Development & APIs

Hi – In an effort to save weeks worth of research, I’m hoping to find someone who may know the most efficient way to build out an automation process. I have no experience with computer language or programming and am officially waving my white flag. :rofl: I essentially need to build a custom numerology app. I need to be able to press a button in my Airtable and run a program to break down each name (first, middle, last - each in separate columns) into individual characters and assign each letter to a number. There are more steps to the process as a whole, but this is my primary need for assistance. I’m fairly certain this can be done with a formula by splitting the text string (name) into individual characters; however, I don’t know how to make this a dynamic process (for the len and/or mid functions) nor do I know how to run a split function without a delimiter. If anyone has any suggestions, all feedback is appreciated! As briefly mentioned, there are more steps to this process and

Hi all. With my custom CSV importer script, I’d like to do a few operations before the .parsedContents method should look at the file. Examples: My file uses a comma for decimal notation. .parsedContents simply removes them, so 4,5 becomes 45 but it should become 4.5 I’d like to take a closer look at date formats used in the file, because they may vary, and even if .parsedContents correctly identifies it as a date, the format may be DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY. The Javascript methods .readAsText() or .text don’t seem to work even though the documentation states that input.fileAsync() delivers a File object which is a Blob. Any clues?

Hey! I’m currently making the first steps with the Blocks SDK and having problems with fetching data from our Shopify Backend. I’m trying to do it like this (frontend.js): let url = https://xyz.myshopify.com/admin/api/2020-01/orders/${record.getCellValue("Shopify Id")} let response = await fetch(url,{ method: ‘GET’, headers: { ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’, ‘X-Shopify-Access-Token’: ‘xyz’, }, }) return await response.json() Whenever I trigger this function, the console logs say: Access to fetch at 'https://xyz.myshopify.com/admin/api/2020-01/orders/123.json' from origin 'https://devblock---123xyz.airtableblocks.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: Redirect is not allowed for a preflight request. Any help with this will be much appreciated :slightly_smiling_face:

Hi everyone, As part of our ongoing effort to make Airtable more and more extensible, we’re beginning to expand access to the Metadata API. The metadata API gives you read-only access to a list of a user’s bases, as well as the specific schema of each base - things like what tables exist, what fields exist on those tables, etc. Usage of this API currently requires a unique developer token, in addition to the user’s API key for whom you are looking to pull the metadata. You can view the metadata API documentation here, and request a developer token here. We are considering in the longer-term simply rolling the metadata API functionality into the main Airtable API - this would require some deeper underlying structural changes, however, hence in the short-term we are bridging the gap by issuing individual tokens. As always, we’re eager to get your feedback on what you’re looking to do with this and all Airtable API’s. The metadata API contains some known gaps - most obviously, that it is

Despite having standardized the look-up field, my table is giving very distinctly different answers in the formula field. An image of the formula field + look-up field are below. What could possibly be going wrong? What can I test to fix? My formula is: FIND(‘T003: Symptom’, {Rel_lookup_Terms_Type})

Hi there - Is it possible to determine which view in a form is being used to help determine what happens in an automation? For instance, my form is choosing items from a drop down list that is pre-sorted in a view. I want to run an automation based on that pre-sort. Is that possible?

Hello, My app keeps data on my server in sync with changes made to Airtable. My question: What is the best way to subscribe to record updates when using the blocks API? The useRecords hook simply returns all of the table’s records when a record is modified so it doesn’t seem the best way to keep track of updates. It looks as if the best way to do this is to write a custom useWatchable on all the records of the table so that I receive individual records as they get updated but I’d like to know if there’s a more elegant solution than this. I’d also like to know if there’s a native way to get notified via callback or event when a new record is created or if I’ll have to keep track of this on my end. Many thanks

Hello Everyone, I am trying to convert a string value to a datetime ? or how can I add a no of dates on a date format? Example, I have a date 08/16/2020 I would like to add 5 days to be 08/21/2020 in Scripting block I have this script, to create all number of eps and create the date assigned to that specific episode I have the start date value, and I have No of eps value. I tried to use a moment to add a duration of days, but it’s not working for me moment.duration().add(1,date) let importTable = base.getTable(“Titles”); let importQuery = await importTable.selectRecordsAsync(); let episodesscheduletable = base.getTable(‘Episodes Schedule’); for (let record of importQuery.records) { let rowcount =0; rowcount= record.getCellValue(‘EPS’) while (rowcount>=0) { if (rowcount===0) { }else { //let now = new Date().toLocaleDateString(""); let date =record.getCellValue(‘Start Date’) var rightNow = new Date(); //rightNow=date. let Pattern=record.getCellValue(‘Release Pattern’) let fullName = r

