Development & APIs

Part of my custom APP takes a number of different user inputs from a UI, and writes some of the resultant information as a new record in a table. In particular I want to do the following: Write a string value to a linked field in an existing table The string value to be passed is already guaranteed to exist as one of the linked options (since the user selected from a Select menu which is in turn populated from the table. *There are some other fields which need to be written as part of this record. The code looks something like the following. `` let machineNameField=tableTasksByMachineNumber.getFieldByNameIfExists(‘Machine Name’); let machineNamesRecord=useRecords(tableTasksByMachineNumber,machineNameField); let machineNamesList=machineNamesRecord.map(record=> {return(record.getCellValueAsString(machineNameField))}); let machineNamesListFormatted=machineNamesList.map(x=>{return({label: x, value:x})});` Machine Selection <Select

Hi, I am currently struggling with a script which runs in the scripting block but not within an automation. I have the following error while testing : However, it seems like I am respecting the restrictions given on the Airtable support site, so I don’t understand the problem. (I can share my code, if necessary)

I’m developing an API on Node.js + express on Heroku, and every time I fetch anything with POST, I get a 400 Bad request error. Postman requests to the same endpoint work perfectly. So the only hypothesis I have is that I need a ‘Host’ header in my Airtable request (when I remove the ‘Host’ header in Postman. I get the same 400 Bad request error), but I don’t know what this ‘Host’ header should be. To reproduce: Create a simple Node.js+express app on Heroku where you return the same body as you get: app.post('/', (request, response) => { response.status(200).send(request.body); }) Create Airtable automation with fetch (or an app with remoteFetchAsync): let response = await fetch('https://....herokuapp.com/api/', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify('Hello World!'), headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8', 'Accept': 'application/json'

Hi. I’m writing a python script to go into the database and retrieve data matching specified times that things have happened. So for example, event_a happened July 15, 16, 18, 21, 22 and 23 at 1500 each day. I was wondering if there was a way, using the python api, to have it only search as far back as, say, July 19th. One week ago. I know that the get_all, search, and get_iter functions all take a max_records argument, but that isn’t what I was looking for. I’m not saying only look for the first 100 matches. I’m saying only look back in time a week. Does anyone know how I could go about doing that? Thank you in advance.

I’m using Keyboard Maestro to build a script to update a record based on user input. The user will input the customer’s record ID, info to update and the script will be built like so: curl -v -X PATCH https://api.airtable.com/v0/xxxxxxxx/Students%2C%20Parents%2C%20Prospectives \ -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxx" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "records": [ { "id": "'$KMVAR_ATRecordID'", "fields": { "Status": "'$KMVAR_Status'", "Lesson Day": [ "'$KMVAR_Lesson_Day'" ], "Teacher": [ "'$KMVAR_Teacher'" ], "Instrument": [ "'$KMVAR_Instrument'" ] } } ] }' This fails, with the API saying that “You must provide an array of up to 10 record objects, each with an “id” ID field and a “fields” object for cell values”. However, if I remove the “Teacher” line the script works correctly: curl -v -X PATCH https://api.airtable.com/v0/xxxxxxxx/Students%2C%20Parents%2C%20Prospectives \ -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxx" \ -H "Content

How do I get all unique values in a given column using the API. I can see the list of these values in the API docs but no query on how to get them?

Hello Everyone, I am looking for a script that solves a basic problem. I am running a cleaning service, and certain jobs(like glass cleaning, vacuuming, bathroom care) need to be done regularly on certain days of the week (for instance the fridge needs a once a week Fri clean). I filter out jobs based on the room and attach QR codes on the walls that will only show the active jobs in the room that day of the week. This way, I give my workers a set jobs and no one gets overwhelmed. I’ve made my workspace simple (at least to me). I have three tables (jobs, people, building/room) and I have fields with in the jobs that specifies the day of week I want it cleaned. I want the day of week (multiple select) to turn job status to active on the appropriate day. On the not appropriate day, I want the jobs go to inactive. There’s more work to do on the project than this, but this is a good benchmark. If any of you think you can help me let me know.

I’m using a base to record survey answers. The questions are constructed in a way that all answers are Yes/No. I’m using a single select field for the answers and I want two fields that will provide the total number of “Yes” answers and the total number “No” answers for each record. I realize I can create two additional fields for every question that will store numeric values for each answer choice and then use two SUM fields to provide a total for each type of answer, however this will result in two additional fields for every question. I’m hoping someone has an idea for a more elegant solution; most likely involving a script.

