For retrieving, sending data to a web api , you can use the web component:
Also see here:
How to work with the web component and an API by Stephen
And some times, the api’d return the response in json format, so you’d need to parse it to list of lists using this block:
See here:
Hi @WatermelonIce …Until kodular adds this block to the web component, I created this extension that parses json to dictionary like the block in app inventor…
Please test if it works …
(of course this extension is only for those who wants to use the json text decode with dictionaries block while it doesn’t exist in kodular…And not a new something so i posted here and not in a new thread) :
That’s an example:
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With app inventor:
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Download link :
You can refer to th…
Also you can see this guide by @WatermelonIce :
0 — Basics
0.1 — What Is Dictionary
Dictionary is object structured like JSON, which is a standard to store dictionaries as text. It is a way to store information in an organized, easy-to-access manner. It stores a collection of pairs that consists of a key and the corresponding value. The key is a reference to the value, kind of like a variable where the variable name acts as a reference.
Dictionary in Kodular is a built-in block.
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Object uses { bracket at the start, } at the end.
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Some of the links above, are from here : App Inventor Links | Pura Vida Apps
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