Custom API Data Tag

[mitchwadair]

It would be nice for a user to be able to provide an API endpoint to fetch data from if it is not included in the product by default. This would be a feature reserved for the more advanced users of the app, but should still be accessible enough that it is easy enough to understand for less-experienced people.

The usage could look something like this:

{{customapi|https://someurl|returned.data.path}}

We have two parameters to the data tag:

• Endpoint URL
  • This would have to be an open API, not needing an API key
• Path to the desired data value
  • The API would be required to return data in JSON format or plaintext
  • If the response data is plaintext, this parameter should be blank
  • For JSON responses, the path should look like a normal JSON data accessor path (keys separated by dots) and should lead to a primitive data type that can be printed as a string