Hi, AirTablers (yup, It’s now a verb) ! I’m trying to build a clean two-way sync between AirTable and GoogleCalendar. My choice is Integromat because : (1) full two-way CRUD functionality out of the box (2) first useful paid plan much cheaper than Zapier for my use case. I have good coding background, but I’m still new to those codeless integration tools, and I was wondering if someone could help me build Integromat scenarios for my use case ? I have read this and that, but nothing really helpful. My logic so far is to use two scenarios : Watch GCal => C/R/U/D in AirTable (using URL of GCal event as a field in AirTable) Watch AirTable => C/R/U/D in GCal (using AirTable record ID as description of GCal event) My main concern is to avoid infinite loops, and to make sure my scenarios are as simple as possible (you should see the weird lines of Node.js I write sometimes…). Any input would be highly appreciated !

Hey all, I have a button that “Runs script”. I want the script to type "(a word)" into {FieldX}, obviously in the same record as the button that was pressed Thank you!

Is there a way to get user input from a dropdown list? I would like this list populated from the values in a single select field. Lee

Hello, I’m new to Airtable and I’m trying to build a React Next.js app with Airtable as an api. here is the relevant code in pages/index.js export async function getStaticProps() { var Airtable = require('airtable'); var base = new Airtable({ apiKey:process.env.API_KEY }).base(process.env.BASE_ID); const table = base(proces.env.TABLE_NAME); my .env: API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxx BASE_ID=appDAc9CXCfSiBuV8 TABLE_NAME=Content even when I’m running the app locally, I am getting error 401 that the airtable API key is invalid. If I print the process.env.API_KEY it is totally fine so the .env does work. When I copy the same key and paste it into the code, everything works fine!! It seems like Airtable has a strange problem, maybe with next js or something because I can’t get this to work in any way. I really need to deploy my app and can’t do that without hiding the key in .env/next.config.js…can anyone help on the matter? deployment error pic Thanks!

Hey Airtable team, I noticed that topics started closing automatically after 3 days, with no way of replying and contributing to the discussion. Specifically to the custom blocks topic where new things are learned and created on a daily basis (but in my opinion relevant to all categories), I think that this puts some breaks on the sharing of knowledge in the community and on it’s growth. Just my 2 cents. Best, Ronen

Hi all, I’m trying to develop a method to work with a given table with a various views. I have a table named “Send Pitch”. Under this table, I have multiple views. Each view tied to a different client. Each client has its campaigns with multiple names. Each campaign has its own “Pitch” or “Follow up” that needs to be sent to a potential lead. I want to create a method to show on a given column the full template of this pitch with personalization. I tried so many ways to build a flow for this problem, but I couldn’t find the right way to do that. Here’s an example of a view: Airtable Grid view - Airtable Explore the "Grid" view on Airtable. I need to work with these fields: Campaign name First Name User Name Fup Text Basically, I thought of this metric: Extract the fup number from ‘Campaign Name’ column Finding the relevant Pitch for the ‘fup’ code Assign it to a column Modify ‘First.Name’ and ‘User.Name’ I’ve tried to use a sequence

I’m not sure to understand what’s happening. I’m pushing files as attachments and receive the response as expected. For example, I get the following for the file I uploaded: { "id": "attIuYUqNG4YvfUvz", "url": "https://<...>/doc.jpg", "filename": "doc.jpg" } But then when I look at the history, Any tip on why this may be happening? :thinking:

Hello all, I am using AirTable as the data store for a MVP version of a mobile app built with React Native, and as the content creation / management application. So far, I am using the fetch API, and REST calls for CRUD operations on the data. I did this in order to get going fast, but am not handling things like: HTTP Status 429 rate limiting and retry. Deletes of more than 10 records at a time being “batched” The Javascript client documentation sats it handles some of these things, and runs in Browsers and NodeJS. I cannot find any mention of React Native in the documentation or support in formation. I’ve looked at the Typescript code in Github, and everything appears ready to be deployed inside a React Native application, but … I don’t KNOW it works. Has anyone actually used the AirTable API client in a React Native application that is using Expo? Tested it on iPhones and Android devices? We are moving very fast, and I don’t want to waste time with the Client if it doesn’t work w

Has anyone else experienced this? I have a JSON object I am trying to fetch from Google Scripts Web App. It works great in the Block Script editor, but when I try to use the same code in the Automation block I receive this error: TypeError: Response status was 302 ‘Moved Temporarily’ but redirect mode was set to ‘error’ This error is referring to the Google Script URL.

