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Podcast Approval application using Microsoft Power Apps
Before getting started, ensure that you have access imported the application into your Power Apps environment. Follow the detailed guidelines here
Create a custom connector
Custom connectors are a powerful way to connect to any existing API from within PowerApps. A custom connector is a wrapper around a REST API that allows the Power Platform to communicate with your REST API.
From within Azure API Management, you can easily create such custom connectors. Follow the detailed guidelines on how to export your API from API Management.
Connect your Podcast Approval application with your web API
Open your Podcast Approval App within Power Apps:
You will see a lot of error messages within your Power App:
To fix these, we will have to add our custom connector to our Power App via the data tab:
Note: Search for the name of your custom connector created via API Management.
Note: If you have enabled subscription keys. You can find the subscription key within the Azure Portal in your API Management instance under Subscriptions.
Update your Power App
Next, we have to update our Power App via the Power Editor.
OnStart
Every time someone opens up the Power App, we want to make an API call getting us the information about current requests. For this we have to change our OnStart behavior for the Power App. We need to update '.NETPodcasts'.GetUserSubmittedFeeds():
Additional Information:
- '.NETPodcasts' is referencing the name of our custom connector
- GetUserSubmittedFeeds() is referencing our API's method name
Refresh Button
We also implemented a refresh button, for this we also have to update '.NETPodcasts'.GetUserSubmittedFeeds():
