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Now finally an ability to upload attachments via API !!!

  • May 3, 2026
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Greg_F
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This is very exciting so I wanted to share in case you missed it. This was not too much advertised.

 

https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/upload-attachment

 

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ScottWorld
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  • Genius
  • May 3, 2026

That’s been there since late 2024, but yes, it is very exciting! Airtable never publicly announced it, so it was added very quietly behind-the-scenes.

The key difference between this and the update record command is that this one will APPEND ATTACHMENTS into the attachment field instead of overwriting the attachment field.

- ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant 


VikasVimal
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  • Inspiring
  • May 3, 2026

Yes. it is great. And it seems to have a limit on file size. 5MB tops from what I know.
workaround is to upload files to a self hosted server using something like Picoshare and then using the same URL based method as before.