      project_id: "your_project_id"
    })
  });
  
  return await response.json();
}

// Example usage
async function displayResults() {
  const results = await askQuestion("What is the average height by position?");
  console.log(results.data);
  // Process and display the results
}

Python

import requests

# Using the unified API endpoint
def ask_question(question, project_id):
    url = "https://api.infactory.ai/v1/query"
    headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
    payload = {
        "query": question,
        "project_id": project_id
    }
    
    response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
    return response.json()

# Example usage
def display_results():
    results = ask_question("What is the average height by position?", "your_project_id")
    print(results["data"])
    # Process and display the results

Node.js

const axios = require('axios');

// Using the unified API endpoint
async function askQuestion(question, projectId) {
  const response = await axios.post(
    'https://api.infactory.ai/v1/query',
    {
      query: question,
      project_id: projectId
    },
    {
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
      }
    }
  );
  
  return response.data;
}

// Example usage
async function displayResults() {
  try {
    const results = await askQuestion("What is the average height by position?", "your_project_id");
    console.log(results.data);
    // Process and display the results
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error querying Infactory:', error);
  }
}

Advanced API Features

Streaming Responses

For queries that might return large datasets, Infactory supports streaming responses:

async function streamResults() {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.infactory.ai/v1/query', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Accept': 'text/event-stream'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      query: "List all players and their statistics",
      project_id: "your_project_id",
      stream: true
    })
  });
  
  const reader = response.body.getReader();
  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
  
  while (true) {
    const { done, value } = await reader.read();
    if (done) break;
    
    const chunk = decoder.decode(value);
    // Process each chunk as it arrives
    processChunk(chunk);
  }
}

Error Handling

Always implement proper error handling in your API integrations:

try {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.infactory.ai/v1/query', {
    // ... request details
  });
  
  if (!response.ok) {
    const errorData = await response.json();
    console.error("API Error:", errorData);
    
    // Handle specific error types
    if (errorData.error === "invalid_query") {
      // Handle invalid query error
    } else if (errorData.error === "authentication_failed") {
      // Handle authentication error
    } else {
      // Handle other errors
    }
    
    return;
  }
  
  const data = await response.json();
  // Process successful response
} catch (error) {
  console.error("Network Error:", error);
  // Handle network errors
}

Rate Limiting

Infactory implements rate limiting to ensure fair usage of the platform. Rate limits vary by plan and are applied on a per-API-key basis. If you exceed your rate limit, you’ll receive a 429 Too Many Requests response with information about when you can retry:

{
  "error": "rate_limit_exceeded",
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded. Please retry after 134 seconds.",
  "retry_after": 134
}

Implement exponential backoff in your applications to handle rate limits gracefully:

async function callWithRetry(apiCall, maxRetries = 3) {
  let retries = 0;
  
  while (true) {
    try {
      return await apiCall();
    } catch (error) {
      if (error.response && error.response.status === 429 && retries < maxRetries) {
        const retryAfter = error.response.headers['retry-after'] || 1;
        console.log(`Rate limited. Retrying after ${retryAfter} seconds...`);
        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, retryAfter * 1000));
        retries++;
      } else {
        throw error;
      }
    }
  }
}

Monitoring and Analytics

Infactory provides analytics and monitoring for your deployed APIs:

Available Metrics

Usage Over Time: Track API calls over hours, days, or months
Average Response Time: Monitor performance and identify slow queries
Error Rate: Keep track of errors and their causes
Popular Queries: See which queries are used most frequently
User Insights: Understand what questions users are asking most often

Setting Up Alerts

You can set up alerts for important API events:

Navigate to the Alerts section in the Deploy tab
Click Create Alert
Choose the alert type (e.g., “Error Rate Above Threshold”)
Configure alert parameters and notification methods
Click Save

Best Practices

Unified vs Direct

Use the unified endpoint for conversational interfaces and direct endpoints for specific operations.

Proper Error Handling

Implement robust error handling in your API integrations to provide a good user experience.

Rate Limiting

Implement backoff strategies to handle rate limits gracefully.

Caching

Cache common query results to improve performance and reduce API calls.

Security

Never expose your API keys in client-side code. Use a backend service to proxy requests when needed.

Monitoring

Regularly check your API usage metrics to identify optimization opportunities.

Next Steps

Now that you know how to deploy queries and integrate with the Infactory API, learn how to explore and test your queries in the Exploring Queries guide.

Getting Started

Core Features

Developer Guides

Use Cases

Resources

​Deploying APIs

​The Deployment Process

​Deploying Your First Query

​The Deploy Page

​Testing Deployed Queries

​Understanding the API Architecture

​1. Unified API Endpoint

​Request Format

​Response Format

​2. Direct Query Endpoints

​Request Format

​Response Format

​API Key Management

​Creating an API Key

​Using API Keys

​Managing Deployed Queries

​Updating a Deployed Query

​Undeploying a Query

​Integrating with Your Applications

​JavaScript/TypeScript

​Python

​Node.js

​Advanced API Features

​Streaming Responses

​Error Handling

​Rate Limiting

​Monitoring and Analytics

​Available Metrics

​Setting Up Alerts

​Best Practices

Unified vs Direct

Proper Error Handling

Rate Limiting

Caching

Security

Monitoring

​Next Steps

Deploying APIs

The Deployment Process

Deploying Your First Query

The Deploy Page

Testing Deployed Queries

Understanding the API Architecture

1. Unified API Endpoint

Request Format

Response Format

2. Direct Query Endpoints

Request Format

Response Format

API Key Management

Creating an API Key

Using API Keys

Managing Deployed Queries

Updating a Deployed Query

Undeploying a Query

Integrating with Your Applications

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Node.js

Advanced API Features

Streaming Responses

Error Handling

Rate Limiting

Monitoring and Analytics

Available Metrics

Setting Up Alerts

Best Practices

Next Steps