I need to connect my Webflow site to another app. I’m creating a job board (similar to Indeed, Monster, ZipRecruiter, etc.) and I’m setting it up so the user can enter information in the search fields on my Webflow site (where I also have my marketing content) to search for posted jobs by employers, but the results will populate on a separate application. My developers wrote a script to make this happen, but unfortunately, they’re not too familiar with Webflow and it’s not working.
I’ve read through some information provided in Webflow and watched some videos and followed the instructions, but nothing seems to resolve this issue. Therefore, I was wondering if someone on here could assist as I may not be adding it correctly.
I’d need to know a lot more about what the script is meant to do, where it’s failing, and a diagram of your integration architecture with the separate app.
All of that would take some work, so DM me if you need some professional assistance there.
Otherwise all I can say is there’s nothing special about Webflow in terms of integrations. You can do client-side code that runs in the browser, and you can integrate your separately-hosted automations or server-side services with Webflow’s API and webhooks.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to do or what you’re connecting where, but your devs can just look at the API docs - they clearly describe what the API is capable of.
Thanks for the reply! Basically, the script they wrote is supposed to connect two search fields to my app where employers have posted jobs that they are trying to fill. If you’ve ever used a job board like Indeed, CareerBuilder, Monster, etc., on the home screen, you can look for jobs by typing job titles or key words (i.e. - Cook, admin, engineer, nurse, etc.) into a search field and it will populate results that pertain to those. The second search field would be for location (i.e. - City, state, zip code).
I’ll look more into Webflow’s API and webhooks. They might be able to resolve this issue.
If the data you’re searching is in the Webflow CMS, you’d use a filter setup like Finsweet CMS filter.
If the data you’re searching is accessed via your own custom API, then your client side JS would query that and render UI from the results.
“Not working” was too vague, but one obvious thing to check is CORS. If you’re hitting your external API from client-side JS, your API server must be setup to support CORS or the browser will refuse to connect.