Development & APIs

HI there - I am wanting to try to efficiently add various combos of multiple arrays to try to find a set that has non-zero elements. This is an abbreviated version. I have a set of ~300 arrays x 30 elements in each array to try to find a complete set of sets. let arr1 = [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0] let arr2 = [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1] let arr3 = [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0] let arr4 = [0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0] Update: Assume that instead of individual arrays, there is one matrix and we are adding the combination of columns in matrices to find a matching set.

Hi, I just paid for the Pro Account on Airtable even though I was not finished with the 14 days trial period since signup. However, it still shows I am on Pro Trial and does not let me use the scripting blocks in the automations. This is a problem because it is a big blocker for my project. Hope someone can help. Thanks!

Hi all! I am not very good at JS, but I have to figure out a way to built a robust front end for an Airtable base and I have zero budget (I might as well start working on world peace while I’m at it). I have figured out how to retrieve and log (Logger.log) all the data in a particular table (believe it or not I can return all 3500+ records in a couple of seconds), but does anyone know how to display the data that is returned as raw JSON in the HTML page created when I deploy the google script as a web app? I guess it would be helpful if I explained the use case. I have a table, “PartNoInfo”, that is linked to a “Concentration” table. The “PartNoInfo” table contains the metadata and calculations. The “Concentration” table has the individual concentrations, as well as lookup data from the linked table “ComponentData”, which has the information required for the calculations in the “PartNoInfo” table. I am trying to set up an UI where the user can enter a part number and retrieve the “

Hi guys! I’m fairly new to AirTable, especially using it in a backend server. I have created relational databases in SQL before, and I have designed my database just like how I did with SQL. However, I do not know if AirTable has a JOIN command that can join two tables together in Node.JS so that I can look up data across different tables that intersect. If so, how do I do that on AirTable? So far I have created Persons, Students, Mentors, Addresses tables and I have not been able to query them and join them together. Thank you!

So, I’ve been trying to bulk add some fields to the table using the suggested code in the API: base('GameRefereeSlots').create([ { "fields": { "GameCreation": "49", "Fee": 10, "Expenses": 10, "Type": "Referee" } }, { "fields": { "GameCreation": "49", "Fee": 10, "Expenses": 10, "Type": "Referee" } } ], function(err, records) { if (err) { console.error(err); return; } records.forEach(function (record) { console.log(record.getId()); }); }); This, however, does not work as it returns the following error: message: “Invalid request: parameter validation failed. Check your request data.” statusCode: 422 I’ve tried different alternatives by removing the “field” key and just having the plain object but it does not work. When adding only one of the options without it being in an array, i.e not batch adding, it works perfectly. Any thoughts on what could be the problem?

Hey, was anyone able to use vis.js timeline (Vis Timeline Examples) in blocks? I have tried to make it work for a while but I cannot figure out how to render the timeline with the functional style of the blocks. How can I workaround the “build on a div element with a certain id” approach?

Hi I wanna script a (+1) button, somehow (like) button… to increase (or decrease) number in a filed For example, When I click this button, the filed X become (10) instead of (9) Thanks

Hi team! I’m looking to schedule automated tweets and found this: Can I set up a script to run on a schedule using Automations? At the moment, there isn’t a built-in way to set up a script that runs on a regular time-based schedule (e.g. every day at 9am). A workaround is to use a time-based filter on a view. I’m wondering if anyone could please explain what a time-based filter means and how to use it?

Just had a quick question on something I have seen pop up any time I try to create a prototype functions. Any time I do so, the new function will be underlined in red and any time the function is called, it will be underlined but the script still seems to function as expected, with the function working as well. Here’s an example: Hovering the mouse over the error gives the message “Property ‘addDays’ does not exist on type ‘Date’”. I’m not too concerned about this since it appears that everything still works but it would be nice to know why this is happening, whether this is an Airtable Scripting App issue. It would ease my mind a bit to not see this every time I try to call a prototype function. Thanks for the help!

I have a “Single Select” field whereby its options are updated through the API. Is this possible?

