Apillon Platform up close: Web3 services
Tags: webdev, programming, web3, blockchain
Published: 2023-03-10 16:39:49

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*Apillon's Web3 services are ready-to-use access points to Web3 technologies and everything needed for a few-click integration.*

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Web3 is more than a thing, it's a universe of things. Among those, Web3 technologies are what powers all Web3 tools, programs, software, apps, games, NFTs, metaverse, basically everything a user or builder interacts with in a decentralized way.

In this Web3-verse, [Polkadot](https://polkadot.network/) is one of the central figures and has contributed immensely to the ecosystem by introducing a network of powerful, niche-specific, and cross-chain communicatable parachains.

In this post, we explore what a Web3 service constitutes in Apillon and what it brings to the builder community.

## What is a Web3 service?

The key to understanding Web3 services in the context of Apillon is knowing what the Polkadot ecosystem (and many other Web3 players) currently lacks.

### Easy integration

If you decide to create a Web3 product integrating a Polkadot parachain, you're off to a long and possibly arduous journey. The obstacles, especially for newbies, [have been discussed](https://dev.to/apillon/how-apillon-changes-the-way-web3-products-are-built-24m6) already, but in short, it takes great skill and knowledge to navigate the technology, protocols, requirements, and frameworks before you can launch, test, tweak and update the outcome.

To lower the barrier to entry, Apillon defines Web3 services as dedicated Web3 solutions, that is, packages containing cutting-edge Web3 technologies together with their SDKs, APIs, and documentation, delivered in a few-click form for faster implementation.

As such, they introduce a new way for builders to implement Web3 technologies, bypassing the typical obstacles and delivering results quicker and with less toll on resources.

### Joint integration

As mentioned, the Polkadot Network has served as a launchpad for multiple parachains, perfected to serve a unique use case. However, while each parachain is optimized for a niche utility, they are not as easily integrated jointly within the same product. So, when incorporating two or more within an app, for example, you need to master each on their own *and* make them deliver the intended features jointly on a single interface.

To let you to employ multiple Web3 technologies in your products, Apillon's Web3 services are mutually connectable and seamlessly work together.

This way, you can create apps that, for instance, are hosted decentrally and thus unstoppable while delivering wallet-based user authentication or other Web3 features, all in just a few clicks.

![apillon-web3-services](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/pxvrdr8mfikwz1utu77z.gif)

## Where does Apillon source Web3 services from?

### Polkadot-originated services

The Apillon platform provides access to Web3 technologies primarily by [Polkadot](https://polkadot.network/)'s parachains, that is, niche-specific XCM chains that allow cross-chain data exchange and are optimized for specific purposes.

Apillon abstracts their innate coding complexity into a suite of sleek and easy-to-use development tools and API connectivity.

![apillon-api-connectivity-to-parachains](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/gc60ap4eq6b375otpw4v.png)

What you get is a direct access to the powerful functionalities of decentralized technologies, now turned into tangible, ready-to-use commands on a sleek user interface.

![apillon-web3-storage-by-crust-network](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/lns72e2ye80quw47ljgo.png)

### Room for more

While primarily supporting Polkadot parachains, the Apillon platform is agnostic by design towards service providers and technically capable of integrating external chains, tools, etc.

This means you could choose among multiple providers of a particular Web3 service or let the platform curate the choice based on your project's specifics. Plus, the Apillon development toolbox could be expanded with dedicated tools and UX-enhancing Web3 features that are not purely Web3 services in their essence, such as digital wallets.

As the Apillon team and [governing members](https://blog.apillon.io/apillon-platform-governance-key-takeaways-e63816522536) steer the platform's evolution and expansion, the newly added Web3 services should improve the adoption of Apillon and Web3 technologies among the builders' community.

## Which Web3 services does Apillon provide?

At the time of writing, the Apillon platform is in the [Beta stage](https://blog.apillon.io/apillon-launches-an-invitation-only-closed-beta-of-the-web3-development-platform-a075c38273a3) and delivers just a couple of Web3 services sufficient for testing key features.

In the upcoming platform versions, more Web3 services will be integrated and accessible to a broader audience.

### Web3 Storage

Apillon Web3 Storage is a decentralized storage service powered by [Crust Network](https://crust.network/). By storing website, app, or other files on a decentralized global network of nodes, you can improve their accessibility and mitigate the risk of unauthorized access.

Apillon Web3 Storage service implements [IPFS](https://ipfs.tech/) and [Crust Network](https://crust.network/) to pin files on multiple IPFS nodes. Plus, it introduces the concept of storage buckets, allowing for more dynamic use of decentralized storage and Web3 development.

> 🔎 Learn more about [Web3 Storage service on Apillon Beta](https://dev.to/apillon/apillon-platform-closed-beta-walk-through-web3-storage-555b)...

> 🔎 ... and [Crust Network in general](https://blog.apillon.io/crust-network-decentralized-storage-3d6de58b20e7).

### Web3 Hosting

As an application of Web3 Storage, Apillon Web3 Hosting is a decentralized hosting service powered, again, by [Crust Network](https://crust.network/). Hosting your website or app on a decentralized network of globally scattered nodes makes it unstoppable and defiant against single-point-of-access censorship.

