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I am currently testing an external API integration in Pigment to retrieve a response and display it within the platform.
 


Setup Details:

  • I configured an API connection in Pigment.

  • On the Action board, I added a card with a button to trigger the API call.

  • When I click the button, the API call is successfully triggered.

Issue:

  • Although the API call is being made, I am not receiving any JSON response within Pigment.

  • The response does not seem to be captured or displayed.

Questions:

  1. Is Pigment’s external API setup only meant for POST requests, or can it also handle GET requests and return responses?

  2. Can I retrieve the API response and manipulate or display it within Pigment?

  3. If yes, what is the proper way to map or use the response JSON in Pigment?


​@Julien | ​@Igor P | ​@CDALMAY | ​@Thu Mai | ​@Jared Dolich 

Hi, my understanding is that the external api can only trigger something but the response your api issues cannot be handled direcly within pigment.

Hence the documention stating "

  • POST HTTP requests only"...so no get method anyway

It s main purpose is to trigger a process in another application (typically a data pipeline / etl job or some equivalent that eventually send data to your pigment app)

So it s a one way api call, not a 2 way call.

I would be ace to be able to handle response to api calls and trigger stuff.. it would make for a great idea / enhancement feature.

​@FPA - Thanks for the details.
Does the body payload support only JSON, or can I send XML as well?

@Julien | ​@Igor P | ​@CDALMAY | ​@Thu Mai | ​@Jared Dolich 

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