How to receive a response back from a foreign API in an event handler

[stanislaw.grin]

Hello @Michael_Kadron,

Yes, I know how to do a HTTPs request call, thank you

You asked:

That’s why I asked you if it was possible to send a cURL POST from a Backendless API Service.

I described to you how to do it. The only difference is that it is an HTTP request, not a cURL, but why would you need a cURL? The HTTP block will do the same thing. So I just answered your question.

Sergey (Kuk) has me place the existing HTTPs call to the foreign API inside an async block

Sergey gave you the wrong suggestion due to a misunderstanding (I apologize for that), but later on that topic @vladimir-upirov described why this (an async block) will not work in your case and why you should not use it. There’s no way to get a response in an async block, the reason is described here:

What is the correct way to catch DB changes from API actions?

Hi @Michael_Kadron Let me explain how the AsyncCode block works: the codeless logic runs in a specific environment, we call it CodeRunner Worker each worker wait until your code is complemented once your logic is done the worker will be killed the AsyncBlock runs code outside the main invocation flow and as a result, the worker does not wait until the async code is done and the worker might be killed before it’s completed sending any HTTP requests inside the AsyncBlock Therefore: there is …

I tried to solve your issue without async block and, if I reproduce your logic in my demo app, it will work as you expect. Have you tried what I have suggested?

Regards,
Stanislaw