I need a list to show multiple records from an API response. I’m using a custom action to get the response because there are queries that the user needs to supply. But my list is only showing one record. [Screen Shot 2020-10-30 at 12.46.42 PM] I need a list of all the rates (Lines starting with …

Can you use external collections instead of custom actions ? Then use the filter in the list to apply the API parameters you need …

Yeah, external collection then in the list you select the collection then can add filter queries.

@ncmarc do you happen to know how to do that when the thing you want to filter is a mandatory part of the api request and needed to save the external collection when setting it up?

No, all the API requests I have, I made myself because it’s displaying data from a MySQL database that powers a website with the same data, so I can taylor my requests exactly. If you are connecting to a 3rd party api that you don’t have control over, it might be more difficult.

You can use external collections as alreayd suggested. Another alternative is to use a 3rd party API integrator such as zapier, integromat or parabola to achieve this through the collections api.

Exactly my issue. During set up the queries work out and my response is what I need, but you cannot insert smart text when setting up the collection.

Also - I’ve tried doing both custom action and custom collection. When doing a custom collection I get a list of every result I’ve ever gotten. Witch is not usable either. I need to somehow get a list of just the “rates”: [ from that specific response or be able to sort it by user and time create…

@anon78309838 and @ashley this is the same issue that has cropped up several times just this week. Is there a way the dev team could add example request info in the External Collections setup like they did in the Custom Actions setup?

Agreed, I have another post here :point_down: [image] Custom Actions not fetching all the data Get Help Hi @ArijitDas , welcome to the community! blush Adola currently doesn’t support creating multiple records from a JSON array with custom Actions. The good news is that …

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Agreed, I have another post here

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