# Using data from API to adjust User data

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/using-data-from-api-to-adjust-user-data/29234>\
**Category:** APIs\
**Created:** [May 11, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/using-data-from-api-to-adjust-user-data/29234 "2018-05-11T23:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![thebigburke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@thebigburke](https://forum.bubble.io/u/thebigburke)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/using-data-from-api-to-adjust-user-data/29234/1 "2018-05-11T23:19:53Z")

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Can someone tell me why this approach doesn’t work, and what other approach I could try? Thanks,

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/7/9/79507230372a5e59003137178e8ff639ff145c07.png)