Table of contents

Use case

Build a product catalog browser connected to Best Buy REST API

Let your user select:

1. a product category
2. a product

and see the product information in a read only field

See this field in action from our demo portal.

Configuration

Datasource

Get an API Key

1. Create a Best Buy account: https://www.bestbuy.com/identity/newAccount (if you don't have a US phone number, any valid # will do the job - i.e.: 555-888-8888)
2. Generate a Best Buy developer API key: https://bestbuyapis.github.io/api-documentation/?shell#get-a-key
   Save your API key, you'll use it in your fields configuration

Create the datasource

Create a URL datasource: 

• URL: https://api.bestbuy.com/v1
• Authentication: None
• Content-type: JSON
• Leave the other fields empty

Fields

Download the fields configuration: 

 Don't forget to set your Best Buy API key in the field queries (in Edit and Display queries)