--- title: "Examples" description: "Tutorials and templates for building on Zuplo, filterable by category. Each example links to a full walkthrough and its source code on GitHub." canonicalUrl: "https://zuplo.com/examples" sourceUrl: "https://zuplo.com/examples" pageType: "other" generatedAt: "2026-09-23" --- # Deploy an API in minutes > Tutorials and templates to get you started fast This page lists 28 examples, each linking to a full walkthrough and its source code on GitHub. Examples can be filtered by category. A related [Videos](/videos) tab is also available from this page. ## Categories - Authentication - Authorization - Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) - Caching - Customization - API Governance - Git Ops - Logging - Model Context Protocol (MCP) - Programmability - Rate Limiting - Routing - Testing - Validation ## Examples Starters are shown first, followed by the rest. - **[Basic API Gateway](/examples/basic-api-gateway)** (Starter, Authentication) — Protect your backend API with authentication, rate limiting, and request validation. - **[Remote MCP Server with OAuth](/examples/remote-mcp-server-with-oauth)** (Starter, Model Context Protocol (MCP)) — Secure your MCP Server with OAuth authentication using Auth0. - **[Dev Portal with API Keys](/examples/dev-portal-with-api-keys)** (Starter, Authentication) — Let developers sign up and create their own API keys through a self-serve portal. - **[API Key + JWT Multi-Auth](/examples/api-key-jwt-multi-auth)** (Authentication) — Accept either an API key or a JWT on the same route with a composite inbound policy. - **[Circuit Breaker](/examples/circuit-breaker)** (Programmability) — Protect your backend from cascading failures by automatically blocking traffic when error rates exceed a threshold. - **[HTTP Deprecation](/examples/http-deprecation)** (API Governance) — Signal deprecated endpoints and sunset dates to API clients with standards-based Deprecation, Sunset, and Link headers. - **[Geolocation Routing](/examples/geolocation-routing)** (Routing) — Route requests to regional backends based on user location for data residency and latency optimization. - **[Canary Routing](/examples/canary-routing)** (Routing) — Gradually roll out new backend versions by routing a percentage of traffic to canary before full deployment. - **[Dynamic Rate Limits](/examples/dynamic-rate-limits)** (Programmability) — Set different rate limits based on user subscription tier or API key metadata. - **[Environment-Based Routing](/examples/environment-routing)** (Routing) — Route requests to sandbox or production backends based on API key metadata, like Stripe. - **[Idempotency Keys](/examples/idempotency-keys)** (Programmability) — Prevent duplicate API requests and ensure safe retries for payments and critical operations. - **[Semantic Caching](/examples/semantic-caching)** (Caching) — Reduce AI API costs by caching responses for semantically similar queries. - **[OpenAI App](/examples/mcp-server-openai-apps-sdk)** (Model Context Protocol (MCP)) — Build a ChatGPT App that connects to your API using MCP. - **[GraphQL MCP Server](/examples/mcp-server-graphql)** (Model Context Protocol (MCP)) — Make your GraphQL API available to AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT. - **[MCP Custom Tools](/examples/mcp-server-custom-tools)** (Model Context Protocol (MCP)) — Create AI tools that combine multiple API calls into a single action. - **[MCP Server Prompts](/examples/mcp-server-prompts)** (Model Context Protocol (MCP)) — Improve AI assistant interactions by adding guided prompts to your MCP Server. - **[Remote MCP Server](/examples/remote-mcp-server)** (Model Context Protocol (MCP)) — Expose your API to AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT with built-in security. - **[Schema Validation with File Refs](/examples/schema-validation-file-ref)** (Validation) — Validate requests against JSON schemas stored in separate files. - **[Mocking & Unit Test](/examples/test-mocks)** (Testing) — Test your Zuplo handlers and policies with mocked request and context objects. - **[Custom Base Path](/examples/oas-base-path)** (Programmability) — Remove or rewrite URL paths when forwarding requests to your backend. - **[OpenFGA Authorization](/examples/openfga)** (Programmability) — Implement fine-grained authorization with relationship-based access control. - **[Rewrite Request Body](/examples/rewrite-request-body)** (Programmability) — Transform request bodies before forwarding to your backend API. - **[Route Custom Data](/examples/route-custom-data)** (Programmability) — Add custom metadata to routes and use it in your policies and handlers. - **[API Linting](/examples/api-linting)** (API Governance) — Enforce API design standards and consistency across your team with automated linting. - **[Backend for Frontend (BFF) Auth](/examples/bff-auth)** (Authentication) — Secure your web app by handling authentication server-side without exposing tokens to the browser. - **[Custom Rate Limiting](/examples/custom-429-response)** (Programmability) — Customize the error response users see when they hit your API rate limits. - **[Custom Modules](/examples/custom-module)** (Programmability) — Use npm packages and third-party libraries in your Zuplo handlers and policies. - **[Log Request & Response](/examples/log-request-response)** (Programmability) — Debug API issues by capturing full request and response bodies in your logs. Each example's GitHub source is also linked directly from its card, at `https://github.com/zuplo/zuplo/tree/main/examples/`. ## Can't find what you're looking for? Check out all our examples on GitHub or read the docs to build your own custom solution. ## Next steps - [View all examples on GitHub](https://github.com/zuplo/zuplo/tree/main/examples) - [Read the docs](https://zuplo.com/docs)