API Data Source

[crypticnorth]

I’m trying to use an API that returns JSON. The schema is such that it takes parameters to return the values:

https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=tron&vs_currencies=usd

i’ve created my query parameters but how can i modify the schema dynamically?

[s.alpaslan]

https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids={{param1}}$vs_currencies={{param2}}

[crypticnorth]

okay, so would these be variables instead of actual defined parameters for the API data source? As soon as I define them the code starts to change.

[s.alpaslan]

I think you are new to wappers, so you can learn more by reading the document below

Yes, you can achieve the result you want.

API Connector components, how to use and connect REST/Curl API's

With the API Connector in Wappler, you have gained a lot of power to directly connect to API’s and fetch data or call their actions. The API Connector is based on three components: API Data Source API Action API Form In this article you will learn when to use the different API components and how. API Data Source The API Data Source is the most simple component but powerful API component and gives you a way to fetch data from the API so you can use it on your page as dynamic data. A basic u…

[crypticnorth]

thank you and yes, I am new to wappler. So I followed the document and it seems fairly straight forward. calling the API with the parameters seems to be working fine, however, how do I actually return the value from the call? As you can see here the value seems to be hard coded. How do I actually traverse the API result using my variables?:

{{coingeckoeth.data.bitcoin.usd}}

[s.alpaslan]

paste url
https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=tron&vs_currencies=usd
then click to fetch schema

thats it

[crypticnorth]

Thank you, I appreciate you responding, I’m deciding to manually build this application with PHP, unfortunately this seems to contrived. I could have built this already just coding it. Wappler seems like a great product, but not for me.