Development & APIs

Hi, everyone! I would like to change the value of a record by sending an email. For example, I want that when sending an email to a specific email address, thanks to the subject of the email a record in a table changes its content. Is that possible? Thanks in advance!

I’m currently trying to clone one airtable into a different airtable. When I run my code, I eventually get timed out after copying anywhere from 100 - 700 rows. Is there anything I can do to ensure I don’t get disconnected to airtable. ‘’’ await airTS(‘Applicants’).select({ // Selecting the first 3 records in Students: maxRecords: maxRecords, view: “All applicants” }).eachPage(async function page(records, fetchNextPage) { await records.map(async function(record, count) { var keyValue = count.toString(); //each page resets count to 0, so count is 0-99 if (pageCount > 0) { keyValue = (pageCount*100+count).toString(); } // GCP Storage CODE const bucket = storage.bucket(bucketname); var theURL = record.get('Resume'); var bigtableResumeURL; if (theURL) { theURL = theURL[0]['url']; //create unique file name for gcp on storage and bigtable var lastPartOfFileName = theURL.substring(theURL.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);

I wonder if somebody familiar with Integromat can tell me if this can be done. I have a workflow starting with Airtable Watch Records module → Airtable Retrieve Record module ->… While this works OK, I don’t have many credits left at the end of the month with so many workflows I have running. I tested using Integromat iOS/Android app and it seems it doesn’t consume credits for stand-by operation, it just consumes the credits when the workflow is running. So I would prefer to run the workflow manually from the mobile device. It’s actually convenient. However, while most other workflows work that way, I can’t get it work with Airtable. Seems the Airtable Watch module is required, because otherwise, how would Airtable Retrieve Record module know what record to retrieve. Or is there any way to get around it? What I want is to launch the Integromat workflow from mobile. The issue is I can’t get the Android/iOS module connected with Airtable Watch module. This may be more or less questio

I know it is possible to get a list of selected records but is it possible to (un)select a record in the database from inside a custom app? I have been searching quite extensively. It seems to me to be a basic functionality but I just can’t find a way how to do it.

Hi! Is there a listener or hook to watch specific app lifecycle events? The main use-case we’re looking for is when the app gets uninstalled (aka deleted). Haven’t found any relevant info in the Blocks API. Thanks!

I have a scripting block that, for each record R in a given table, pulls a bunch of data from a different table, calculates a number N, and updates a field F for that R. The problem is some records are updated and others are not. I know that records are being pulled correctly as I print N for every R and it all calculates correctly. I know that the update code works as some records will update. One interesting thing to note: the updated R I think are all old and the non-updating ones were recently added. I thought this might have been a Free/Plus/Pro account issue as only Pro supports Apps and maybe older records were grandfathered but I have paid for Pro and still no go. Is this a permissions issue? By the way, are apps the same as scripting blocks or different? Code in question below: let table = base.getTable(BaseSpecificNames.cashFlowTable); let view = table.getView(BaseSpecificNames.sortedView); let query = await view.selectRecordsAsync(); let filtered = query.records; let dtab

Hi, is there a way to check the validity of a URL from a record? I would consider a URL to be valid if it is reachable and does not lead to a 404 error. Using Google I have seen examples as the following: var request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.open('GET', 'http://www.mozilla.org', true); request.onreadystatechange = function(){ if (request.readyState === 4){ if (request.status === 404) { alert("Oh no, it does not exist!"); } } }; request.send(); But apparently XMLHttpRequest() is not known in Airtable Scripting block. Any hint would be appreciated! Thanks, Stefan

Hi, I’m wondering if anybody can help me write a script to convert .mov files into .mp4 automatically in Airtable. I currently use CloudConvert but since they have an API, I thought there may be a way to have this done in Airtable. I know very little programming and am not sure how to even start making this work. https://sandbox.cloudconvert.com/api/v2/jobs/builder#

Hi All, So I am trying to create a new record in Airtable using google app script. I have been using the API documentation and reading the forum but can’t seem to get it to work. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you. Code snippet var baseKey = 'XXX'; var airtableAPIKey = 'XXX'; var airtableAPIEndpoint = 'https://api.airtable.com/v0/'; var tableName = 'Table 3'; var payload = { "records": [ {"fields": { "Name": "Jeff", "Date": "2020-11-15", "Status": "Done" }} ] }; function AirPost(baseKey, tableName, payload) { var options = { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Authorization ': 'Bearer ' + airtableAPIKey, 'Content-Type ' : 'application/json' }, payload : JSON.stringify(payload), muteHttpExceptions : true }; var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(airtableAPIEndpoint + baseKey + "/" + encodeURIComponent(tableName), options).getContentText(); return(response); }

I am doing a onedrive link generator , however , I found file path structure is very important to me. file path of URL is like https://walttaz-my.sharepoint.com/personal/aloha631_office-365_com_tw/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc={69284668-F854-4789-A74F-C9F6DA0C1AAB}&file=Link%20List.xlsx&action=default&mobileredirect=true I need convert it to something that I can understand I found there are some sites which are able to convert url to file structure https://www.convertstring.com/zh_TW/EncodeDecode/UrlDecode How can I convert it automatically within airtable?

