Polling from an API in Ruly allows you to automatically fetch new or updated records from external systems and process them in the background.
By configuring an External Connection (of the Polling type), you can connect this to APIs using authentication methods like OAuth or API keys, retrieve filtered lists of records, and sync that data directly into your Ruly app.
Polling Rules can then process each returned item using operations that map JSON response data into records, making it easy to automate integrations, synchronize external systems, and trigger workflows based on outside events.
This approach is especially useful for keeping data up to date without requiring manual imports or direct user interaction.
See how this is done by watching the short video clip below.