Inspiration
I needed to build something fast to enter into the Packathon. A Pack that adds custom formulas and fetches external data seemed appropriate to me, even though I am fully aware that many other participants will be competing with much richer/better Packs.
What it does
This pack adds two custom formulas that query Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS API to retrieve information about the values of different DNS records of any domain.
How we built it
JavaScript + Coda's Pack SDK documentation
Challenges we ran into
Not much to say, to be honest, the platform is a joy to develop for and the documentation that Coda provides is excellent.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Nothing to brag about at this time.
What we learned
How to add custom functions to Coda that:
- Use optional parameters.
- Provide autocomplete values.
- Show built-in examples in the contextual help.
- Provide a column format.
- Fetch data from an external service.
What's next for DNS Query
Not much, really, either. My next Pack will be more complex and solve a more specific use-case.
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