How to get Rovo to call external API?

[Yong Zhu Lai]

Hi all, Im trying out with Forge Rovo and trying to get it call external API when prompted. However, I tried multiple ways to get it to call external API, it is still not working at all.

Example 

• my attempts with Google Logging API

  • Attempt to write logs to GCP via google logging client library - Nodejs.

    1. in GCP cloud shell → Success

    2. in my local env → Success

    3. in Rovo agent → Failed

Appreciate if anyone could share more on this. Thanks!

[Alex Gallien · Accepted solution]

Sharing your code here would definitely help. Have you reviewed Forge Remote for details on how to generally make external API calls from a Forge app?

[Dr Valeri Colon _Connect Centric_]

@Yong Zhu Lai Rovo Agents can’t call external APIs directly. When you’re building with Forge, the agent runs inside a restricted runtime—only Forge Remote or Forge’s built-in fetch with declared permissions can make outbound requests. Local code works because it has open network access; Rovo doesn’t. To call GCP or any external API, you must configure Forge Remote, add the domain to remotes, and use forge.api.fetch.

[Alex Gallien]

@Yong Zhu Lai - did you ever get this figured out? If not, I ran a workshop on connecting Forge to a remote API last week that might help provide a framework for you: Let's Build A Rovo Agent - Your First Forge Agent. If you check out the Resources tab in that recording you'll find the example code I used for that agent.