I decided to dig into the guide Content from an API | Kirby CMS , but it’s become outdated, as the NYT movie review API has been shut down . They suggest an alternate way to access movie reviews, but I can’t quite get it to work. That may be enough info right there — but FWIW, here’s what I’ve tried: …

[image] toddz: $review->headline for example, is an array, you are using it as string.

[image] toddz: $results Guess you have json decoded to objects instead of array? $reviews = $request->json(true); dump($reviews['response']['docs']);

Thanks for the clues, @texnixe , but I guess I need to find somewhere to learn prerequisites. (If there’s Kirby documentation on consuming JSON strings vs. arrays, I haven’t spotted it.) I tried some changes based on your suggestion and could only get either Attempt to read property “headline” on st…

As someone famous once said… [image] Reading external JSON Solved ✅ Yeah, never use an old tutorial when it comes to using APIs roll_eyes

I think "Content from an API" guide needs a revisit

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toddz February 15, 2024, 9:36pm 5

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I think "Content from an API" guide needs a revisit

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