# Best Practices for consolidating multiple data sources on a public webpage

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**Category:** Ignition\
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**Created:** [May 2, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-consolidating-multiple-data-sources-on-a-public-webpage/105834 "2025-05-02T17:00:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![djs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@djs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/djs)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-consolidating-multiple-data-sources-on-a-public-webpage/105834/2 "2025-05-02T17:47:36Z")

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A REST API built with the [WebDev](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/web-dev) module is probably your best bet.

Here are some topics that might be helpful:

> [@How do I expose the web dev module to the internet safely?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-expose-the-web-dev-module-to-the-internet-safely/80961):
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> For some backgorund information I have a 3rd party service called LINE that can send webhooks to other services (Ignition for example). Previously, I have had hardware on our internal network sending POSTs to the internal Ignition web server (using the web dev module). Now I want to take this process a step further and create a URL I can give to the 3rd party service LINE which will then send webhooks to the Ignition web dev server. My root problem is how do I create that URL that LINE can …

> [@Ignition access thru the internet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-access-thru-the-internet/29812):
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> What need to be done to access Ignition HMI anywhere in the world aside for having a VPN? Do we need to have a public IP address to do this? If you could, please provide sample network diagram so that our IT can have an idea. Thanks in advance.

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