How to iterate through a custom state list?

[ruchikaabbi]

Hi,
I have a repeating group with questions and radio buttons. I have 2 custom states (list), one for the questions, one for answers. Custom state gets updated when radio button value changes.

I want to create records in the database but don’t know how to iterate through a custom state list.

I have seen some solutions recommending API workflow for this, but can’t figure out the details of it.
Any suggestions on how to go about this?
Thanks,
Ruchika

[boston85719]

Check out the list shifter plugin

List Shifter: Reverse, Rotate, Swap and ITERATE (Loop) Over Bubble Lists | Now Part of Floppy

If you want to learn more about iteration with List Shifter, here are the two things to watch (I know this is a long thread, but everything up here is about how to use List Shifter!): Recap on Iterate action and the newer Process List action: [Iteration (Looping) in Bubble with List Shifter:: ITERATE Recap and Introducing PROCESS List] Original video about the iterate action in List Shifter – see this reply up the thread:

[ruchikaabbi]

Thanks @boston85719 for the suggestion. I’ve seen this though, I was hoping to do it myself without plugin.

[boston85719]

@ruchikaabbi

I have seen some solutions recommending API workflow for this

This would be the way to do it without a plugin, however, I believe it is not possible using a custom state list, as the custom state list is able to be passed through to the backend workflows, but I do not think you can then iterate over them.

You could however send the list to the backend workflow and do an API workflow on a list, which is very much like iterating over the list.

Bubble.io API Tutorial: Schedule a Workflow on a List

[wesfrank]

Which type of app are you making? Is it a quiz or test app with the multiple choice answers as your radio buttons? Can you tell us exactly what you’re trying to achieve?

There may be a way to configure without using custom state lists.

[tzuork]

How to save value of radio buttons from repeating group

Hi ruchikaabbi, I may be way off here because I’ve never done it before and I’m relatively new to Bubble but I would do each question as an individual custom state. State 1 will be Q1, state 2 will be Q2 and so on. Then I’d right click the submit button, start workflow and choose "When the submit button is clicked, make a change to Q&A datatype and add field “Q1 = state 1, Q2 = state 2, Q3 = state 3” and so on. If you need it as a list you could always create another action with a datatype “Li…