I am working on a similar External Collection Benjamin. I am almost there to make it work perfectly, but I am facing a small issue raised on this forum topic:
Hello everyone.
New Adalo user here… establishing my first External Collection.
I was able to create and successfully test the External Collection, but one of the required parameters is an “input”. To create and test the EC, I used a dummy value (“test”), but I need this string to be provided later on, during the app use, using a Text Input field.
When trying to crate the EC without this “input” attribute, the test shows error (which is expected, since the “input” is mandatory for my query).
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I am using Google Places API, which I believe will help on your task.
This forum topic also helped me a lot:
Referencing recommendations from Adalo staff on previous topics Google place api returns results incorrectly and Get Google Place Images via API , I have set about trying to add Google Places as an external collection.
Structuring the request per Google’s documentation, I am able to get a response. Unfortunately, Adalo consistently returns “An error occurred when calling Get All” and that it “Could not find any results. Are you sure the Results Key is correct?” I’ve attached some screenshots. Co…
I hope I could help you.
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