# Building APIs

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/building-apis/33435>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/building-apis/33435 "2021-10-22T10:07:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pooja\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pooja_kumar/32/30344_2.png) [@Pooja\_Kumar](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Pooja_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/building-apis/33435/1 "2021-10-22T10:07:03Z")

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Hi,  
Some of our prospects are requesting that we integrate our offering into their systems directly.  
To do that we will need to build backend APIs (as 1st step) and to quality control UX, may extend front end APIs as well (2nd Step).  
Currently our product is on Glide. Does Glide provide any functionality via which we can easily create these APIs & extend to our prospects who prefer that we integrate into their systems?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/building-apis/33435/2 "2021-10-22T11:57:02Z")

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Glide does not provide that option and I doubt they would anytime soon…or ever.  
You will have to look into some third part options. Check out some of these recent threads.

> [@Can we pick the user instagram avatar from instagram username?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-we-pick-the-user-instagram-avatar-from-instagram-username/32783/21):
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> Hey everyone, The people from [www.onesimpleapi.com](https://onesimpleapi.com/) came up with an API that can fetch what @Lucas_Pires was needing. They are always open to work with you to find a way to make an api that works for your use case.

> [@NoCodeAPI + Fetch heart](https://community.glideapps.com/t/nocodeapi-fetch/33318):
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> Well, this is awesome! NoCode API lets you create an API from popular sources, including Google Sheets. Now, I can lookup a user’s email within my Glide table and pull name/image from a completely different spreadsheet. No importranges or helper sheets needed!

> [@Create a Dictionary Searching App Using the Fetch JSON Plugin](https://community.glideapps.com/t/create-a-dictionary-searching-app-using-the-fetch-json-plugin/33298/13):
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> Could do that now by turning a sheet into an API and then using fetch column. This helped me to achieve that: