# Send Historical Data from Ignition API Server to an API-Client upon Get Request

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-historical-data-from-ignition-api-server-to-an-api-client-upon-get-request/99400>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, database, ignition81, perspective, scripting\
**Created:** [December 4, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-historical-data-from-ignition-api-server-to-an-api-client-upon-get-request/99400 "2024-12-04T07:24:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Filippos\_Onisiforou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/filippos_onisiforou/32/68090_2.png) [@Filippos\_Onisiforou](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Filippos_Onisiforou)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-historical-data-from-ignition-api-server-to-an-api-client-upon-get-request/99400/1 "2024-12-04T07:24:38Z")

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Dear All , We want to examine the below if this is possible to be done with Ignition as API Server

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/5/e568604ec1a6e216e14b28de685696b82cb138e1.png)

So the main objective is to send Historical Data from our SQL database to a User . The User Will Request Data from Plants  
Example  
From Plant A : Specific Date query : Return the requested Values.

We would like to know the best path to follow.

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-historical-data-from-ignition-api-server-to-an-api-client-upon-get-request/99400/2 "2024-12-04T09:47:12Z")

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Yes, this is one of the common uses of the WebbDev module.

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**Author:** ![Filippos\_Onisiforou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/filippos_onisiforou/32/68090_2.png) [@Filippos\_Onisiforou](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Filippos_Onisiforou)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-historical-data-from-ignition-api-server-to-an-api-client-upon-get-request/99400/3 "2024-12-04T10:30:25Z")

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Thank you Phil,  
do you have any similar example or which steps we need to follow first so we do it right ?

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-historical-data-from-ignition-api-server-to-an-api-client-upon-get-request/99400/4 "2024-12-04T11:17:34Z")

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> **[httpPost Example | Ignition User Manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/web-dev/httpPost-example)**
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> This example demonstrates how to allow Ignition to receive data from an external source. It uses a button to send JSON data through an httpPost command and a Python Resource in the Web Dev module to receive the post and do something with the data....