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REST API#

Insight² can connect to any REST endpoint available.

Connection#

To add a new REST API datasource, click the Datasources manager icon on the left-sidebar of the app builder and click on the Add datasource button, then select REST API from the modal that pops up. Click on the 'Save' button to save the data source.

Insight² - Data source - REST API

Insight² requires the following to connect to a REST API datasource.

  • URL of the REST endpoint

The following optional parameters are also supported:

Type Description
URL params Additional query string parameters
headers Any headers the REST API source requires
body Any values or fields the REST API source requires

:::info REST HTTP methods that are supported are GET, POST, PUT, PATCH & DELETE. :::

Insight² - Data source - REST API

Querying REST API#

Click on + button of the query manager at the bottom panel of the editor and select the REST API endpoint added in the previous step as the data source.

Click on the 'run' button to run the query.

:::note NOTE: Query should be saved before running. :::

:::tip Query results can be transformed using transformations. Read our transformations documentation to see how: link :::