# Calling external APIs in sandboxed scripts **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calling-external-apis-in-sandboxed-scripts/48465 "2016-04-26T17:19:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![barravi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@barravi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/barravi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calling-external-apis-in-sandboxed-scripts/48465/1 "2016-04-26T17:19:28Z")
Hello my apologies in advance if this seems trivial or deeply wrong. I tried to look for some documentation online, but didn't have any luck. I was wondering if there was any way to call an external REST API when doing a scripted update. Basically, I would like to call a script update in an index, where the script would just instantiate a REST client, call an external API sending the document source, and index back the result. Is that something possible, in any language supported by ES scripting environment? Or do I have to write a plugin to do so ? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calling-external-apis-in-sandboxed-scripts/48465/2 "2017-07-05T22:56:12Z")