Questions about API

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#1

Hello,

I’ve just started working with Wappler and have few questions about API, will be very grateful for answers and tips.

  • [Q] Seems apps for API Data source are available in PRO version, what is difference between API calls fro Pro and Basic version using Wappler?
  • [Q] Are redirections built-it within forms or requires another extension turned on?
  • [Q] Are connecting 3rd party API’s allowed using JS code and extensions?
  • [Q] Which extensions are crucial to work with API, Database, Data upload using FTP (including images)
  • [Q] What DMXZone can bring extra into development using Wappler does it bring more than casual extensions?
  • [Q] Are there design restrictions on the response format of APIs?
#2

If you want to work with databases and external databases you will need the Pro version. All DMXzone App Connect and Server Connect extensions are available in Wappler. For the API response format Wappler only supports JSON, so no XML or SOAP APIs. If you have some programming experience you can however extend Server Connect to parse there kind of formats.

#3

Thank you patrick. How about 3rd API’s?

#4

In Wappler we don’t force you to use our build-in plugins, you are free to use any 3rd party code you want. The only thing that you will probably miss is that we can’t provide a UI for it, so you will probably have to work directly in code then.

External APIs that output JSON can be accessed without a problem, there may be some edge cases where some specific authentication is required that we don’t support. If you find something is missing that would be useful to implement in Wappler you can always post it as a feature request here in the community, other users can then vote on it and perhaps it will be included in Wappler.