Does Elements Connect allow multiple rest-api calls for a single field?

[Steve Morris]

I need to pull data from a rest-api but the data needs to be filtered by a value that I can only get (a table key) by first calling the rest-api to retrieve it.     So I need to something like:

get product/search$parentName=SomeValue

(save the parentName's key value from the returned json)

get product/searchChildren$parentKey=SavedKeyFromFirstCall.

Display the child data in the Elements Connect field. 

Is this possible, maybe with Velocity, which I don't have experience with? 

[Armand Luziau_Elements_ · Accepted solution]

Hey @Steve Morris ,

I'm the solution engineer at Elements, unfortunately, what you are asking isn't possible. You can't do several rest-API calls for a single field.

However, you can try to implement this workaround:

• Create a first Element Connect field in which you execute: product /search$parentName= SomeValue and then you retrieve the parentKey.
• Create a second Elements Connect field with a dependency to the first one you just created, and you execute: product/searchChildren$parentKey=SavedKeyFromFirstCall

Let me know if this helps you!

If you need more assistance while implementing this workaround you can contact us through our support portal.

Best,

Armand