Is anyone seeing any errors for Integromat scenarios which are querying Airtable? Getting “Operation Timed Out” errors across multiple scenarios and accounts. Ruchika

Hi there, I hope you are great! (I am not sure if this is the right category to post my topic but please feel free to suggest any changes.) When I try to get data from the HTTPS API, it gives me a certain amount of records & an offset value if I want to get the rest of them. I have a database of 3800+ records, and repeatedly using offsets for more data might kind of slow down my app. Is there any way that I could retrieve as many records as I have, without worrying about offsets/page limits? Could it be a query parameter I should add? So it just gives me all the 3800+ records at once… Here’s the API URL I am using to get my data from (I am trying to get all values of a single field like Name) api.airtable.com/v0/Base_ID/Table_Name?api_key=API_Key&fields[]=Name Any help is appreciated! Thanks a lot!

Hi - I think I need a scripting app to solve my problem, but I’m new to Airtable scripting and so am reaching out for help. I have a table that I’m populating every day, but I want a 2nd grid/view with only the latest record showing. So I wanted to use a ‘latestrecord’ checkbox column, and use a script that would fire on a create record trigger to basically reset the checkbox on every row, and then only set it for that latest record that was just inserted. My 2nd view would be filtered on this checkbox - which would then be used in a combination of charts (on all content) and summary apps (just on the latest record) in a dashboard. I’m struggling with the scripting syntax, and so just felt it would be easier to stand on the shoulders of giants, and ask the community! Many thanks in advance, Dave. Note: I’m struggling with even reset all the checkboxes - the following code runs but just doesn’t seem to work (resetting/clearing all of the ‘LatestRecord?’ checkbox columns to be blank/un

I want to create a very simple script. What I want it to do is to call a URL (the URL being called activates a sync between Airtable > Shopify. What is the code to call a URL?

I’ve done a ton of searching and can’t find any answer to the possibility of using an Array (list) in one field of a base as a search input for another field. I do not want to ARRAYJOIN(values) as I am not searching for the total string, I want to take an input SEARCH list of any values, and search each list item independently within another field. I’ve built a complex Theater scheduling base where there are company members, teams which contain company members, staffing which is a member, availability of each member, and junction tabled them to fit into a scheduling table that is connected to a Show table (date,title) My goal is to be able to compare the list of members on a team against their individual availability. Is it even possible to search each item independently (Team Member) that is within an ARRAY/List (Team) within another field that also contains ARRAY data (Member Availability)? I’m assuming this will need scripting to take the input search list then go one after the oth

Hi all! I’ve been working on utilizing scripting within automations for a project. When a record in a table “MPList” is updated, I want to see if that record’s sort name matches any sort names in another table “memList”. If there is a match, I want the trigger record (from MPList) to be updated. I’m attaching my code below, and I think that one issue I’m running into may be with the input.config() process. The “toMatch” string in the test output window displays the ID, Name, and color for the text field it was pulled from. So, I’m not sure whether the Name of toMatch is correctly being tested for equality with the “Sort Name” field from the other sheet on line 9. let toMatch = input.config().toMatch; let mpList = base.getTable("Imported"); let memList = base.getTable("Members"); let query = await memList.selectRecordsAsync(); let result = false; let member = false; for (let record of query.records) { if (record.getCellValue("Sort Name") == toMatch) { await mpList.updateRec

Hello! I have two tables: visualSKU and visualSKUTypes. Column “type” in visualSKU linked to visualSKUTypes. How can I get full query of linked table? Instead of record id in “type” I want to get full data of visualSKUTypes:

I have a table, and I made a view with some grouping. The schema of the table is [Survey, Question, Category, Person, Response] Now I want to be able to extract the table with those groups and summary statistics and use that elsewhere in another part of my workflow, outside Airtable. The API allows filtering, but not grouping it seems. How does one accomplish this? Another option is somehow I can make the summary statistics into their own view/table? so it would look like [Survey, Category, Average Response]? Then I can query for that table and read those records and use them where I need them. smiles

Hello everyone, I’ve been trying to use Airtable as a social media content planner for weeks now, and realizing this is pretty much one of the first use cases everyone thinks about when learning of automations. I finally reached a solution that works, although an experienced user might object that it is far from perfect in terms of optimization/number of runs. I wanted to detail it here, to help any new user create their own planner, and hopefully to centralize tips and tricks and to get improvement advice from experience users ! Speaking of this, thank you so much @ScottWorld and @Justin_Barrett for your many posts all over the place, that helped a lot. Before we continue, please keep in mind that this is the first time I’m using Integromat :winking_face: Again, I’m eager to see your advice if I’m doing something wrong ! First of all, I’m using Integromat’s default template for social media as a base for this project. The whole thing is pretty comprehensive, and I would recommend to

