Development & APIs

If anyone is interested we created an Airtable Shopify Integration (SyncBase) as we needed it. It instantly syncs your store data both way so you can update your products catalog, received orders to follow your raw materials stocks and do a lot of others importants operations. We planned to create our custom ERP on Airtable and then use this app to received and send data to Shopify. Happy to get your feedbacks in order to improve it!

I don’t see anything anywhere that says it can, however, I wonder if someone has figured it out.

Does anyone know of a way to create an automation where when a new recording is created, it uses the GPT chat API as the first column for text input and the second column to get the output response from the GPT chat? For example, column 1 (input) = Hi, how are you? and column 2 (response) = Hi, I'm doing great! The native GPT chat in Airtable is quite expensive.

Hello everybody, Here is my situation : I have a table of CONTACT(1900 records) and a table of COMPANY (800 records), I have all ready set a link in between them. Now I would like to insert a junction table : JOB. If i use the junction script it will create all the link possible (1520000 records). Is it possible to add a condition in it so the script will create the record in the JOB table only when a link already existe between CONTACT and COMPANY? Thank very muchPlatane

hi im really struggling with something that i think should be easy but is very challenging to get right. I’ve been tinkering with scripts, automations and apps now to basically just manage one field in one of my tables. I am creating a scope of work configurator that has a list of components in one table and in another table i want to create records for each distinct project that I create. What i would like to happen is to have a checkbox in the components table and then run a script to fire at my command, to then have a chosen record in the projects table to link to all checked records and then pull in the data it has to run a simple calculation/formula on to get a result that totals an estimate for the amount of hours it would take to complete all the checked items. I need each project to be distinct so i can continue to update its unique record based on what’s checked in my script/app without having to create new tables or new bases for each distinct project. I can make the calculat

Hello, I don’t have a lot of scripting experience but feel like this one should be simple. However, I can not find my error; it’s probably something super simple and I’m just not seeing it. Here are the two simple tables I have: So in the Day table, when the Week linked field is missing, I want a script to automatically update the field. Here is my script: The error is: I know the weekID is correct because I can paste the result in the Week field and it works but unfortunately the script can not do it. Thanks in advance, I hope this is easy one!

I was looking at the API reference... why is there no method to retrieve an element by a field that is defined as PK? That … is basic DB functionality. Currently the only way to use GET (HTTP) to retrieve a record, is with a value no one knows and that can only be calculated via the RECORD_ID() function (... after you already have the record!) To me this .. is so weird haha :-) Is it me? What I would expect is that Airtable allows via the API to query the table with AT LEAST the PK values.

Hi Everyone - I am very new to API development and coding all together. I need some help with a script I am trying to implement. I keep getting this error thrown Error: Request parameters failed validation. and I have no idea why. Any help is greatly appreciated. // Get the table and the newly created record let table = base.getTable('Table Name'); let recordId = input.config().recordId; // The ID of the newly created record let record = await table.selectRecordAsync('recordId'); // List of users to assign randomly const users = [' User1 ', ' User2 ', ' User3 ']; // Pick a random user let randomUser = users[Math.floor(Math.random() * users.length)]; // Update the Assignee field with the selected user await table.updateRecordAsync( 'recordId', { 'Assignee': randomUser });

Hello, Beginner here working on a MVP. Is it possible to create an interface with 6-8 photo carousels each with a drop down of filters? Or is that something beyond a beginner? Thanks!

API for searching in multiple bases Hi community, My company developed an API to search multiple databases, we used Airtable for a talent pipeline for the company's recruiting team, and we found ourselves with the limit of 50,000 records (teams plan).Instead of upgrading the plan, we developed this solution. We divide our base by years and create several bases. And with this new program, we can search through all the databases quickly and effectively. I share screenshot In the API, you can search multiple fields (in the example, we search through name and Linkedin link), and then, it shows in which base the API found the specific record (Of course, you can choose which fields you want to display.) What do you think if we commercialize the API? Do you think it is a recurring problem for airtable users? Thanks! Lucas

Hello, I am trying to get a field named “Statsig Url” in a table named Experiments (this is a field with the url type). (My intent is to get the record id based on the value of the Statsig Url field). A filter will be applied in the url. let table = base.getTable("Experiments"); console.table( await table.selectRecordsAsync( {"fields" : ["Experiment Name", "StatSig Link"]})); console.table( await table.selectRecordsAsync( {"fields" : table.fields})); I have tried with different approaches (testing other fields...). Each time I only get the primary key.

