external api data only

[rrubio]

Hi Guys,

I know how to call an external api from hooks in order to populate my own data. How would I go about calling an external api from my server and return all the data from that endpoint back to my app i.e. never touches my database just a thirdparty call.

[marshallswain]

Usually the API would publish data on how you would connect. More than likely you would use something like super agent or axios. You could put it in a hook or actually create a service wrapper like Feathers-mailgun.

[daffl]

You would implement your own service. I wrote about how to proxy to an external API in https://blog.feathersjs.com/using-feathersjs-to-make-your-existing-api-real-time-813f7c3fd892#.ave1gtmq8

[rrubio]

Brilliant! thank you :-)

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