monday.com API and webhooks: Real-world examples and use cases
I'm a developer exploring monday.com's API for our internal tools. I've read the docs but need real-world examples. Specifically interested in: custom dashboard widgets, syncing with our internal database, and automated reporting. What have you built? Any gotchas to watch for?
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We built three custom integrations: 1) Nightly sync from our SQL database to update inventory items, 2) Custom dashboard showing 'deals closing this month' with PHP backend, 3) Slack bot that creates monday items from Slack messages. Key gotchas: API rate limits (100 requests/5 seconds), webhooks need a valid HTTPS endpoint, and the API returns arrays not objects - plan your parsing accordingly.
Use the GraphQL API - it's more flexible than REST for complex queries. We pull data into Looker for custom analytics. Pro tip: cache board metadata locally since fetching column schemas on every request is slow.