Supabase: Edge Functions & API Development

Your API keys and payment logic shouldn’t sit in code that anyone’s browser can read.

Logic That Needs a Server

Your app needs to take a payment, call an outside service or process a webhook, and that work can’t safely run in the browser. You’d rather not stand up a separate server just for that.

Supabase Edge Functions are small pieces of server-side TypeScript that run close to your users. We build them for payment processing, outside API connections, data transformation and any other server-side logic your app needs.

Diagram of Supabase Edge Functions at the center, connecting payments, webhooks and outside APIs with secrets kept safe.

What Functions Can Do

Custom API endpoints for your business logic

Connections to outside APIs and webhooks

Scheduled functions for background work

Edge deployment for quick responses

How We Build Functions

1

Scope Logic

We separate what must run on the server, like payments and API calls, from what can stay in your app.

2

Write Code

Each function is written in TypeScript on Deno, with one clear job and defined inputs and outputs.

3

Protect Secrets

API keys and webhook secrets go in Supabase’s encrypted secrets store, never in your code.

4

Deploy and Test

We deploy each function, set any schedules, and test it against the services it calls.

Why Choose System Strats

We’ve architected Supabase backends for web and mobile applications. Edge Functions are one part of that backend, so we plan each one around your database and access rules.

Frequently Asked Questions

They handle server-side logic that can’t run in the browser. That includes payment processing, API key handling, complex calculations, sending email, webhook handling and connecting to outside services.

They use TypeScript running on Deno. If your team knows TypeScript or JavaScript, there’s very little to learn.

Yes. A function can connect with full access or with RLS policies applied. That depends on whether it uses the service role key or a user’s login token.

We keep them out of your code. API keys, webhook secrets and other sensitive values go in Supabase’s encrypted secrets system.

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