Hi, how can I make Airtable an “approved” app so I can create automated records via Zapier? I’ve finished the zap in Zapier but I get the following message (screenshot) Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

i started an app and try to show table fields in my app i used a code from guides as axemple, but when i request fields by their names it shows as undefined, but field record.id is displayed ok i have table with wields Title, Price etc, but only record.id have value in app, but in table all fields have value my code import { initializeBlock, useBase, useRecords, } from '@airtable/blocks/ui'; import React from 'react'; function HelloWorldApp() { // YOUR CODE GOES HERE const base = useBase(); const table = base.getTableByName('events'); const records = useRecords(table); const events = records.map(record => { return ( <div key={record.id}> {record.Price || 'not named record'} </div> ); }); return ( <div>{events}</div> ); } initializeBlock(() => <HelloWorldApp />);

Hey guys, So I have an accumulated vacation table that uses an employees start date and a duration formula to determine how much vacation / sick time they have earned based on their years of service with us. What I would like to do is create an automation that is capable of creating a record for every “active” employee when the calendar year changes. This would essentially create 50 some records on 1/1/20xx detailing an employees accum. vacation and sick time. I have to have a record for each annual year becuase I use another table to track an employees attendance in regards to Birthday, vacation days, sick time used that subtracts hours used vs hours accumulated. Thanks for any tips in advance!

Hi This relates to this Topic This is the code I have: let repoT = base.getTable('Repo'); let sourceT = base.getTable('Source'); let record = await input.recordAsync('Pick a record', sourceT); // let name = record.getCellValue('Part 1') + '-' + record.getCellValue('Part 2'); if (!record.getCellValue('Repo')) { let name = record.getCellValue('Data'); // create the record in the repo table let newRepoRecord = await repoT.createRecordAsync({ 'Name': name }) // set variable for today's date let now = new Date().toLocaleDateString("en-GB"); //note that newRepoRecord is the record ID of the created record // see this by logging the result: console.log(newRepoRecord); // now take the newly created record ID // and set the linked field from this let updatedRecord = await sourceT.updateRecordAsync(record, { 'Repo': [{id: newRepoRecord}], 'Part Created': "Part Entered " + now }) } else { console.log("Repo

Hi there, I’ve found a javascript code to convert HEX codes to a name. However, as I am not a javascript coder, I need help to make changes to the code so that it works when i run it as a script in Airtable. Here is the link: https://www.w3schools.com/lib/w3color.js

Some of the users of my custom app are getting the “Sorry, an error occurred” message, but I can’t reproduce the problem on my computer when I follow the same steps-- is there some way for me to access, or else for them to send me more details of the error like you can see in development mode? Thanks!

Hi, I am trying to use a pagination in my code, but the airtable.js client always returns all results even if pageSize is used. Moreover, if I use pageSize it will query the data from airtable database one page at a time until it reads them all. How to stop this? I have intercepted the outgoing requests and these are the urls the client calls GET https://api.airtable.com/v0/applDJB1ThaWVcIJD/Moc%20Data?pageSize=2&maxRecords=5 GET https://api.airtable.com/v0/applDJB1ThaWVcIJD/Moc%20Data?pageSize=2&maxRecords=5&offset=itreHdPlZHyg9RWB3%2FrecBtmAdzmYqi9F8t GET https://api.airtable.com/v0/applDJB1ThaWVcIJD/Moc%20Data?pageSize=2&maxRecords=5&offset=itreHdPlZHyg9RWB3%2FrecENdiDVazobA9fH my code: async list<T extends TableNames>(baseId: AirtableBaseId, table: T, queryParams?: QueryParams<Tables[T]>): Promise<MetaTable<Tables[T]>[]> { return this.airtable .base(baseId)(table) .select(queryParams) // <- { maxRecords: 5, pageSize:

I’m still fairly new to scripting, and going through the learning process. I’m assuming the below error means that scripting can’t access the details that it needs to? Error N: Can’t set cell values: Field ‘Button’ is computed and cannot be set My example code below; let myTable = base.getTable("ButtonTable"); let myTabeQuery = await myTable.selectRecordsAsync(); for (let myRecord of myTabeQuery.records) { let getButton = myRecord.getCellValue('Button') console.log(getButton); let getSelect = myRecord.getCellValue('SingleSelect') console.log(getSelect); let newName = "💚"; await myTable.updateRecordAsync(myRecord,{Name:newName}); let newSelect = "💚"; await myTable.updateRecordAsync(myRecord,{"SingleSelect": {name:newSelect}}); let newButton = "On"; await myTable.updateRecordAsync(myRecord,{"Button": {Label:newButton}}); } Is there any method to update Labels?