Is there still no way to create reusable code in Automations? I see this thread from 2021, with 6k+ views, which seems to have no resolution (blockchaining is possible in Scripting Apps, but not Automations). Someone must have solutions for this? Copying/pasting seems prehistoric.

I've created a script that is attached to a view's button. In this script, I'm calling an API with remoteFetchAsync(). I need to supply basic authentication credentials, but btoa() and Buffer don't work in my script: const authorization = btoa(`${ credentials.username }:${ credentials.password }`) const authorization = Buffer.from(`${ credentials.username }:${ credentials.password }`).toString('base64') output.text(`authorization: ${authorization}`) Is there another option? Is TypeScript supported in a script that is triggered by a button? If so, how do I enable it? FYI, the "Ask the community" link (https://community.airtable.com/c/developers/scripting) returns 404.

I’m trying to integrate SAP Business One (SAP B1) Service Layer API with Airtable scripting to fetch business partner data. The integration works perfectly in Postman and Python, but when I run the same API request inside an Airtable scripting block, I get the following error: 401 - Invalid session or session already timeout. What I’ve Tried: Confirmed that it works in Postman and Python I can successfully authenticate and fetch data from SAP B1. Session ID is returned properly, and I manually add the ROUTEID. Using remoteFetchAsync() in Airtable Scripting I correctly pass Content-Type and Cookie headers. Even when I manually copy a working session ID from Postman, I still get a 401 Unauthorized error Has anyone successfully integrated SAP B1 with Airtable scripting? Could Airtable be modifying the request headers in a way that causes SAP B1 to reject it? Is there any alternative way to bypass CORS while using Airtable scripting? Any other troubleshooting steps I should try? Code: // S

The Airtable OAuth specification says that authorization request responses will return the same code_challenge that was included in the original request. These docs also say that this value must be verified: The code_challenge parameter you passed in the authorization request. You must verify the code_challenge variable is associated with a code_verifier you generated. From what I understand of the PKCE flow, Airtable's backend (not the client integration) is responsible for validating the code_verifier included in the token creation request from the client. Why does the documentation call for the integration to check that authorization response returns the same code_challenge that included in the request? Also, the official Airtable example implementation does not perform this check: https://github.com/Airtable/oauth-example/blob/a714e68c2610e3249063b3d92faf064bf4c15188/index.js#L94-L137. Any ideas? TYIA!

Hello, I’ve recently come across Airtable as I’m researching how to create a local business directory website. This tool seems really helpful for creating databases, however I’m not sure how this can be incorporated into my site, I’m building my own website, my dev knowledge is not vast right now as I have some refreshing to do, but it’ll just be in HTML/Javascript. Is it possible to incorporate this into my site, and then modify the appearance with some CSS? If so, can anyone help provide information or point me in the direction of the help article for this? Thank you!

I’m getting the following error when I get or create the data from airtable in my next.js project. AirtableError { error: 'NOT_AUTHORIZED', message: 'You are not authorized to perform this operation', statusCode: 403} I’m using airtable npm module for integration. I’ve added all required scopes already but not sure why I am getting that error.Can anyone help me for that? Thanks

Hello Apologies if this has been asked before but I can’t find a solution that works. I have a base where all times should be for UK/London (it is scheduling of spaces in a building), wherever in the world I am I want any date or time entered to be UK time. Thankfully Airtable have now fixed this in the normal UI, but I am struggling to find a way of achieving this for dates entered via a script in a script block (not an automation) - I have an input.text field and can parse the date and time, but currently that time will always be based on the time zone of my browser, not the base. Does anyone know of a good bit of code to sort this out - I wonder if I should use offset. but I worry this would not work for DST?

