Dynamic Quiz-Based Result Filtering with Webflow CMS

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Dear Webflow community

I would like to know if the following is basically possible with webflow and custom code:
We would like to set up a website with webflow where users go through a quiz and at the end get a DYNAMIC list of results with suggestions based on their answers. To do this, we would need to be able to use a complex filter system to send the CMS a request as to which items from the thousands of CMS items in the database should be displayed. The possible combinations would be almost endless, which is why ready-made pages with filters set by us would not be sufficient. In addition, we don’t want to load all the thousands of items first and then filter them, but would like to send the query first and then only receive the filtered results list.

So my question is: does webflow offer enough access options so that we can enable such requests via the CMS with custom code?

I look forward to your answer and wish you a nice rest of the weekend

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No. The Webflow API isn’t suited for that- it doesn’t offer the querying capabilities and the rate limit is too low for a live user-facing app connection.

If you really want to use the CMS to house the data you’re displaying, I think your best path setup would be roughly along these lines-

CMS → external DB sync
Depending on your querying needs you might use PostgreSQL or you might be able to use XanoDB. How you sync depends on what you’re syncing, but Xano has its own Webflow sync, or you can use Whalesync for PostgreSQL.

Query external DB using Xano

Xano APIs expose querying to your client-side app using custom JS or Wized

Then, ultimately, your navigation and SEO are based on the CMS and CMS pages you navigate to in your results set

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