Hello, I have a database with a lot of companys and company’s informations. I would like to find the linkedin URL of the CEO for each company. So I would like to create a script that take the value “company name” and that search on google : site:linkedin.com/in ‘CEO’ OR ‘Co-fondateur’ AND “company name” and return in the same record the first link found. I never practice on javascript… so someone may help me with that please ? Thank you

Hi, everyone! I need your help: I have installed the scripting app, and I am trying to make a report going through all the records in one of my tables. I would like to be able to compare the date in one of the columns (type Last Modified Time) with the current date (today), because I only want to output records that are 2 days old or less. I’ve tried some scripts I’ve seen around here (if (DATETIME_DIFF (TODAY (), {theDate}, ‘d’)> 2)), but they don’t work for me. Thank you.

Hello Community, Trying to create my first Airtable App by following the Hello World example and running into a number of npm errors and issues. If anyone can provide a bit of guidance on how to resolve this it would be greatly appreciated! The first error occurs when trying to run ➜ Airtable npm install -g @airtable/blocks-cli npm WARN deprecated urix@0.1.0: P npm WARN deprecated resolve-url@0.2.1: npm WARN deprecated fsevents@1.2.13: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2. npm WARN deprecated chokidar@2.1.8: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies. npm WARN deprecated fsevents@1.2.13: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2. npm WARN deprecated chokidar@2.1.8: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies. npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! syscall chmod npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/

We’ve built a custom API call to push form data into Airtable, this works fine when working on my localhost environment but when deployed to our staging site we get the following error returned from the API {"error":{"type":"AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED","message":"Authentication required"}} There is no difference between any of the code base, the tables it references or the API keys. Is there some additional setup needed to allow these requests to be pushed up from a specific domain?

Hi, I copied Airtable’s Currency Conversion Import script and kept everything the same except renamed the table and fields to the following: const table = base.getTable(‘Currencies & Exchange Rates’); const conversion_field = ‘USD → Currency (Non-Static)’ const currency_code_field = ‘Currency’; I’m currently getting the following error message when I try to run the script: What’s the issue here and how can I fix this? I have extremely limited JavaScript skills, I only know what I’ve used by copying other template scripts. Pasting the full script below in case helpful. Continuing the discussion from Currency Conversion Scripting Example:

Hi all, my first new topic. My background includes coding in many languages, working with mysql, and other database tools (filemaker). New to scripting in AT. Have a field that is a Link field to another record called “art# FK to Inventory”. And as the name implies, the link points to the Primary Key (aka the first field in a record here in AirTable world). Some of the records have this field blank. Luckily i have a backup copy of this field that has the data that needs to go into this field. In my first foray into scripting in AirTable (AT), i searched around in scripting basics and a bunch in this fine topic and found the code i needed to try what i thought might work to copy the backup field, which is a Text field, and put it into the Lookup field. Before i hit Run, i put a Break into the code to stop after finding just one blank field to fix just in case. So then I hit Run button to test (i have a backup copy of my base), and got this display: When i hit the Save button, i then go

What would be the best way to format and clean a field with Instagram URLs? I have a CRM built on Airtable and one of the fields is the contact’s instagram details. But some of them have been entered as ‘@myinstagram’, some simply as ‘myinstagram’ and some as ‘https://instagram.com/instagram’. What would be the best way to format all of them as URLs? Thank you!

