Action trigger another action in other app

[ranorga]

Dear community:

Can the action of one app trigger the action of another app?
How is it possible?

[Steve]

Nope.

[Phil]

Steve is correct with respect to actions that run on the client. But you can use the REST API to invoke actions that run on the server. So you can create a webhook workflow rule in the first app that invokes the REST API which triggers an Action in the second app.

[ranorga]

Thanks a lot Phil.
Do you have any documentation about it?

[Austin]

help.appsheet.com

API: The Essentials

How to use the API to make changes to your app.

[Austin]

Would it not be possible to bring the table from this other app into the current app to execute the action?

[Jonathan_S]

Yup, Probably Easiest

[Austin]

Plenty of valid reasons it can’t but if possible definitely recommended.

[Phil]

In addition to the REST API docs cited by Austin, using a webhook to invoke the REST API is documented here https://help.appsheet.com/en/articles/3463654-invoking-the-appsheet-api-from-a-webhook