use single select field values in input select

[auekk2787]

I'm trying to use the options from a single select field as an 'input' selection in my script. I'm not sure if Airtable allows this. So far I have:

let selectTable = base.getTable("Courses");
let selectField = selectTable.getField('School Year');
let schoolYears = selectField.options.choices;

console.log(schoolYears)

Which provides 

Then I make an array from just the names:

let yearNames = schoolYears.map(record => ({name: record.name}))

console.log(yearNames)

Which gives:

I'd like to then use those choices as an input:

let selectYear = await input.buttonsAsync('Pick a year', [yearNames]);

But this gives an error that you need a string. 

Would this be possible to use? It seems to want a full object literal list and not a variable like this.

[TheTimeSavingCo · Accepted solution]

Try this:

let selectTable = base.getTable("Courses");
let selectField = selectTable.getField('School Year');
let schoolYears = selectField.options.choices;

let yearNames = schoolYears.map(x => {
    return {label: x.name, value: x.name}
})

let selectYear = await input.buttonsAsync('Pick a year', yearNames);

Here's a link to the documentation for the expected format for buttonAsync: https://airtable.com/developers/scripting/api/input#buttons-async

[auekk2787]

Excellent! Thank you.