# Help with possibly adding a feature in my app **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [May 2, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469 "2022-05-02T14:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacobp203g05bbw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jacobp203g05bbw](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jacobp203g05bbw)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469/1 "2022-05-02T14:41:42Z")
im trying to build a deck building app for a trading card game called flesh and blood and so far im using airtable to store the images of pictures and names of cards but I want to include filters so when people are searching for cards in the app , they wont have to go through a whole list. does anyone know how I can include that or which resources I should refer to. is there a database I should use instead of airtable or will airtable work to make a filter? ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469/2 "2022-05-02T14:44:32Z")
Airtable works great for this but you’ll need to use their [filterByFormula](https://support.airtable.com/hc/en-us/articles/223247187-How-do-I-sort-filter-or-retrieve-ordered-records-in-the-API-) API commands. ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469/3 "2022-05-02T16:56:56Z")
Check this post (and thread) too. > [@The AirTable API (a more efficient way to integrate AirTable with Thunkable)](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-airtable-api-a-more-efficient-way-to-integrate-airtable-with-thunkable/1021167/22): > > Hey Guy! Check this one out. This works perfectly for me and returns only females over the age of 28 ---
**Author:** ![jacobp203g05bbw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jacobp203g05bbw](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jacobp203g05bbw)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469/4 "2022-05-02T20:40:48Z")
im trying to make it where I list the names of the cards, when someone presses it shows the image on a separate screen. that so far has been working and then I tried doing it with the filter based whats under the field class. when I tried it , it looks like it returned something line by line instead of how I want it to look.can anyone help me fix this? I attached a picture of the table im referencing, how I want it to look and how it looks with my current attempt on making a filter ![Screen Shot 2022-05-02 at 3.29.11 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/6/36123d64dce979b4501cc3b71c9bd6a9515b9064.jpeg) ![Screen Shot 2022-05-02 at 3.31.04 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/e/ee177086ded01edaabe11d039a7d8cfb2d319cc8.jpeg) ![Screen Shot 2022-05-02 at 3.36.44 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/0/405cf64682815b4c306ae06424c37f66ae4f2d52.jpeg) ![Screen Shot 2022-05-02 at 3.25.12 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/3/73053019ee7346d2dcb078246f6b035b5d186076.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469/5 "2022-05-02T21:01:01Z")
The response (green `response` block) you get from the AirTable API is going to be formatted as JSON. It’s not a list that you can assign to a list viewer as you’ve done. You’ll need to parse the JSON text. The best thing to do is to assign the green `response` block to a Text Input’s Text and then preview the project. Copy the response from the Text Input field and post it here. It’s best to “bookend” the text with ``` above it and ``` below it. That will retain the correct formatting on the forums. Then I can suggest the best way to get the data you need in a list format. ---
**Author:** ![jacobp203g05bbw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jacobp203g05bbw](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jacobp203g05bbw)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469/6 "2022-05-02T21:58:58Z")
i wasnt able to put in a text input , but it worked for a label. i will just link the project as well in case that helps ![Screen Shot 2022-05-02 at 4.56.07 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/4/9429c471de86e50ca198c6700b332b8d15d727b5.jpeg) [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/bb5acd2d36b61f96336daf3c4893c7d9](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/bb5acd2d36b61f96336daf3c4893c7d9) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469/7 "2022-05-02T23:35:03Z")
Here’s a modified version that puts the JSON response in a Text Input at the top of the screen and displays the list of names in the List Viewer: **Project link:** [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/2ab416acfdd585852943101da9a30860) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/6/e62458d8e52804f710eb0876e73c2f57bf33f9d0.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/a/6a4c4ecd32a05f64d734800f3d649ca5cb9fa9cb.png) This is the JSON response when formatted at [Best JSON Viewer and JSON Beautifier Online](https://codebeautify.org/jsonviewer) with the properties path to the “Name” property shown at the top: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/b/eb70d135175d3b48d0367b1924433dad275da701.png) For more details about how to parse JSON, see my API tutorial here: [API JSON Tutorial (Video)](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-json-tutorial-video/1140575) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-possibly-adding-a-feature-in-my-app/1858469/8 "2022-07-31T23:35:18Z")
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