Integrating Wix Data API with a Custom Mobile App for Dynamic Content

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Hi everyone,

I’m working on a mobile app project that needs to dynamically fetch and display data from a Wix website. The goal is to leverage the Wix Data API to allow real-time updates between the mobile app and the website’s backend database.

Here’s what I’ve done so far:

  1. Set up a collection in Wix to store the dynamic data.
  2. Enabled API access through Wix’s Developer Tools.
  3. Used a backend API endpoint in Wix to fetch data from the collection.

Here’s an example of a Wix backend API function I’ve written:

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// backend/data.jsw  
import { query } from 'wix-data';  

export async function fetchData(collectionName) {  
  return query(collectionName)  
    .limit(100)  
    .find()  
    .then((results) => {  
      return results.items;  
    })  
    .catch((error) => {  
      console.error('Error fetching data:', error);  
      throw new Error('Unable to fetch data');  
    });  
}

Now, I’m integrating this API with my mobile app using Axios:

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import axios from 'axios';  

const fetchWixData = async () => {  
  try {  
    const response = await axios.post('https://your-wix-site.com/_functions/fetchData', {  
      collectionName: 'yourCollection',  
    });  
    console.log(response.data);  
  } catch (error) {  
    console.error('Error fetching Wix data:', error);  
  }  
};  

fetchWixData();

While the integration works, I’m facing challenges with:

  • Handling large datasets efficiently.
  • Implementing secure authentication for the API requests.
  • Real-time synchronization between Wix and the mobile app.

I came across mobile app development company that specialize in building seamless integrations for platforms like Wix, but I’d love to hear from the community:

Have you integrated Wix APIs with a mobile app before? How do you ensure security, scalability, and real-time updates in such setups? Any best practices or tools you recommend?

Thanks in advance for your insights!

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Another approach. is to use Wix Headless

This is for eCommerce, but the approach would be similar for the CMS if you want to consider a headless solution. You would either use OAuth or API Key for authentication

Here is an example with CMS for a NextJS implementation Data Quick Start