Hello everyone. We’re self hosting and trying to use the API but pointing to our self_hosted db. The docs indicate this: “_Hosted api through cal.com_ _Go to console.cal.com Add a deployment or go to an existing one. Activate API or Admin addon Provide your

DATABASE_URL

Now you can call api.cal.com?key=CALCOM_LICENSE_KEY, which will connect to your own databaseUrl_.” However, we can’t find any place to enter the DATABASE_URL to our deployment via console or even the option of an API or Admin addon. We do have a working database url added to .env of course, in order for our self hosted site to work, but no idea of how to make it work with the hosted API

@zomars is this correct?

Where are these docs?

License key is already in .env

Database url should be on env as well

we’re unable to make self-hosted API work, so we’re trying to use your hosted api with our database url according to your docs here:

_Provide your

DATABASE_URL

Now you can call api.cal.com?key=CALCOM_LICENSE_KEY, which will connect to your own databaseUrl_.” This is not a thing yet. Hosted API is not fully implemented yet

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we’re unable to make self-hosted API work

Care to provide more context on which difficulties did you encounter self hosting?

I can. However, there is no acknowledgement to the fact that your docs indicate a procedure that is “not a thing yet”? We’re on the platform plan trial, but we’ll become paying customers if we can make cal.com work

Do you use ssh keys to authenticate locally?

this is pointing to a https repo, so github required a password token, rather than ssh keys. We did provide that, else it would not clone

I’ll use this feedback to further improve the API onboarding experience BTW. Thank you for your patience

thank you. So I’m guessing the fact that the apps/api folder is empty means we’re doing something wrong? I do have access to this private repo in my github account, as you’ve invited me already.

We need to investigate what’s wrong there since most people seems to don’t have the issue

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Here’s some more info that may help https://www.taniarascia.com/git-submodules-private-content/#cloning-a-repo-with-submodules

just followed the step by step instructions by doing

submodule init

and then

submodule update

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Can you clarify what you mean by revert?

Just replace the file contents and see if that works

I think I have it working in another machine

That makes sense

ok. but that's what the docs for API say. You really need to fix the docs

It makes sense if you’re planning to make changes. But to use it out of the box not so much

Tried everything. API is not working. Trying to run this locally we get the following error:

He should be able to help just fine. We’re sorry that your experience haven’t met your expectations. Hoping tomorrow’s call will help clear out things for you.