Consuming an external API from a embedded container Custom Component

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Consuming an external API from a embedded container Custom Component

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Hi all,

There's a lot of information online about how to create a custom component in an embedded container.
Great stuff and it works really well but the challenge I'm facing now is that I'd like to consume an external API from within the custom component. Does anyone know where to find a basic example of that?

Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Luuk