# Send JSON request to external API

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/send-json-request-to-external-api/4034>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Created:** [August 26, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/send-json-request-to-external-api/4034 "2023-08-26T08:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![TOWAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@TOWAB](https://community.weweb.io/u/TOWAB)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/send-json-request-to-external-api/4034/1 "2023-08-26T08:01:13Z")

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Hello,  
I am working on my app (I am not a developer).  
I need to achieve the following:  
I have a page to edit videos, and on export action I need to send a JSON file to my backend API (Python, hosted in Azure) with details of what the user selected (paragraphs, format, font details, intro/outro)  
Is that possible outside a custom component? If so, how? Please and thank you.

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**Author:** ![Joyce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/joyce/32/13232_2.png) [@Joyce](https://community.weweb.io/u/Joyce)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/send-json-request-to-external-api/4034/2 "2023-08-26T09:46:54Z")

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Hi @TOWAB 👋

It should be , yes. Assuming the API endpoint is `https` and not `http`

You would need to add the REST API plugin to your project:

 ![CleanShot 2023-08-26 at 11.43.11@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/1/1ec39fc9862a78522b54a259cf901ce9ffc69a4c.png)

Then you can create a workflow with a REST API Request action:

 ![CleanShot 2023-08-26 at 11.44.38@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/b/bdb65932e5d4a84d7342fef3e208e41b9a2ce4d6.png)

If you’re just getting started with WeWeb, I recommend first configuring and making the call in Postman to ensure you have the right format to make a successful call and then configuring the call in WeWeb.

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**Author:** ![TOWAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@TOWAB](https://community.weweb.io/u/TOWAB)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/send-json-request-to-external-api/4034/3 "2023-08-28T09:07:12Z")

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Thank you Joyce. I will test this and come back with questions.