Hello all, I have multiple tables each with multiple single-select fields that I have created via the Airtable API. 352 separate fields across 40-something tables. When creating the tables and columns I am able to define the selection options for each column and everything works smoothy. However I can not set a default option for these columns when creating them through the API. It is far too many columns for it to be reasonable to manually set each column default in the UI, as it is I already have to do some manual operations to create a formula field in each of these tables after creation due to limitations in the API capabilities. Does anybody know of a way to set default values in my field en mass? The majority of the fields hold the same selection options and would have the same default option set. I would even accept nuking the fields and/or tables and recreating them if my creation call can be altered to set the default but I was not able to accomplish this. I appreciate any ass

Hi Airtable Community, I'm building an Airtable-like application using React.js, Redux, Node.js, and MySQL. In my app, all records (raw data) are sent to the frontend, and I need to handle filtering, sorting, and grouping entirely on the client-side, without making API calls. I want to ensure efficient data handling and real-time UI updates while maintaining good performance, especially for large datasets. Some Considerations: How does Airtable handle large datasets on the frontend efficiently? Should I use IndexedDB, Web Workers, or in-memory filtering for better performance? How can I implement real-time UI updates when filtering/sorting large data in React.js? Are there any caching mechanisms (e.g., Apollo Client, Local Storage) that help optimize filtering/sorting? Any experience with virtualization (e.g., React Virtualized) for large lists to improve rendering speed? Would Redux be a good option for managing local state filtering and sorting? If you have any references, articles,

This question is similar to what another person asked here: I would like to also: 1- Select the fields where duplicates values exist.2- Select to keep the newest record to keep3- Run it and be done. however I would like this to be the case with newly created records as well. Every new record that contains a duplicate value in a field would be kept while the existing record with the same value would be deleted. This way the newest record with the value is kept, the old is deleted. The solution in the above link only works for existing records, not newly created records. So I was wondering if there is a way to delete records in this way in Airtable. fyi: my new records are being made using a post API request, if that information helps. thank you

Gents, do you know how to connect the Airtable db with Telegram bot?

Hello, I am having trouble getting a script to automatically generate records from two lists: bonus plan and staff list into “bonustable”. I was able to set up the automation steps to find the corresponding lists from the bonus plan and staff list. I have tried AI to get the script but it is not iterating each item from the input list. I also want to input the value year-month from the previous step of automation so that the created record already has year-month linked. Essentially I am looking for the following output: Jane / Bonus Plan A / 2025-03 Jane / Bonus Plan B / 2025-03 Jane / Bonus Plan C / 2025-03 Ben / Bonus Plan A / 2025-03 Ben / Bonus Plan B / 2025-03 Ben / Bonus Plan C / 2025-03 Script is as follows: // Access input variables from previous automation steps const inputConfig = input . config (); const bonusPlanNames = inputConfig . bonusPlanNames ; // Array of Bonus Plan names (primary field) const staffNames = inputConfig . staffNames ; // Array of Staff names (primary f

Hello is it possible to use NodeJS coding within Airtable Scripts? I have a library of API codes that were configured with NodeJS. However, I seem to have issues with Axios and request-promise… Code Example: Code Example: Code Example: /////////////////////////////// Change these parameters ///////////////////////////////const API_UID = 'Oauth App UID from account settings';const PRIVATE_KEY = 'path/to/private/key.txt';///////////////////////////// const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');const rp = require('request-promise');if (!global['URL']) { global.URL = require('url').URL;}const fs = require('fs'); let privateKey = fs.readFileSync(PRIVATE_KEY); let uri = new URL(`[REDACTED]`); let aud = `${uri.protocol}//${uri.hostname}`, time = Math.trunc((new Date().getTime()) / 1000); let claim_set = { iss: API_UID, aud: aud, scope: 'admin_read admin_write', exp: time + 60, iat: time}; let assertion = jwt.sign(claim_set, privateKey, {algorithm: 'RS256'}); let payload = { grant_type: 'urn:ietf:para

hello everyone, is there any way to filter the return using a GET call, I need it to return only the information of a column, which I call ID, I need my API return to show only the information corresponding to an ID, I can do that?