Display collection on page when it is updated outside of Weweb

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Hello!

I am using a webhook to trigger a Pipedream workflow so I can do multiple API calls at once and return some data to Xano.

I have the Xano table set up as a collection in Weweb but it does not update on the page unless I refresh. Is there a way to make this happen?

I am displaying the data in Columns that repeat all items from the collection.

I am not sure if this is something that happens in the editor or if I am doing something wrong.

Thanks in advance!

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Xano doesn’t support real-time data connections yet. You have to keep checking the backend

Better said by @raydeck here on the xano forum

Subscription mechanisms for realtime data often involve websockets. That’s how subscriptions in Graphql usually work, for instance.

Xano is HTTP-only, which means that whenever you poll, you can get the latest data (assuming one turns off caching), but there is not a built-in mechanism to push that data.

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Thanks @jaredgibb, that is good to know!

Do you know of any Xano alternatives that to have this functionality? Like supabase or similar.

Thanks again!

Ed

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My team is utilizing supabase. We love it’s real-time data connection and the native weweb plugin to support auth and db actions.

Now, they don’t have a nocode function builder and most of our team also codes in js or python so it’s made it much easier to get up and running.

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Thanks Jared, quick question - when you are using Supabase, does it update in real-time whilst you are in the weweb editor? I have added supabase and enabled real time collections but it still doesn’t load unless I refresh the page.

Thanks again for the suggestion

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Did you set real-time on your table in supabase?