Feature request- Auto populate option about data-populator HOT 3 OPEN

@GodDevs i understand what you want to achieve, but not why. can you explain a bit more detailed?

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@nitrada The remote api which is being used in my project updates regularly. So after hosting the website its not possible to update the data and again host the website. So it would be helpful if you remove the populate button or, after adding the {placeholder template} the data should automatically come in the placeholder just like the preview below the placeholder title.
It that way the data will be fetched from the api everytime the website opens and placeholder will always be updated.

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what kind of data request triggers would you expect then for auto populate – on opening the document? time-based?

data populator is not really capable of "listening" to changes in the data coming from the API as we're using the REST paradigm (client requests, server responds). it sounds a bit as if you're wishing for something like "streaming data" via eg websocket, but that's a whole different chapter and currently not planned 😄

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