Hey guys,
I have a script that I pulled from this post. I want to use it in automations, but when I post it into "run a script" it doesn't work.
How do I convert the script so that it works in automations?
Here is the script:
/**
* Airtable Field Split Script
*
* For each record in a given Airtable Base, read the value of one cell,
* interpret that value as a space-separated list (e.g. the value "a b c"
* becomes "a", "b", and "c"), and store each value in a corresponding
* destination cell.
*
* How to adapt this script
*
* 1. Replace the value assigned to the `tableName` constant with the name of
* the table in your Base
* 2. Replace the value of the `sourceName` constant with the field which
* contains the source value (that is: the value to be split).
* 3. Replace the value of the `destinationNames` constant with a JavaScript
* array of string values, each describing the name of a field to store one
* of the split values.
*/
const tableName = 'Leads';
const sourceName = 'Depot Zip Code rollup';
const destinationNames = ['Depot zip 1', 'Depot zip 2', 'Depot zip 3'];
// You shouldn't need to modify the code following this line to use this
// script.
async function main() {
if (typeof tableName !== 'string') {
throw new Error('The `tableName` constant must be a JavaScript string value.');
}
if (typeof sourceName !== 'string') {
throw new Error('The `sourceName` constant must be a JavaScript string value.');
}
if (!Array.isArray(destinationNames)) {
throw new Error('The `destinationNames` constant must be a JavaScript array value.');
}
if (!destinationNames.length) {
throw new Error('The `destinationNames` array must have at least one element.');
}
if (!destinationNames.every((name) => typeof name === 'string')) {
throw new Error(
'Every element of the `destinationNames` array must be a JavaScript string value'
);
}
let table = base.getTable(tableName);
let result = await table.selectRecordsAsync();
for (let record of result.records) {
let values = (record.getCellValueAsString(sourceName) || '').split(/\s+/);
if (values.length > destinationNames.length) {
output.markdown(
`**WARNING**: encountered ${values.length} values, but only ` +
`${destinationNames.length} destination fields are available. ` +
`(values: ${values})`
);
values.length = destinationNames.length;
}
// Create an object suitable for use in `updateRecordAsync`. It keys
// are the names of the "destination" fields as specified at the
// beginning of this scripts, and its values are the corresponding
// values from the "source" field.
//
// For example, given a "source" field with the text "foo bar" and a
// set of "destination" fields named "first", "second", and "third",
// `toUpdate` will be the following JavaScript object:
//
// {
// "first": "foo",
// "second": "bar",
// "third": ""
// }
let toUpdate = destinationNames.reduce((memo, name) => {
memo[name] = values.shift();
return memo;
}, {});
await table.updateRecordAsync(record, toUpdate);
}
}
try {
await main();
} catch (error) {
output.markdown(`**ERROR**: ${error}`);
}
/**
* Quality assurance testing plan:
*
* 1. Create a table named "Split QA" with the following text fields: "source",
* "d1", "d2", and "d3"
* 2. Populate the table with the following records:
*
* source | d1 | d2 | d3
* ----------|----|----|---
* | x | x | x
* abcde | x | x | x
* a bcde | x | x | x
* a b cde | x | x | x
* a b c de | x | x | x
* a b c d e | x | x | x
*
* 3. Install the Scripting block
* 4. Insert this source code into the scripting block
* 5. Modify the `tableName` constant to be `"Split QA"`
* 6. Update the `sourceName` constant to be `"source"`
* 7. Update the `destinationNames` constant to be `["d1", "d2", "d3"]`
* 8. Run the script
*
* Expected: every record should be updated, and a message should be printed to
* the scripting block's output container.
*
* Table:
*
* source | d1 | d2 | d3
* ----------|-------|------|---
* | | |
* abcde | abcde | |
* a bcde | a | bcde |
* a b cde | a | b | cde
* a b c de | a | b | c
* a b c d e | a | b | c
*
* Message:
*
* WARNING: encountered 4 values, but only 3 destination fields are available. (values: a,b,c,de)
* WARNING: encountered 5 values, but only 3 destination fields are available. (values: a,b,c,d,e)
*/
