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Inngest Has a Free API — Event-Driven Functions with Zero Infrastructure

Inngest Has a Free API — Event-Driven Functions with Zero Infrastructure

via Dev.to WebdevAlex Spinov

Inngest lets you build reliable event-driven functions with retries, scheduling, and step functions — all from your existing codebase. No queues, no workers, no infrastructure. Why Inngest? Zero infrastructure — no Redis, no queues, no workers to manage Step functions — each step is individually retryable Event-driven — trigger functions from events, webhooks, schedules Works everywhere — Next.js, Express, Remix, Deno, Bun Quick Start npm install inngest npx inngest-cli@latest dev # Local dev server import { Inngest } from ' inngest ' ; const inngest = new Inngest ({ id : ' my-app ' }); // Define a function export const sendWelcomeEmail = inngest . createFunction ( { id : ' send-welcome-email ' }, { event : ' user/created ' }, async ({ event , step }) => { // Step 1: Get user details const user = await step . run ( ' get-user ' , async () => { return await db . getUser ( event . data . userId ); }); // Step 2: Send email await step . run ( ' send-email ' , async () => { await email . s

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