I don’t think it is possible to use Airtable on its own to embed images or photos or attachments into automated emails. But if it is, perhaps someone else knows how to do it. If it is, it would probably involve a custom JavaScript.
The issue with Airtable is that attachments are not actually stored in the Airtable database, but they are stored as URL strings. So some process needs to be done first to “retrieve” the attachment from the URL.
The way that I attach images to my automated emails is with Integromat.
I use Integromat’s “Get A File” action (which is part of their HTTP module) to retrieve the image from its URL, and then I attach it to an automated outgoing email.
Hope this helps!
p.s. If you think that Airtable should offer the native ability to attach attachments to automated emails or even with the SendGrid block, please post this as a feature request in the #show-and-tell:product-suggestions category. I agree that this is a much needed feature.
