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    • Two sided marketplace template
      • Introduction
        • Part I: Installing and setting up the marketplace template
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        • Exploring Dittofi's marketplace API
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        • How to create a marketplace listing
    • How to build a CRUD app
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    • How to set up a basic mulit tenant app on Dittofi
    • How to write a custom endpoint in Dittofi
    • How to integrate Font Awesome into Dittofi
    • How can I set up Dittofi to run on my own private server?
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    • How to prevent duplicate records being added to the database
    • What to do when relation cannot be created because their is violating data in the referenced table
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HTTP Request

Note, for a comprehensive guide to connecting to external APIs read our guide on webservices.

Description

Connect to an external API you have configured in the webservices section of the application.

Event Options

Webservice

The webservice you wish to connect to.

Webservice Endpoint

The endpoint you wish to connect to.

Response As

The response from the webservice.

Response Code As

The response code from the webservice e.g. 200, 404, 500.

Example

Note, for a comprehensive example of connecting to external APIs read our guide on webservices.

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