Getting started with API blocks

[vishruth-ram]

Before you come here read this:

JSON / Object Tutorial

Working with JSON data is a common Thunkable Discussion topic. Here I will try to answer the most common questions and provide solutions to the most common problems. This tutiorial has six parts: Basic JSON JSON Errors Intermediate JSON Advanced JSON Firebase Realtime DB and Cloud Variables Web API The companion project with all examples can be found here.

Since thunkable’s API is based on postman, and many API docs don’t include how to work with Postman, this topic covers How to convert a cURL command to blocks.

Identifying Headers

In a cURL command, we use ---headers to tell we are adding a header.

'Accept: application/json'

The word before the colon will go in the Parameter section in thunkable. The remaining part will go into values.

Setting URLs and commands

curl --silent --location 'https://api.tomorrow.io/v4/weather/realtime?location=toronto&apikey=API Key' \
--header 'Accept: application/json'

In this, we are setting the URL

Indentifying GET, POST etc.

The word -X POST means we are making a POST request. -h is the starting of a URL. if you want to put extra information into the call, it is not possible with Thunkable now.

If there is no word, it means a GET request. The term GET is also used to symbolise a GET request.

Dynamic Values in URLs

When we want to insert data in thunkable to a URL, we can use the join block from the text section.
This is an image of entering dynamic values:

For this code, we want to insert Dynamic Values in the Location Parameter.

curl --location 'https://api.tomorrow.io/v4/weather/realtime?location=toronto&apikey=My API key' \
--header 'Accept: application/json'

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