I am having an issue updating a record using the API where the update method is treating a variable as a literal value, rather than the value it contains.
My code is:
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var app = express();
var Airtable = require('airtable');
var base = new Airtable({apiKey: 'censored'}).base('appYYigSAYG6wvbIL');
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.post('/update',function(req,res){
var exam=req.body.exam;
var status=req.body.status;
console.log(status);
console.log(exam);
res.end("yes");
base('Staff').update("recL2tsSb73D8NdVj", {
exam : status
}, function(err, record) {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
return;
}
console.log(record.get('Name'));
});
});
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.send('atapi is up');
})
var server = app.listen(8081, function () {
var host = server.address().address
var port = server.address().port
console.log("Example app listening at http://%s:%s", host, port)
})
The status is read as its value (ie Pass), but exam is read as the literal word exam, causing it to fail due to that field name not existing. Can anyone point out where I am going wrong?