Hey all. I’ve got an Automation script seemingly close to get the Youtube Video ID from a full URL which I found here. Script from link above <script type="text/javascript"> function youtube_parser(url){ var regExp = /^.*((youtu.be\/)|(v\/)|(\/u\/\w\/)|(embed\/)|(watch\?))\??v?=?([^#&?]*).*/; var match = url.match(regExp); return (match&&match[7].length==11)? match[7] : false; } </script> Goal: I’m trying to take a Youtube URL in an existing field: myInput or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAIlMUX9VLg and strip out only YAIlMUX9VLg to pass onto the next step (or output to the field Video ID, doesn’t matter). I’m feel like I’m so close but at the end of my copy/paste/adapt coding skills. Here’s my code: let myTable = base.getTable("Video Tracker"); let query = await myTable.selectRecordsAsync(); let myUpdateField = myTable.getField('Video ID'); console.log(query.records); function youtube_parser(myInput){ var regExp = /^.*(youtu\.be\/|v\/|

Hello, I’m attempting to integrate Airtable and Power BI to create reports. Using the API authentication key, I am able to connect to one of my tables in Power BI. However, the JSON string only contains 100 rows when connected. A more complete explanation of this issue is covered in this short tutorial and subsequent comments: mpolino.com – 29 Apr 16 Airtable and Power BI - mpolino.com Warning, this may be long and boring, but I need to write it down. The next Lizard Wong book is finally, finally, moving along nicely. For a while I’ve tracked my writing and word count using Wordly, an iPhone app. It works well enough, but at some... Any ideas for resolving this? Thanks! - Meg

I am reviewing our approach to websites - and want to connect airtable and the CMS - so that writing / approvals etc get done in airtable and then this automatically updates Wix (for example) with the content into their CMS databases. this would have the benefit of not needing to have lots of people log into Wix / or a website CMS and having one source of our data that we want to show. - e.g. blog posts I am not loking to embed the Airtable DB in Wix - that bit is easy - but doesn’t provide the same opportunity to play with design as being in wix DB any thoughts / help?

Here’s a simple script - so small it should be labelled a scriptlet. It takes a crappy date value stored as a string from one field and scrubs it for use in a real date field. In practice, it might be easier to clean up this date column easier with a formula field, but then you’d have another field with dependencies. While formulas are fine for simple tasks, this little block can implement very complex string handling and math computations. As such, this example is simply an educational step to get some experience with the new Script Block. It could be broadly applicable to almost any data cleaning or data-building process. (complete source provided at the bottom) The data import and resulting cleaned column look like this: Now, imagine a case where you had the lat/lng of your business and the lat/lng of every sale. How could you calculate the distance from your business to each buyer’s location? In a very similar script block process, you’d simply pass the two locations into this f

We’re trying to write a script that will copy all of the records in a template table into a work table. One of the fields in the template table is a single select field, but we can’t seem to copy its value into the new table. We can create a query with the selected records and iterate through them, but can’t get the format right for the single select field. In the following code, the first two fields copy fine, but we can’t find the correct format to copy the value of the single select field “CATEGORY”. fields: { 'BUYER CHECKLIST': task.name, 'SORT': task.getCellValue('SORT'), 'CATEGORY': ???, } Can anyone point us in the right direction? Thanks!

Hey all. I have been building a Video Tracker Base for my Youtube content. It’s honestly one of the most enjoyable things I’ve worked on in Airtable so far. Anyway, I’ve used this post to make an awesome clipper to pull in my existing videos (with the Clipper App). However, one common data tracking piece is what the view count is at 24 hours. I’ve never had a way to track this, and without setting a timer and manually going to track it myself, I’d love to make an Automation that scrapes the views off the video page. I know the view count css selector is: #count > yt-view-count-renderer > span.view-count.style-scope.yt-view-count-renderer Which works great in the clipper from the above-linked post. Some examples of fields this would probably use : Date Field called: Published (the publish date to trigger the 24hr timer) Number field called: Views 24hr (where to put the scraped views) URL Field called: Live URL (Youtube URL of video) I’m thinking this should be do-able but

Hi! I am using an automation to run a script when a record is created in SIGNUP table. The script should link the records (which are people) between two tables—SIGNUP and CUSTOMERS. The primary field in both tables is the person’s name but it is easiest to match the records via the email addresses. I am getting an error saying that the link field cannot accept the value. I am using the input variable. See photo. let recordId = input.config().recordID let trainingTable = base.getTable(“SIGNUP”) let recordQuery = await trainingTable.selectRecordsAsync() let recordToUpdate = recordQuery.records.find(record => record.id == recordId) let trainingEmail = recordToUpdate.getCellValue(“SIGNUP EMAIL”) let applicationsQuery = await base.getTable(“CUSTOMERS”).selectRecordsAsync() let applicationsToLink = applicationsQuery.records.map(applicationRecord => { if (applicationRecord.getCellValue(“CUSTOMERS EMAIL”) === trainingEmail) { return { id: applicationRecord.id } } }) await trainingTable.u

Is the airtable API down? Please see the screenshot below. Can someone help me?