--- title: How To Build A Production Ready API - Auth, JWT, API Keys description: A comprehensive walkthrough for building a production-ready REST API using Hono (TypeScript), covering full CRUD operations, Zod validation, Drizzle ORM with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-production-ready-api---auth-jwt-api-keys-wm0z1pbzm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How To Build A Production Ready API - Auth, JWT, API Keys | daily.dev og:description: A comprehensive walkthrough for building a production-ready REST API using Hono (TypeScript), covering full CRUD operations, Zod validation, Drizzle ORM with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-production-ready-api---auth-jwt-api-keys-wm0z1pbzm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wm0Z1pBzm.png og:image:alt: How To Build A Production Ready API - Auth, JWT, API Keys og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How To Build A Production Ready API - Auth, JWT, API Keys **[Web Dev Simplified](https://daily.dev/sources/wds)** · 104 min read · 37 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A comprehensive walkthrough for building a production-ready REST API using Hono (TypeScript), covering full CRUD operations, Zod validation, Drizzle ORM with PostgreSQL, Docker setup, and authentication foundations including password hashing, JWT, and API key management. Also demonstrates using the Requestly API client for automated testing with environment variables and dynamic collection variables. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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