AI API NLP - reading documents

[tim.casson.smithpc]

Hi,

Is there an API for Thunkable that can read documents and compare these?

Thanks

Tim

[jared]

Thunkable apps should be able to connect to any web api.

[tim.casson.smithpc]

Hi Jared

Does this include apis from eg python?

Also is there a guide on how to include a web api into Thunkable?

Thanks

Tim

[tatiang]

@tim.casson.smithpc

Does this include apis from eg python?

Python is just a means of accessing an API. If you can find a JSON request example (usually labeled REST) then it’s relatively easy to implement that in Thunkable. If not, then post a link to API documentation or info about what you have found and someone may be able to help you set up the blocks to use that.

@tim.casson.smithpc

Also is there a guide on how to include a web api into Thunkable?

There are several tutorials and demos about APIs. You may find mine helpful:

API JSON Tutorial (Video)

Using APIs in Thunkable and understanding how to parse JSON to get certain data from the API response is both a popular and a difficult aspect of using Thunkable. It’s not so much difficult because of Thunkable but because every API url format is different, every API documentation is different, every JSON response is different, etc. In this video, I spend a lot of time talking you through some best practices. It’s not a quick tutorial because if you rush through setting up an API in Thunkable, …

[tim.casson.smithpc]

@tatiang thanks this will be an AI api needed

Is that possible?

[tatiang]

I don’t know. Have you already selected an API? If so, provide a link to the documentation. If not, I’m not sure I can be of help with that aspect.

[vishruth-ram]

@tim.casson.smithpc

AI api

you could use the assistant component