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What is Airtable REST API

  • June 28, 2021
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I’m Fairly new to the coding side of Airtable. There are terms I don’t understand yet. Could someone explain what is REST API? Where can I learn more about it too?

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kuovonne
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  • June 28, 2021

The Airtable REST API is a way that the world outside of an Airtable base can interact with an Airtable base. Some major difference between using the REST API and scripting or custom apps:

  • the code typically resides outside of Airtable, such as on a web server
  • the code can be written in a language other than JavaScript.

To learn specifically about the Airtable REST API, look at the documentation: https://api.airtable.com.