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Hi All,

Can I create custom actions in Power Automate? I can't find the one I need from the existing list including the premium ones. I want to create my own and call a 3rd party API.

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Jcook 7,781 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hello @bssienes

You can use the HTTP action to call external APIs.

If you would like to create a connector using an API you can also do that:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/get-started-flow-dev?WT.mc_id=DX-MVP-5004029#create-a-custom-connector

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To do that you create a custom connector. In the connector you can define your custom action. Here's an overview to get you started. Custom connectors overview | Microsoft Learn

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Hi @Jcook and @Pstork1

I now understand that I can use a create a custom connector or use HTTP action, but how do I start the flow? I want to make the API call whenever the user clicks a button on a power page site.

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Not entirely sure if its the same on Power Pages, but in Power Apps you can specify a run command for a flow that uses a Power Apps trigger in a button's onSelect. I assume it works the same in Power Pages.

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Jcook 7,781 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@bssienes
To do this, you will want to have a flow with Request trigger and you would want to put some code on a button to call a HTTP URL.

Here is a blog that showcases this:
How to call Power Automate (Flow) from Power Portal using HTTP Request Trigger | Softchief Learn

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