Import data like Google Sheet formula IMPORTDATA

[hugo_assuncao]

I have a few sheets based on Google Sheets that could import data from a URL with the IMPORTDATA formula. That formula allows me to get a Json response from a API URL request.

For instance, I could use a url shortening API service, like:

=IMPORTDATA(“https://cutt.ly/api/api.php?key=[API Key]&short=[Long URL]&text=[Title]”)

That would return all the elements of the successful request:

{“url”:{
“status”:7
fullLink:“[Full link]”
date:“[date]”
shortLink:“[short link]”
title:“[title]”
} }

I couldn’t find any Coda formula to do the same thing – is there a way to get the response of a URL in the Coda document?

I would like to shorten URL’s generated on a table using the Cuttly API, but right now I can just create the URL – without getting it’s response.

[Al_Chen_Coda]

Hi @hugo_assuncao, currently there’s no Coda function similar to the IMPORTDATA function in Google Sheets. The two workarounds are:

• Cross-doc -Doesn’t require you to set up the URL
• REST API - Will have to provide additional details like the headers and params to get results

[hugo_assuncao]

Hi there, Al Chen! Thank you for your support.

It’s as I suspected… no similar function currently… but, as a Codan, can you tell if we’re going to have a similar function one day?

That’s because it is a powerful option to get data from the outer world – and the Cross-doc and REST API quite doesn’t work the same way, right?

Anyway, that would be a great feature, to enrich even more this tool (that I really ) and help me ditch once for all the Google Sheets!

[Al_Chen_Coda]

I can’t speak to when this might be available natively, but be on the lookout for big updates!