---
title: "Creating an API with Bun"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/creating-an-api-with-bun-vfti4k8np
source_url: https://blog.openreplay.com/api-creation-with-bun/
type: article
source: "asayer"
published: 2023-12-24T20:30:00.727Z
updated: 2023-12-24T20:29:58.828Z
tags: ["javascript", "nodejs", "deno", "bun"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 145
comments: 8
language: en
---

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# Creating an API with Bun

**[asayer](https://daily.dev/sources/asayer)** · 11 min read · 145 upvotes · 8 comments

## Summary

Learn how to use Bun, a new JavaScript runtime, to create a full API. Explore the features of Bun, set up your development environment, create a database, implement services and controllers, and set up a Bun-Elysia server.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://blog.openreplay.com/api-creation-with-bun/>

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**@hakym** · 4 upvotes

> So this is just NodeJS and express, but modified

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Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#deno](https://daily.dev/tags/deno), [#bun](https://daily.dev/tags/bun)

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