Apillon Web3 Hosting implements [IPFS](https://ipfs.tech/) and [Crust Network]((https://crust.network/) to pin files on multiple IPFS nodes. Besides Apillon-native storage buckets, a more dynamic storage option, it also delivers straightforward access to [IPNS](https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/ipns/#mutability-in-ipfs), making way to on-demand file mutability.

> 🔎 Learn more about [Web3 Hosting service on Apillon Beta](https://dev.to/apillon/apillon-platform-closed-beta-walk-through-web3-hosting-12fk)...

> 🔎 and [IPFS & IPNS additionally integrated into the Apillon platform](https://dev.to/apillon/how-you-can-keep-your-decentrally-stored-and-hosted-website-up-to-date-with-ipfs-ipns-on-apillon-15ce).

### Web3 Computing

The post-Beta versions of the Apillon platform will deliver more Web3 services, including Web3 Computing.

Decentralized cloud computing powered by [Phala Network](https://www.phala.network/) will give you the means to create and launch high-performing and private smart contracts in even the most complex applications.

> 🔎 Learn more about [Phala Network and decentralized computing](https://blog.apillon.io/phala-network-decentralized-computing-cloud-ae42969ee156).

### Web3 Authentication

And, another Web3 service planned to take a slot on the Apillon platform is Web3 Authentication powered by the [KILT Protocol](https://www.kilt.io/).

The easy access to KILT's decentralized identifiers or DIDs will allow you to enrich your app or website with decentralized user identification or authentication of digital files and assets. This would improve the security of online data exchange while empowering your apps' users to be custodians of their valuables, identity included.

### Web3 services on demand

As a Web3 development enabler, Apillon obviously strives to expand the builders' playground with more services, tools, features, and opportunities.

Some of the planned services include Web3 data integrity and generating NFT collections, while others will be approved through community vote and Apillon's internal decision-making.

And, when [Apillon governance](https://blog.apillon.io/apillon-platform-governance-key-takeaways-e63816522536) rolls out to a full extent, everyone will have their say in cherry-picking the Web3 services and tools to be added to the Apillon platform.

## What can you build with Apillon Web3 services?

Each Apillon-supported Web3 service caters to a set of niche use cases. But why go with just one when multiple can be combined and integrated into a single product and adopted by the same user community?

You could either create a Web3 product from scratch or tweak just a feature or two of an existing app or website and bring it to a Web3 level, increasing its security, user privacy, execution, and transparency along the way.

![apillon-build-web3-products-social-network-example](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/pdovukxtul4bwbtdyn12.png)

In the context of the Apillon platform, here is what you could build with decentralized technologies.

With **Web3 Storage service**, you could create a blockchain-based app or website that needs to sustain heavy loads of asset and user data, for example, a metaverse-based social platform or an NFT marketplace.

> 🔎 Learn how [decentralized storage boosts the value of NFT metadata](https://dev.to/apillon/why-decentralized-storage-matters-for-nft-metadata-and-your-next-nft-collection-30dg).

Using the **Web3 Computing service**, you could build apps, games, or NFT marketplaces that support advanced privacy features and secret messaging. Decentralized computing could help you build Web3 NFT rendering farms, Web3 game servers, game engines, and more.

Or, with the **Web3 Authentication service**, you could onboard users to your app using a self-sovereign digital identity, either as a sole option or together with standard Web2 options, such as email or social log-in, for enhanced user privacy.

> 🔎 Discover more about the kind of [Web3 products could you build with Apillon](https://dev.to/apillon/what-kind-of-web3-products-could-you-build-with-apillon-55la)

## How to integrate Web3 services into your project?

While the original technical nature of supported parachains is quite complex, Apillon boils it down to just a few commands, API access, ample SDKs, and easy-to-navigate documentation.

Instead of having to research native docs, configure and integrate the parachain, manage its native token and file expiry, test, launch, tweak, and keep upgrading to conform to protocol upgrades, you could simply call a specific function, employ parachain feature, and launch.

Such a novel way of Web3 development significantly simplifies the go-to-market trajectory of your Web3 project. Plus, Apillon APIs are designed to be supported by any development framework and adapt to your working environment.

![apillon-crust-api-call-function-get-storage](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/g32s0r5qy2tq0crhw53t.png)

The Apillon Beta platform incorporates the following APIs:
* [Web3 Storage service API](https://wiki.apillon.io/build/3-apillon-api.html#web3-storage-api)
* [Web3 Hosting service API](https://wiki.apillon.io/build/3-apillon-api.html#web3-hosting-api)

In upcoming versions, more APIs for straightforward access to parachain services will be added.

Together with ample SDKs and documentation for faster and more streamlined integration of Web3 services, Apillon APIs allow you to create fully functional Web3 products with lower error risk and less need for external auditing.

Read more in [Apillon Wiki](https://wiki.apillon.io/).

## Web3 at your fingertips

At Apillon, we believe Web3 development should be less intimidating and more empowering. Replacing the need to dive deep into the technical abyss of Polkadot parachains, Apillon lets you navigate the Web3 sea by turning the abstract code into clickable Web3 services at your service.

Anyone with standard web development knowledge and fluency in the most common programming languages like Javascript or Python can start creating a Web project today and launch it by tomorrow.

Feel free to Beta-test the Apillon platform and experience the dev-friendly way of Web3 building.

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*This post was originally published on [Apillon Medium](https://blog.apillon.io/apillon-platform-up-close-web3-services-f77530dd274e).*