# How to forward an custom API request as it is to another API system that works locally?

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/how-to-forward-an-custom-api-request-as-it-is-to-another-api-system-that-works-locally/4949>\
**Category:** Connecting to Web Services\
**Created:** [June 16, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/how-to-forward-an-custom-api-request-as-it-is-to-another-api-system-that-works-locally/4949 "2019-06-16T11:59:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![regalartech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@regalartech](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/regalartech)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/how-to-forward-an-custom-api-request-as-it-is-to-another-api-system-that-works-locally/4949/1 "2019-06-16T11:59:49Z")

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I have a dreamfactory system and a another system lets call it api\_server1 . Now api\_server1 has its own API working but to access it through the authentication of the dreamfactory. I think I will need a custom script for this that will map all the API in api\_server1 . but I want to know is there any other easy way ?

Note : I can access all the api\_server1 server’s REST API directly but I want to access api\_server1 via dreamfactory.

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**Author:** ![sman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@sman](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/sman)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/how-to-forward-an-custom-api-request-as-it-is-to-another-api-system-that-works-locally/4949/2 "2019-07-10T17:39:16Z")

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I am looking to do something similar. To consume 3rd party API’s. You can add a remote web service in Services \> Create \> Remote Service \> HTTP Service. Here is the documentation I found on it with a couple examples. I have a few different API’s working now where dreamfactory API is basically the middleman.

[https://wiki.dreamfactory.com/DreamFactory/Tutorials/Connecting\_to\_Remote\_Web\_Services](https://wiki.dreamfactory.com/DreamFactory/Tutorials/Connecting_to_Remote_Web_Services)

which apparently has been renamed to HTTP Services

[https://wiki.dreamfactory.com/DreamFactory/Features/HTTP\_Services](https://wiki.dreamfactory.com/DreamFactory/Features/HTTP_Services)