# Can I use AWS service(s3, mongoDB) in order to showing images in LIst?

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/can-i-use-aws-service-s3-mongodb-in-order-to-showing-images-in-list/4365>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/can-i-use-aws-service-s3-mongodb-in-order-to-showing-images-in-list/4365 "2020-09-25T14:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryuichi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/ryuichi/32/2784_2.png) [@Ryuichi](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Ryuichi)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/can-i-use-aws-service-s3-mongodb-in-order-to-showing-images-in-list/4365/1 "2020-09-25T14:44:56Z")

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Hello!  
I am developing an Ios mobile app with Adalo!  
Now, I want to change my plan (Free → Paid) because I want to use AWS backend service with API.

However, I don’t know what adalo can do and it cannot do, with AWS service (I want to use [not Relational Data Base] like MongoDB).  
Can anyone show me? Thank you!

P.S. I read the adalo document([Displaying Images - Adalo Resources](https://help.adalo.com/integrations/external-collections-with-apis/airtable/displaying-images)), however I can’t find how to integrate with non relational DB.

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**Author:** ![Devops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/devops/32/3723_2.png) [@Devops](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Devops)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/can-i-use-aws-service-s3-mongodb-in-order-to-showing-images-in-list/4365/2 "2020-09-26T09:39:48Z")

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Hi there, this should be possible using an API call to AWS RDS or MongoDB and parsing the data to a custom list with an image URL.

> **[Accessing your Record ID](https://help.adalo.com/integrations/custom-actions)**
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> Each record in Adalo has a unique Record ID. Makers can now get access to a Record ID for use in custom actions, visibility rules, conditional actions, list filtering, or anywhere else in your app!

Now that said, you should consider speed performance (loading time) as you’re fetching an external database.

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**Author:** ![anon78309838](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@anon78309838](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anon78309838)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/can-i-use-aws-service-s3-mongodb-in-order-to-showing-images-in-list/4365/3 "2020-09-28T08:46:41Z")

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I have never personally tried this set up but I cannot see a reason why it wouldn’t work. Using an external collection would be best as you could then use that in a list to display images via URL.

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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:** [October 8, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/can-i-use-aws-service-s3-mongodb-in-order-to-showing-images-in-list/4365/4 "2020-10-08T08:46:43Z")

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