Hi everyone,
I’m working on an APEX application where I need to consume external REST APIs (example: sending data to a 3rd-party system or fetching status updates from a remote server).
I have been using UTL_HTTP within PLSQL packages and also experimenting with Web Source Modules.
My questions for the community:
Whats your go to method for calling external REST endpoints securely?
How do you manage authentication tokens (Bearer tokens, API keys) store them in APEX credentials or inside a secure table?
Have you faced any challenges with timeouts, response parsing or SSL issues?
Is there any clear advantage to using Web Source Modules over UTL_HTTP for dynamic, programmable logic?
Any tips, best practices or gotchas would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.