Action: API Request

Mistral AI Operation

The API Request action sends structured queries to external APIs and retrieves real-time data or triggers automated workflows.

Example User Story

I want to automatically fetch the latest weather updates for my travel app, so Mistral AI can send an API request to a weather service and display real-time forecasts for users.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
method	String	Yes
url	String	Yes
headers	Map	No
queryParams	Map	No
body	String	No
response	String	No
statusCode	Integer	No

Related Connections

Mistral AI

Related Automations

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Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "api-request",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "API Request",
    "description": "Send a request to an external API endpoint"
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "method",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "HTTP method for the request (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "url",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The API endpoint URL"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "headers",
      "type": "Map",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Headers to include in the request"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "queryParams",
      "type": "Map",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Query parameters to include in the request"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Request body content"
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "response",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["body"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Response body from the API"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "statusCode",
      "type": "Integer",
      "selector": ["status"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "HTTP status code of the response"
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "{{method}}",
        "path": "{{url}}",
        "headers": "{{headers}}",
        "queryParams": "{{queryParams}}",
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{{body}}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}