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Betty Blocks

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The Betty Blocks modules enable you to monitor, create, update, retrieve and delete records in your Betty Blocks account.
Get Started with Betty Blocks
Prerequisites
A Betty Blocks account - create a Betty Blocks account at bettyblocks.com/.
Users must have API permissions enabled in their accounts to connect with Make.
Assign the permissions in the app for which you want to establish the action. Go to App > Open > () User Icon > Enable the API permission for the user.
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The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Make Make, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!
Connect Betty Blocks to Make
To connect your Betty Blocks account to Make you need to obtain the API Token from your Betty Blocks account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Make module.
Log in to your Betty Blocks account.
Click Applications > Search the application > Open.
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Click Users. Enable the API of the user with which you want to establish the connection.
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Copy the API Key to your clipboard.
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Please Note: You must create an application to establish a connection in Make. Create the application at Application > Create an Application.
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Go to Make and open the Betty Blocks module's Create a connection dialog.
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In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
In the Username field, enter the email address of the user with which you want to establish the connection.
In the API Token field, enter the token copied in step 4.
In the App Name field, enter the name of the app for which you establish the connection, and click Continue.
The connection has been established.
Betty Blocks modules
Records
Search Records
Searches for records of a specified data model or lists them all.
Field
Description
Connection
Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model
Select or map the data model whose records you want to search.
Filter ID
Enter (map) the Filter IDs to search the records based on the specified filter. For example, created date.
View ID
Enter (map) the View ID to fetch the data from a grid based on the specified view.
Limit
Set the maximum number of records Make should return during one execution cycle.
Get a Record
Retrieves a single record of a specified data model by record's ID.
Field
Description
Connection
Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model
Select or map the data model whose record details you want to retrieve. For example, employee.
Record ID
Select or map the Record ID whose details you want to retrieve.
Create a Record
Creates a record of a specified data model.
Field
Description
Connection
Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model
Select or map the data model whose record you want to create. Based on the data model you have selected dynamic fields related to the data model auto-populate. Enter the details to create the record.
Please note: Some of the parameters may have more validity checks set up in your Betty Blocks app.You may check them at Data Models > Model Name > Properties.
Update a Record
Updates a record specified by ID.
Field
Description
Connection
Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model
Select or map the data model whose record details you want to update.
Record ID
Select or map the Record ID whose details you want to update. Based on the selected record, dynamic fields related to the record auto-populate. Enter the details to update the record.
Delete a Record
Removes a record specified by ID.
Field
Description
Connection
Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model
Select or map the data model whose record details you want to delete. For example, employee.
Record ID
Select or map the Record ID you want to delete.
Actions
Triggers an Action
Executes an action specified by ID.
Field
Description
Connection
Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model
Select or map the data model for which you trigger the action.
Record ID
Select or map the Record ID for whose actions you want to create the trigger.
Action ID
Enter (map) the Action ID which you want to execute. You can find the Action ID in the page URL address when you click Actions > Action Name.
Other
Make an API Call
Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.
Field
Description
Connection
Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
URL
Enter a path relative to https://<app_name>.bettyblocks.com/api/models.
For example, /users/records
Method
Select the HTTP method you want to use:
GET: to retrieve information for an entry.
POST: to create a new entry.
PUT: to update/replace an existing entry.
PATCH: to make a partial entry update.
DELETE: to delete an entry.
Headers
Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.
Query String
Enter the request query string.
Body
Enter the body content for your API call.
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Example of Use - List Records
The following API call returns all the records from your Betty Blocks account:
URL:
/users/records
Method:
GET
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Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body.
In our example, 4 records were returned:
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For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Betty Blocks API Documentation.

Field	Description
Connection	Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model	Select or map the data model whose records you want to search.
Filter ID	Enter (map) the Filter IDs to search the records based on the specified filter. For example, created date.
View ID	Enter (map) the View ID to fetch the data from a grid based on the specified view.
Limit	Set the maximum number of records Make should return during one execution cycle.

Field	Description
Connection	Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model	Select or map the data model whose record details you want to retrieve. For example, employee.
Record ID	Select or map the Record ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Field	Description
Connection	Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model	Select or map the data model whose record you want to create. Based on the data model you have selected dynamic fields related to the data model auto-populate. Enter the details to create the record. Please note: Some of the parameters may have more validity checks set up in your Betty Blocks app.You may check them at Data Models > Model Name > Properties.

Field	Description
Connection	Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model	Select or map the data model whose record details you want to update.
Record ID	Select or map the Record ID whose details you want to update. Based on the selected record, dynamic fields related to the record auto-populate. Enter the details to update the record.

Field	Description
Connection	Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model	Select or map the data model whose record details you want to delete. For example, employee.
Record ID	Select or map the Record ID you want to delete.

Field	Description
Connection	Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
Data Model	Select or map the data model for which you trigger the action.
Record ID	Select or map the Record ID for whose actions you want to create the trigger.
Action ID	Enter (map) the Action ID which you want to execute. You can find the Action ID in the page URL address when you click Actions > Action Name.

Field	Description
Connection	Establish a connection to your Betty Blocks account.
URL	Enter a path relative to https://<app_name>.bettyblocks.com/api/models. For example, /users/records
Method	Select the HTTP method you want to use: GET: to retrieve information for an entry. POST: to create a new entry. PUT: to update/replace an existing entry. PATCH: to make a partial entry update. DELETE: to delete an entry.
Headers	Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.
Query String	Enter the request query string.
Body	Enter the body content for your API call.

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