I spent a couple of hours experimenting with Google Colab and the Airtable API to figure out how to create a new table that includes a singleSelect field.
I'm sharing the example I needed but couldn't find.
This example illustrates how to structure the JSON to define a new table with the following field types:
- a number field (with precision)
- a singleSelect field (with and without predefined options),
- a singleLineText field
Here is the example I needed:
# Define the data payload for creating the new table
# This example demonstrates how to structure the JSON to create a new table in Airtable,
# including different field types such as "number", "singleSelect", and "singleLineText".
data = {
"description": "Table description",
"fields": [
{
"type": "number",
"options": {
"precision": 0
},
"name": "Number Field Name"
},
{
"type": "singleSelect",
"options": {
"choices": []
},
"name": "Single Select Text Field Name"
},
{
"type": "singleSelect",
"options": {
"choices": [
{"name": "Option 1"},
{"name": "Option 2"},
{"name": "Option 3"}
]
},
"name": "Single Select Text Field Name with options"
},
{
"type": "singleLineText",
"name": "Single Line Text Field Name"
}
],
"name": "Table Name"
}Notes:
- Even if you don't know what choices you need for your singleSelect menu, you still need to pass "choices": [] in options.
import requests
import json
# Define the URL for creating a new table
base_id = "your_base_id"
AIRTABLE_API_KEY = "your_api_key"
url = f"https://api.airtable.com/v0/meta/bases/{base_id}/tables"
# Define the headers for authentication and content type
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {AIRTABLE_API_KEY}",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
# Send the POST request to create the new table
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
# Check if the request was successful
if response.status_code == 200:
print("Table created successfully!")
print(response.json())
else:
print("Error:", response.json())I hope this is helpful!