diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/helpers/APIRequest.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/helpers/APIRequest.py
index 2e73979ff..dfaf2ed07 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/helpers/APIRequest.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/helpers/APIRequest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
-from typing import List, Optional, Union
-import httpx
+from typing import List, Optional
 
-import requests
+import httpx
 
 from langflow import CustomComponent
 from langflow.schema import Record
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ class APIRequest(CustomComponent):
 
     async def make_request(
         self,
-        session: requests.Session,
+        client: httpx.AsyncClient,
         method: str,
         url: str,
         headers: Optional[dict] = None,
@@ -55,23 +54,22 @@ class APIRequest(CustomComponent):
 
         data = record.text if record else None
         try:
-            async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
-                response = await client.request(
-                    method, url, headers=headers, content=data, timeout=timeout
-                )
-                try:
-                    response_json = response.json()
-                    result = orjson_dumps(response_json, indent_2=False)
-                except Exception:
-                    result = response.text
-                return Record(
-                    text=result,
-                    data={
-                        "source": url,
-                        "headers": headers,
-                        "status_code": response.status_code,
-                    },
-                )
+            response = await client.request(
+                method, url, headers=headers, content=data, timeout=timeout
+            )
+            try:
+                response_json = response.json()
+                result = orjson_dumps(response_json, indent_2=False)
+            except Exception:
+                result = response.text
+            return Record(
+                text=result,
+                data={
+                    "source": url,
+                    "headers": headers,
+                    "status_code": response.status_code,
+                },
+            )
         except httpx.TimeoutException:
             return Record(
                 text="Request Timed Out",
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ class APIRequest(CustomComponent):
         method: str,
         url: List[str],
         headers: Optional[dict] = None,
-        record: Optional[Union[Record, List[Record]]] = None,
+        record: Optional[Record] = None,
         timeout: int = 5,
     ) -> List[Record]:
         if headers is None:
@@ -99,11 +97,11 @@ class APIRequest(CustomComponent):
             if isinstance(record, list)
             else [record] if record else [None] * len(urls)
         )
-
-        results = await asyncio.gather(
-            *[
-                self.make_request(method, u, headers, doc, timeout)
-                for u, doc in zip(urls, records)
-            ]
-        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+            results = await asyncio.gather(
+                *[
+                    self.make_request(client, method, u, headers, rec, timeout)
+                    for u, rec in zip(urls, records)
+                ]
+            )
         return results
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/utils.py b/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/utils.py
index 513669f75..49e686b5e 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/utils.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/utils.py
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ def add_extra_fields(frontend_node, field_config, function_args):
         key in function_args_names for key in field_config.keys()
     ):
         for field_name, field_config in _field_config.copy().items():
+            if "name" not in field_config or field_name == "code":
+                continue
             config = _field_config.get(field_name, {})
             config = config.model_dump() if isinstance(config, BaseModel) else config
             field_name, field_type, field_value, field_required = get_field_properties(
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts b/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
index fb9d38451..10b6e41df 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
@@ -727,4 +727,14 @@ export const STATUS_BUILD = "Build to validate status.";
 export const STATUS_BUILDING = "Building...";
 export const SAVED_HOVER = "Last saved at ";
 export const RUN_TIMESTAMP_PREFIX = "Last Run: ";
-export const STARTER_FOLDER_NAME = "Starter Projects";
+
+export const PRIORITY_SIDEBAR_ORDER = [
+  "saved_components",
+  "inputs",
+  "outputs",
+  "prompts",
+  "data",
+  "prompt",
+  "models",
+  "helpers",
+];
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/utils.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/utils.tsx
index 998ed8cd7..ee0509cd0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/utils.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/FlowPage/components/extraSidebarComponent/utils.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
+import { PRIORITY_SIDEBAR_ORDER } from "../../../../constants/constants";
+
 export function sortKeys(a: string, b: string) {
   // Define the order of specific keys
-  const order = [
-    "saved_components",
-    "inputs",
-    "outputs",
-    "prompts",
-    "data",
-    "prompts",
-    "models",
-    "helpers",
-  ];
-  const indexA = order.indexOf(a.toLowerCase());
-  const indexB = order.indexOf(b.toLowerCase());
+
+  const indexA = PRIORITY_SIDEBAR_ORDER.indexOf(a.toLowerCase());
+  const indexB = PRIORITY_SIDEBAR_ORDER.indexOf(b.toLowerCase());
 
   // Check if both keys are in the predefined order
   if (indexA !== -1 && indexB !== -1) {