Call any external tool with your own API key

When no native tool does what you need, the API column does. It calls any HTTP service per row with your own key, and the response becomes a column like any other, filterable and scoreable.

1. 1

   Confirm the service can answer per row

   It needs to take something from the row and return something about that row. A bulk endpoint that only works on a whole file is not a fit for a column.

2. 2

   Configure the request with row values as inputs

   Map the column that supplies the input, usually the domain.

3. 3

   Extract only the fields you need from the response

   Do not dump the whole payload into one cell. Pull out the two or three values you will actually filter or score on.

4. 4

   Test on five rows, watching both sides

   Check the Kuration column and the external service dashboard. Rate limits and auth failures show up on their side first.

5. 5

   Gate it with a condition like any paid column

   You are now spending on two meters at once. Conditions matter twice as much.

This lesson is written and complete. Its screen recording is still to come, and the written walkthrough is designed to stand on its own without one.