# API Call Connection

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**Block Information**

Available in: Page Flow and Cloud Flow

Toolbox Category: Connections

Block Type: [Output](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/block-anatomy#output-block)

Output Type: [*text*](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/page-flow/references/value-types)
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**`API Call Connection`** is an [output block](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/block-anatomy#output-block) that provides the name of the selected [API Call Connection](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/connections/services/api-call). The selection is done via a [Selectable Input](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/block-anatomy#selectable-input) which enables you to pick from a list of [API Call connections](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/connections/services/api-call) created in your app. 

The output is of type [*text*](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/page-flow/references/value-types) and is compatible with [Value Parameters](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/block-anatomy#value-parameters) of type [*text*](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/page-flow/references/value-types) or of type [*any*](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/page-flow/references/value-types).

<div align="left"><figure><img src="https://3401585094-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FmnBepgycwgisXr9ya1N4%2Fuploads%2FUJeVAKtcdyyQAGvfVFBI%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=b5ba6955-6cb2-4de2-a583-e2caec84ce82" alt="" width="290"><figcaption><p>API Call Connection block</p></figcaption></figure></div>

The block consists of a [Selectable Input](https://docs.zingy.ai/app-editor/block-anatomy#selectable-input) to choose the connection.