# Struggling to connect to a local API **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [November 1, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/struggling-to-connect-to-a-local-api/5537 "2020-11-01T22:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sandywright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@sandywright](https://forum.adalo.com/u/sandywright)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/struggling-to-connect-to-a-local-api/5537/1 "2020-11-01T22:31:20Z")
I’ve exported a local API from lobe.ai. I’m trying to test it in Adalo using a custom action. Struggling to get access to localhost it seems. I’ve tested in Postman and that seems to be working. Anyone have any ideas? ![Screenshot 2020-11-01 at 22.27.39](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/7/7d984caf720ae02f545a739032d17f1e49713fb7.png) ---
**Author:** ![ncmarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@ncmarc](https://forum.adalo.com/u/ncmarc)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/struggling-to-connect-to-a-local-api/5537/2 "2020-11-01T23:00:15Z")
Adalo has to connect to something on the internet. It can’t connect to your local dev machine to pull API requests. ---
**Author:** ![anon78309838](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@anon78309838](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anon78309838)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/struggling-to-connect-to-a-local-api/5537/3 "2020-11-02T10:42:42Z")
The above answer is correct. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/struggling-to-connect-to-a-local-api/5537/4 "2020-11-12T10:42:45Z")
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