Hi, I’m trying to build an app based on the To-do list tutorial (Airtable Blocks SDK) for the Blocks SDK. Whenever I try to show a value with record.getCellValueAsString(‘someFieldId’) I get the following error: Error: Cell values for field fldQYB8sxPz3dvhwH are not loaded spawnErrorWithOriginOmittedFromStackTrace@https://localhost:9000/__runFrame/bundle.js:619:13 invariant@https://localhost:9000/__runFrame/bundle.js:661:11 getCellValueAsString@https://localhost:9000/__runFrame/bundle.js:6185:34 Booking@https://localhost:9000/__runFrame/bundle.js:162:91 renderWithHooks@https://localhost:9000/__runFrame/bundle.js:62042:27 mountIndeterminateComponent@https://localhost:9000/__runFrame/bundle.js:64576:13 beginWork$1@https://localhost:9000/__runFrame/bundle.js:65944:16 callCallback@https://localhost:9000/__runFrame/bundle.js:46118:14 x.wrap/e._wrapped@https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/rollbar.js/1.9.0/rollbar.nojson.min.js:1:13806 invokeGuardedCallbackDev@https://localhost:9000/__runFr

Hello scripting experts I’m busy moving a script for scoring tests (currently built in Python) into Airtable. The answers are being submitted to Airtable fields via a form. It would be easy enough to do in an Excel-type formula ( i.e. if(answer1=“X”,1,0) +if(answer2=“Y”,1,0), but I know there are more challenges to come so I am hoping to upskill a little bit in JavaScript (I would not consider myself a coder, I dabbled a little bit in Python about 5 years ago but that’s about it). I instead want to pull the values that are being submitted in the table into an array, and check them against an answer key. (I want to do this in the same table) Taking the first block of 7 questions, I feel like the answer might look something like this, but missing a few (big) pieces //I've created a field to receive the test scores. let table = base.getTable("Test Input"); let targetfield = "Test Scores"; var score1 = 0 let submitted_answers = [ //this is the array where I want to pull in the seven ans

Hi The number of scripts are increasing. I notice it becomes more difficult to keep all scripts up to date. For example, I have some created some classes to easily work with the data in our records. But everything I want to change something in that class, I need to do it in many scripts. Isn’t there a place where user defined classes and functions can be stored? That would be very helpful. KR Ashgard

I am just getting started with custom apps and struggling to get breakpoints set in VS Code to work with even the Hello World example app. I guess I am not really sure what is running where. I see that in order to run my custom app the build run command is observing my code and running a local web server at localhost:9000 which Airtable is then using to get a copy of my app. Then the app is run in my browser by Airtable. Is there any way for me to set breakpoints in my source code, like I do when developing other React apps, so that when my browser hits those breakpoints I can see the debugging information in VS Code? If anyone has this working, please share your configuration, in particular your launch.json setup in VS Code. Thanks!

Our team uses Airtable to keep track of customer orders, and we’d like an automation that sends an email to the customer when our Airtable users make record edits that trigger certain events to happen (order placed, order confirmed, order out for delivery, order delivered, etc.). We want our emails to be HTML-formatted, so instaed of Airtable Automations, we are still using Zapier or Integromat, which trigger when the an order record enters a certain View. We are thus concerned about the Airtable API rate limit (5 requests per second) because we want to avoid a 429 error at all costs. Our questions are: Do services like Zapier and Integromat throttle Airtable API requests by default? If we were to say bulk-approve 100 or so orders on Airtable, will these services naturally throttle the emails to fit Airtable’s API rate limits as long as we are still within the Zap/Operation limits of Zapier/Integromat? In the API documentation, the API team recommends using a “caching proxy.” What

HI there - I am wanting to Have a script button in my form and/or Run a script once submitting and send a user to a dashboard with their results. Any suggestions on how to do this?

I am pretty versed in the “Modified Time” field type, and its options to watch certain fields, automation triggers set to watch certain fields, and I use filterByFormula with IS_AFTER({Modified}, “2020-12-18 9:00 AM”), etc to return recently modified records in my API applications. So I know how to retrieve whole records with at least one field that has been modified. But what I can’t figure out is if there is a way, in a scripting app or automation script block, to select only the fields from a record that have been modified since a certain date/time, for example to then PATCH just those fields through to another service… The only way I can think of to automate this is to literally make a separate automation watching each field separately and patch them one at a time… I don’t want to do this for several reasons. Rather not PUT the whole thing if I don’t have to. Any ideas? Thanks.