Hi all, Is there a way I could pass markdown - result of script run to automations? Like in the example here where the output table could be send in an email?

I have a column with text that I send out as tweets. Sometimes this column has more then 256 characters and cannot post to Twitter. In those situations, I’m hoping to split the column into two so that I can send out two separate tweets. I was using SPLIT(text) however that splits based on character count and sometimes it breaks the words in half. I’m hoping to split the text without breaking the words. Unsure how to use it with Airtable Scripting block. Can anyone help me use this within Airtable?

I have a Google Spreadsheet that has 75,000 cells in it. I have created automation using Zapier to create, read, update rows on sheets. Sometimes, I get the “Read operation timed out” error by Google Sheet on Zapier. I got suggestions like Airtable is better than Google Sheet to handle large databases. I have been using Airtable for other projects, but not sure if it’s any good to handle large databases. So my question is, what’s the total cells/rows limit that Airtable can handle in integration with Zapier?

Has anyone managed to able to give any hints on how to write a script to display a table contents as a table, along with images? Is there any way to include a a button or another interactive element to allow users to pick a certain record from the output-generated list, and process the record the user has picked further in the record, i.e. to create an entry on another linked table ? As a workaround, i added a button which calls a script that does links the record to a linked table, into a view that i am displaying with the list records app - but when hitting this button, it first opens the record in an expanded view, from where i have to hit the button again, then it triggers the scripting module, hence closing the List-View App, and doesn’t return to the it any more. Meaning that the user has 3 windows popping up, clicks the button twice and ends up somewhere else than he/she has started. Running the whole operation (displaying the table plus triggering the interaction) from the sam

Does anyone know how to include a script that includes moving records with formulas and drop-down options to another record from this, I’m stuck and it keeps giving me this error message: ERROR P: Can’t create records: invalid cell value for field ‘Answer Option Type’. Could not find a choice with that ID or name at main on line 6 This is the script: let table1 = base.getTable(“Table1”); let table2 = base.getTable(“Table2”); let result = await table1.selectRecordsAsync(); for (let record of result.records) { if (record.getCellValue("Move to Table2")) { await table2.createRecordsAsync([ { fields: { 'Question Text': record.getCellValue("Question Text"), 'Sector': record.getCellValue("Sector"), 'Logic - Parent Question' : record.getCellValue("Logic - Parent Question"), 'Answer Option Type': record.getCellValue("Answer Option Type"), }, } ]); await tabl

I’d like to retrieve types of columns in a table and their metadata, e.g. type, select options and colours. Is there an API for this?

I’ve got a base I use to track my clients and the coaching sessions I have with them. Two tables: Clients and Sessions. The Sessions table has a link to the Clients table to display the client name. The Clients table has various data about the clients themselves including a checkbox field called Paid that tracks whether this client is a Paid or Pro Bono client. (The status of the checkbox could change over time. For example, a pro bono could become a paid client at some future point.) The Sessions table has data about the date, length of the session, etc. including whether it was a paid or pro bono session. Here’s what I’d like to do: When I create a new record into the Sessions table, I want Airtable to check the Paid field in the Sessions table if that client has a check in the Paid field of their record in the Clients table. I have two input variables: recordId which is the ID of the newly created record, and client which is the ID of the client in the newly created session record.

I’m working on a project that uses multiple bases that all have one table that is identical. I’d like to loop over all of the bases and output the content. I’m missing something for getting this working without creating nested arrays within arrays. I use this to get the contents currently: const records = await airtable .base("appBaseId01")("Case Overview Information") .select() .firstPage(); const details = records.map((detail) => { return { city: detail.get("City") || null, name: detail.get("Name") || null, state: detail.get("State") || null, }; }); return { props: { details, }, }; Does anyone have a recommendation for querying for all of the bases in an array like ["appBaseId01", "appBaseId02", "appBaseId03"] and outputting a single array of objects with the contents of each?