# Basics of setting up External API

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/basics-of-setting-up-external-api/16220>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/basics-of-setting-up-external-api/16220 "2021-08-19T18:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![agoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@agoo](https://forum.adalo.com/u/agoo)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/basics-of-setting-up-external-api/16220/1 "2021-08-19T18:17:08Z")

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As someone whose coding experience is mostly limited to HTML editing I’m finding it challenging to figure out how to connect Adalo to the WhenIWork External API. Perhaps WhenIWork simply uses different language for similar concepts. They provide a number of code snippet examples in their documentation:

[https://apidocs.wheniwork.com/external/index.html?#section/Authentication](https://apidocs.wheniwork.com/external/index.html?#section/Authentication)

While I think I’ve gotten the Authentication piece to work by plugging in portions of this to Adalo’s GUI, I can’t get the endpoint commands like GET to work.

Sorry that this is such a basic question, but I’m totally new to APIs. I probably need to hire someone but I’d like to have at least some understanding myself.

Thanks in advance for any guidance! -Andrew

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/basics-of-setting-up-external-api/16220/2 "2021-08-29T18:17:25Z")

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