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I'm working on a project at the moment to create and edit smartsheets from an external application, however can Smartsheet do the reverse and retrieve data from external APIs?
The Smartsheet API can be used to access the data in your account via third party systems or your own custom built integrations. But, Smartsheet itself isn't a place to make requests out to external third party APIs. Those would need to be made from another system like Zapier, Azuqua, Microsoft Flow, or your own server running your custom built code to make the requests out to external APIs.
Hi Builders, You’ve been asking versions of the same question in this community: when do I use Smart Assist, when an automation, when MCP, and when plain API code? 🤔 So we’re starting a new series, the Smartsheet Builders Series: Building with Smartsheet MCP and Agents, and the first post tackles exactly that. 📖 Smart…
Tell us the one Smartsheet API that would save you the most manual work or workarounds. One word is enough. If you’d like, add what you’re trying to do and how you handle it today. Your answers go straight into deciding what we build next.
Restructuring sheets with tighter dropdowns and clearer naming is key. Why? Because ambiguous column names and free-text status fields that a person reads as fine can produce inconsistent agent behaviour. It’s worth unpacking, because the reason is not that the agent is worse at reading than you are. It is that you bring…