# How to create API endpoints without coding **URL:** \ **Category:** Articles\ **Created:** [January 22, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231 "2023-01-22T16:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Luis\_Hernandez](https://community.easymorph.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Luis\_Hernandez](https://community.easymorph.com/u/Luis_Hernandez)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/21 "2023-04-04T13:50:12Z")
Thanks, everything working now, my bad sending wrong http method!! ---
**Author:** ![cgr-stez](https://community.easymorph.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@cgr-stez](https://community.easymorph.com/u/cgr-stez)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/22 "2023-05-16T13:34:57Z")
Hi, is there a way to return a response immediately and continue a long time job in background ? ![test_endpoint_em](https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7e4cedbab3a824f513f6fe1dafb01cb838c0085f.png) ---
**Author:** ![dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/dgudkov/32/5_2.png) [@dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/u/dgudkov)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/23 "2023-05-16T14:26:17Z")
> [@cgr-stez](#): > > long time job What would be the result of that long time job? ---
**Author:** ![cgr-stez](https://community.easymorph.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@cgr-stez](https://community.easymorph.com/u/cgr-stez)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/24 "2023-05-16T15:39:10Z")
The Job produces some files and then sends a teams and email notification on his completion. I need only an http 200 result response. ---
**Author:** ![dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/dgudkov/32/5_2.png) [@dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/u/dgudkov)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/25 "2023-05-16T18:10:13Z")
That looks very much like a webhook. Here is how you can handle webhooks in EasyMorph. ### Method 1: Use the task reload webhooks. A Server task (in the "Tasks" tab) can have a unique URL for triggering a task reload upon a GET request to that URL. The URL is disabled by default and should be enabled in the task settings. ![image](https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e53c7b1ee7a841842381b18b7b5fc5a7d61c999a.png) The reload URL can have URL parameters to assign task parameters. ### Method 2: Use the EasyMorph Gateway The [EasyMorph Gateway](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=gateway:start) is an optional [separately billed service](https://easymorph.com/buy.html#gateway-pricing) to handle more sophisticated scenarios, where a webhook is sent from a cloud application, or when a webhook is sent using POST or another method with a request body (payload). For more details, read: [How to configure a connection to EasyMorph Gateway](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-configure-a-connection-to-easymorph-gateway/2945) ### Method 3: Use a custom job queue Use a custom API endpoint to receive a request and put it into a job queue (the queue can be a database table, or a dataset, or a file, or [Shared memory](https://community.easymorph.com/t/preview-shared-memory/2892)) and quickly return HTTP 200 OK. The queue can contain, for instance, a list of file paths to process. Every new request appends a new line to the job queue. Schedule a Server task to check the job queue, pick a job from it, and process it asynchronously. Handling a custom job queue can be a non-trivial task because you would have to ensure that the same job isn't processed twice or remains in the queue if the task fails. ### See also > [@8 ways to trigger a Server task remotely](https://community.easymorph.com/t/8-ways-to-trigger-a-server-task-remotely/3652): > > Here is the full list of all possible ways to trigger a task on EasyMorph Server: Use the [ems-cmd utility](https://github.com/easymorph/server-cmd) from the command-line (cross-platform) Use the "Reload webhook" URL in the task settings (will be replaced with custom API endpoints in v5.3) Use the [Server .NET SDK](https://github.com/easymorph/server-sdk) in a .NET application Use the Server's REST API from any application that has network connectivity with the Server Use the ["EasyMorph Server command" action](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=transformations:morphservercommand) in an EasyMorph workflow (the free edition is supported too) By sendi… ---
**Author:** ![ckononenko](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/ckononenko/32/7044_2.png) [@ckononenko](https://community.easymorph.com/u/ckononenko)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/26 "2023-05-17T10:10:22Z")
Also, you could move long-running processes into one or more EasyMorph tasks. In the API endpoint project, parse and validate the incoming request and then call the EasyMorph task in the fire-and-forget mode. Remember to set the Simultaneous runs to Unlimited and enable the Retry task on failure. However, using the EasyMorph Webhook gateway or a separate queue will be more robust. ![image](https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c855bdae7e23dbddd77780de6e53826a1cb9aaf9.png) ![image](https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d9b54718ff68697bb21215509c418641e46d9532.png) ---
**Author:** ![cgr-stez](https://community.easymorph.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@cgr-stez](https://community.easymorph.com/u/cgr-stez)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/27 "2023-05-17T12:38:50Z")
Thanks a lot, it's the solution i looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Shaheed\_Fazal](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/shaheed_fazal/32/1241_2.png) [@Shaheed\_Fazal](https://community.easymorph.com/u/Shaheed_Fazal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/28 "2023-12-19T23:10:37Z")
I want to call the API from an external Cloud based application that supports web request. Has anyone achieved this? Any idea on how to do it? I appreciate there are security concerns also so any advice would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/dgudkov/32/5_2.png) [@dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/u/dgudkov)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/29 "2023-12-19T23:35:30Z")
You can create a VPN or HTTP tunnel to your EasyMorph Server but that requires good network security skills. Instead, consider making the cloud application send a cloud webhook through [EasyMorph Gateway](https://help.easymorph.com/doku.php?id=gateway:start) that will trigger a Server task that will _push_ the necessary data into the cloud application. So it's a "push" integration schema rather than "pull". ---
**Author:** ![dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/user_avatar/community.easymorph.com/dgudkov/32/5_2.png) [@dgudkov](https://community.easymorph.com/u/dgudkov)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/how-to-create-api-endpoints-without-coding/4231/30 "2026-08-25T20:30:08Z")
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