I have list of keywords and URLs. I want script, once in a month, go through those URLs and find if that keyword is still on that URL. Based on result, update field with the status, Exist / DoesNotExist I want to track my backlinks for SEO purpose, they are still live or removed. Any ideas?

Hi, I’m using block sdk to build a custom app. But I meet an error after I install an es6 modules( @antv/x6 ) Bundle Error: 'import' and 'export' may appear only with 'sourceType: module' I tried to add a .babelrc file to add prset-env but don’t work. what should i do to solve this problem?

Hi there, I’ve made a custom app which is released and working great. The only problem is that when I filter the data in the view, it doesn’t always update the chart - I have to go to the App and click “Reload App”. This is how I’m getting the data: const base = useBase(); const table = base.getTableByName(‘securities’); const view = table.getViewByName(‘Home’); const queryResult = view.selectRecords(); const records = useRecords(queryResult); const viewport = useViewport();

Hello everyone, Sometimes I feel the need to print my Airtable table records physically on paper (A4, A5 or even A6), while controlling every formatting and styling aspect (i.e; multiple records on 1 page, formatted as a table X by Y, or a list, controlling the font attributes, the border attributes, rounded corners, background colours,…). Printing possibilities by default in Airtable are a little to basic. I’m on the Airtable free plan, but even the Page Designer App won’t stretch that far, I guess… So I think the only way to get it exactly as I want is, is to go through the API, extract the records I need and position them and style them. But how do I start with the API ? Which tools do I really need ? I read something about airtable.js and also node.js and npm…all very new to me. I’m not afraid to dive in new technology, but I need a starting point. My data in Airtable is mainly personal inventory, like movies, books, games,… There is no need to build a public website, it is only fo

I’m trying to send data to Zapier’s webhook but it doesn’t seem to go through every single time. I’m a coding newbie, is there some sort of naive mistake I’m making below? let result = new XMLHttpRequest(); let webhookURL = "https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/XXXXXX/YYYYY/"; let data = { "id" : record.id, "Format" : {name: record.getCellValueAsString("Format")} }; await result.open("POST", webhookURL, true); await result.setRequestHeader('Content-type','application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); await result.send(JSON.stringify(data)); I’ve noticed that it seems to make a difference if I have this command near the top of my script vs near the bottom.

We’re using both Airtable Apps (Blocks) as well as the Airtable API. Is there any way to get the user API key from a block? That way we avoid forcing the user to look for their API key and paste it into our app. I’m hoping for something like this: import {session} from '@airtable/blocks'; if (session.currentUser !== null) { console.log("The current user's API key is", session.currentUser.apiKey); }

Hey folks, Fairly new to Airtable and javascript ( my background is database languages ). I’m trying to modify the Mark Duplicate script that is an example. I’m using it as part of an automation from a google sheet. Rather than marking the duplicates I’d like to increment a counter by one on the “master” record already in the base Take some of the data from a field called “Notes” on the new record and add it to the “Notes” field on the “master” record Then ignore the new record as it’s not required. If anyone can give me any pointers that would help me better get to grips with the syntax it would be massively appreciated. Thanks!

I’m not an experienced coder, but I’ve written enough VBA & Python to have a degree of comfort with Java Script and write some basic routines. That said, my greatest degree of confusion here is referencing specific fields, records, cells, tables, etc. While loading the bases seems straightforward & part of every example script, documentation seems to drop off from there. Did I miss something? Can someone point me to a cheat-sheet with more examples like: .record.getCellValueAsString .getCellValueAsString The examples provided, “Loading records, Currency converter, Running total, Mark duplicate, Summarize linked records” are helpful, but more of these would be better. The user forum examples are a little scattered and specific. Probably, like most people using Airtable, my scripting issues are pretty basic. For example, one of the things I’m trying to do is just search a column for the highest value and enter the next highest value in the same column triggered by the prima