Hi Bubblers,
I’m working on importing data from an external API. The JSON structure looks like this (simplified):
{
“Objects A”: [ // List of Objects A
{
// fields of Object A
“Objects B”: [ // List of Objects B
{
// fields of Object B
“Objects C”: [ // List of Objects C
{
// fields of Object C
“Objects D”: [ // List of Objects D
{
// fields of Object D (same as C, but no sub-list)
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
My goal in Bubble is to:
- Make only one API call to fetch the whole JSON.
- Then, create my own database things in Bubble:
- A = Object A
- B = Object B
- C = Object C
- D = Object C With Parent Line C
- If an Object C has (Object D), I need to create them as separate things in the database, linked to their parent Line.
I’ve tried setting up backend workflows with “Schedule API workflow on a list”, but the problem is that Bubble doesn’t let me pass “API objects” (like Object B, Object C) directly as parameters in backend workflows. As a result, the workflows run but don’t have access to the nested data.
Has anyone successfully built this kind of recursive workflow in Bubble (A → B → C → D)?
- Should I pass each item as raw JSON text (:formatted as JSON) into the backend workflow and parse with regex/JSON plugin?
- Or is there a more “Bubble-native” way to iterate through these nested objects without losing the data structure?
Any guidance, patterns, or examples would be super helpful 
Thanks!