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API Development and Integration for Web, Mobile and Partners
Documented REST or GraphQL APIs, webhooks and third-party integrations that do not break the first time a vendor changes a field.
API Development & Integration services from WordbitX
If the mobile app, website and warehouse each invent their own data, you will spend the next year reconciling it. WordbitX designs one API (or a small set) with auth, versioning and errors that clients can handle.
Integrations are treated as products: retries, logging and a way to replay a failed webhook. We do not leave a Zapier zap as the only production path unless that is explicitly the budget.
Who needs this service
- Teams launching a mobile app against a new or existing backend
- Businesses connecting Shopify, a POS or an ERP to a custom system
- SaaS products opening a partner API
- Companies drowning in manual CSV uploads
Problems We Solve
What api development fixes
These are the recurring issues clients bring us before this work starts.
01
Undocumented endpoints
New developers guess. We ship OpenAPI or equivalent docs with examples.
02
Silent failures
A payment webhook dies and nobody knows. We alert and store payloads.
03
Vendor lock-in
We wrap third parties so you can change a gateway without rewriting the app.
Benefits
What changes for your business
One contract
Web, mobile and partners share the same API rules.
Safer deploys
Versioning and staging stop breaking production clients.
Faster features
New screens reuse endpoints instead of new backends.
Auditability
Request logs when finance or support needs to see what happened.
What We Offer
Our api development offering
Greenfield APIs
Auth, resources, pagination and webhooks from scratch.
System integration
Payments, SMS, shipping, CRM, accounting and marketplaces.
API takeovers
Document and harden an inherited backend.
Partner APIs
Keys, rate limits and a developer-facing guide.
Features & deliverables
- API specification and postman or equivalent collection
- Authenticated staging and production environments
- Webhook retry and logging
- Integration runbook
Our Process
How we deliver api development
Each stage produces something you can review, so there are no surprises at handover.
- 01
Discovery
Goals, constraints, current tools and success metrics documented in writing.
- 02
Plan
Scope, stack, milestone plan and acceptance criteria agreed before work starts.
- 03
Build
Work delivered in reviewable stages on a shared staging environment.
- 04
QA & launch
Testing, handover documentation and a go-live checklist you can verify.
- 05
Support
A short post-launch window plus an optional monthly retainer.
Technologies & Tools
The stack we use for this service
Chosen per project based on your team, budget and long-term maintenance needs.
Node.js
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Laravel
GraphQL
Firebase
Why WordbitX
Why choose us for api development
Practical commitments, not slogans.
You own the accounts
Developer, ads, store and hosting logins stay in your business name.
Written scope first
No work starts until deliverables, timeline and price are agreed.
Lahore team, global clients
Built in Pakistan for companies in the US, UK, UAE, Canada and Australia as well as home market.
No fake case studies
We describe the work we actually do. We do not invent rankings or revenue.
FAQ
API Development questions, answered
Straight answers to what clients ask before starting this type of project.
REST for most business APIs. GraphQL when many clients need different shapes of the same graph. We pick in discovery, not by fashion.
Often yes, via database views, SFTP or a vendor’s limited API. We say if it is unsafe or more expensive than replacing the module.
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Send us your requirements and we will reply with an approach, milestone plan and realistic timeline for api development & integration.
Email usinfo@wordbitxtech.comCall or WhatsApp (PK)+92 325 1888841USA & International+1 (929) 619-7699
Typical reply time: same business day. We work with clients across Pakistan, the UK, US, UAE and Australia.