# I want to create a custom action that allows users to search a book from google api integration

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/i-want-to-create-a-custom-action-that-allows-users-to-search-a-book-from-google-api-integration/33172>\
**Category:** External Collections, Custom Actions & Collections\
**Created:** [October 26, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/i-want-to-create-a-custom-action-that-allows-users-to-search-a-book-from-google-api-integration/33172 "2022-10-26T19:23:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![rfaienza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@rfaienza](https://forum.adalo.com/u/rfaienza)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/i-want-to-create-a-custom-action-that-allows-users-to-search-a-book-from-google-api-integration/33172/1 "2022-10-26T19:23:05Z")

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i want the user to type in their book name and or author in the search input then when users click the “search button” which links to a custom action “google books api” to integrate search results based on what the user put for the book. However everytime i test the custom action it works but the wrong book keeps coming up. can someone help please

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**Author:** ![rfaienza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@rfaienza](https://forum.adalo.com/u/rfaienza)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/i-want-to-create-a-custom-action-that-allows-users-to-search-a-book-from-google-api-integration/33172/2 "2022-10-26T19:27:34Z")

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i want the search results to connect to this list. I created a new collection named search results with properities including text for the book title and author. and image for the book thumbnail.

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everyime i input the book the results are incorrect

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