Apple Shortcuts PUT

[thrugz]

Hi all
Trying to use IOS Shortcuts app to update a DAKboard text block

The API calls work since I already have the endpoint and IDs
https://dakboard.com/api/2/screens/screens/[Screen ID]/blocks[Block ID from list of blocks]?api_key=[API key]

Using the Get Contents from URL with the header content type set key:Content-Type value: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body is data-raw as key and "ask when run" as value

But the result when running is just the URL content and not a true PUT request...

Would be really great with a blog post on this since we could extend DAKboard greatly.

[cocarrig]

Hi @thrugz,

Thank you for the blog suggestion, we may consider doing this in the future. When working with clients in the past on this, they were successful as long as the request body was Form and not JSON. Let us know if this helps.

[brandongomez]

So glad I found this post! I was going crazy trying to figure it out. I wanted to use the API to change my monitor screen on the fly. Was able to setup the PUT on Postman but when I tried to do it with a Shortcut, it just wasn't working. Switching from JSON to Form did the trick! I see a how-to video on my YT channel for this in the future!