Can I get data from the "return data API" from an API workflow on the frontend?

stela.vas · 2024-08-27T23:46:30.883Z

Hello and thanks in advance!

So I have an API workflow (internal, the ones we schedule) that creates an line at a table. On the front end, I want to get the unique id of this line. It may sound confusing, so let me use an example:

I have a table “filtered-workers-list”. On the front end i select the characteristics I want the workers (that are a type of data) to have and click on a “filter workers” button. This button calls an API workflow that uses those characteristics and filter the workers, creating a line at my “filtered-workers-list”. What I want is to be able to get information from this “filtered-workers-list” item I just created, so I want their unique ID.

Can I get this on the front end?

What I was trying to do was:

Set up the API workflow with te “return data from API”

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Then I tryed to get the return on the front end:

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But all I get is a number (which I think is the ID of the API workflow?). I’m aware that I can also do this through the API connector, so if there’s no way of getting this data return, I’ll just do it on the API connector. But I would like to know if it is possible. I read the returning data from API section of the bubble manual but it wasn’t very helpful. Related topics on the forum are around 2 years old

Thanks for reading!

georgecollier · 2024-08-28T00:04:23.235Z

Hey, this might be what you need.

How To Return Data From Backend API Workflows (no manual API connector) Tips

TLDR: calling backend workflow from API connector is unreasonably tedious app connector auto-sets up and syncs fields result/returned data from backend workflow can be used in following front-end steps Returning data from backend workflow in front-end without manually setting up API connector calls I have a lot of feelings today, as I’ve learned something that would’ve saved me hours of time had I known earlier, and it feels like something that only a handful of people know about (based on th…

stela.vas · 2024-08-28T00:11:33.156Z

I believe this is exactly what I need! I’ll apply it and bring news!

Thanks, really appreciate it.