UK Companies House Unexpected Results

michael47 · 2025-03-05T23:00:13.327Z

I’ve made a connection to UK Companies House to obtain some basic company info from the central government registry.

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As you enter input in to the Company Name field you get 3 fields from the API (Title, Company Number, Address Snippet).

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The issue I’m experiencing is that within a single repeating group cell I seem to get different company number and company address which appear to be anchored to this item in the API field.

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Any help appreciated to rectify.

Thank you.

georgecollier · 2025-03-05T23:03:19.458Z

Your repeating group’s data source should be of the API call’s type. Then, reference Current cell’s title/address_snippet/company_number

michael47 · 2025-03-05T23:38:49.547Z

I’m doing something wrong as I dont appear to have the options your suggesting.

My repeating group does seem to align to your first sentence… but not exactly.

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Are you able to expand any further on your suggestion please @georgecollier

georgecollier · 2025-03-05T23:41:20.136Z

Good, set the data source to Companies House API - Get All Companies’s items

Inside the repeating group, the top level cell should be set to Current cell’s X (and adjust the type of content so it’s correct. Rename this group to var - company so it’s easily referencable.

Then, in your texts, reference var - company's item's number/address/title

michael47 · 2025-03-05T23:57:28.619Z

That’s brilliant… all working now.

The only issue I have is that it seems to be quite slow showing the repeating group / API results on the page I shared. Is that to be expected, faster in live prod, or should I be taking actions to try to make quicker.

I was hoping to get the API to work as a type ahead / autocomplete feel

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georgecollier · 2025-03-06T08:29:52.658Z

Inputs update when you remove focus/exit them, so the constraints will only update when that happens. You can use the Instant Text plugin which will let you set the dynamic data to the instant/live typed text rather than the input’s last updated value