# Dropdown

## Overview

Labii’s Dropdown Type API Integration allows users to populate dropdown options dynamically by fetching external resources from an API. Instead of manually entering static options, the dropdown can retrieve data from an API endpoint, ensuring real-time updates and seamless integration with external databases or services. Users configure the API URL, request parameters, and response parsing rules within Labii, enabling the dropdown to display relevant selections based on live data. This feature is particularly useful for maintaining up-to-date reference lists, such as reagent inventories, project names, or customer records, directly within Labii’s interface.

## Widgets

* [API ForeignKey](/widgets/column-widgets/integration/dropdown/api-foreignkey.md)
* [API ForiegnKeys](/widgets/column-widgets/integration/dropdown/api-foreignkeys.md)


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