# Simple Custom Action Walkthrough
#### Example: Getting a Daily Joke From an API
Let’s say you want your app to tell a joke when someone taps a “Make Me Laugh” button. You can do this by connecting to a public joke API.
1. **Add a Button**\
On your screen, add a button and label it **“Make Me Laugh.”**
2. **Create a Custom Action**\
Select the button, click **Add Action**, and choose **Custom Action**. Scroll down to **+New Custom Action.**
3. **Set Up the Request**
* Method: `GET`
* URL: `https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/jokes/random`
* You don’t need headers or a body for this one — it’s ready to go.
4. **Run Test Request**\
Click **Run Test Request.**
5. **View Response**
* Click **Show Full Response**
* You’ll see a JSON response that looks like this:
```json
{
"type": "general",
"setup": "Why don’t skeletons fight each other?",
"punchline": "They don’t have the guts."
}
```
6. **Add Outputs**
* Click **+Add Item**
* Add `setup` and `punchline` as Text fields
* Save your Custom Action
7. **Display the Joke**
* Add Input components to Display the ***setup*** and ***punchline***
* Add an Action on the Button following the Custom Action which Changes the Input Value for each output.
8. **Preview and Test**
Now, every time someone taps **Make Me Laugh**, your app will fetch a brand-new joke from the API and display it instantly.
If you wish to use the output to **update or create a record** in your Adalo database, you can add a follow-up **Update** or **Create** action after your Custom Action. From there, use the Outputs from your Custom Action to set properties in a collection.
For example, you could create a new property in the Logged-in-User record named ***Daily Laugh.*** After running a Custom Action that returns a Joke, you could update the Logged in User Property to the Custom Action → ***Setup/Punchline*** output.
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