Airtable - Tooljet — ContextQMD

ToolJet can connect to your Airtable account to read and write data.

Connection

To establish a connection with the Airtable data source, you can either click on the + Add new Data source button located on the query panel or navigate to the Data Sources page from the ToolJet dashboard.

ToolJet requires the following to connect to your Airtable:

Personal Access Token

You can generate the Personal Access Token by visiting Developer Hub from your Airtable profile.

:::info Airtable API has a rate limit, and at the time of writing this documentation, the limit is five(5) requests per second per base. You can read more about rate limits here Airtable API. :::

Querying Airtable

Click on + Add button of the query manager at the bottom panel of the editor.
Select the Airtable datasource added in previous step.
Select the desired operation from the dropdown and enter the required parameters.
Click on the Preview button to preview the output or Click on the Run button to trigger the query.

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List Records

This operation retrieves a list of records from the specified table.

Required Parameters

Base ID
Table name

Optional Parameters

Page size
Offset
Filter by formula
Fields

<details id="tj-dropdown"> <summary>**Response Example**</summary>

json

{
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "recu9xMnUdr2n2cw8",
      "fields": {
        "Notes": "Meeting to discuss project details",
        "Name": "John Doe"
      },
      "createdTime": "2021-05-12T14:30:33.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "recyIdR7bVdQvmKXa",
      "fields": {
        "Notes": "Follow-up call regarding contract",
        "Name": "Jane Smith"
      },
      "createdTime": "2021-05-12T14:30:33.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "recAOzdIHaRpvRaGE",
      "fields": {
        "Notes": "Client feedback review meeting",
        "Name": "Alice Johnson"
      },
      "createdTime": "2021-05-12T14:30:33.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "offset": "recAOzdIHaRpvRaGE"
}

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Retrieve Record

This operation fetches a specific record from the specified table.

Required Parameters

Base ID
Table name
Record ID

<details id="tj-dropdown"> <summary>**Response Example**</summary> ```json { "id": "recu9xMnUdr2n2cw8", "fields": { "Notes": "Discuss project timeline", "Name": "Michael Scott" }, "createdTime": "2021-05-12T14:30:33.000Z" } ``` </details>

Create Record

This operation creates a new record in the specified table.

Required Parameters

Base ID
Table name
Records

Example

json

[{
    "fields": {
      "Name": "Katrina Petersons",
      "Email": "[email protected]"
    }
}]

<details id="tj-dropdown"> <summary>**Response Example**</summary> ```json { "records": [ { "id": "recu6jhA7tzv4K66s", "createdTime": "2024-06-11T06:01:44.000Z", "fields": { "Name": "Katrina Petersons", "Email": "[email protected]", "Date": "06-11-2024", } } ] } ``` </details>

Update record

Update a specific record by providing new data.

Required parameters:

Base ID
Table name
Record ID
Body

Example

json

{
  "Email": "[email protected]"
}

<details id="tj-dropdown"> <summary>**Response Example**</summary> ```json { "records": [ { "id": "recu6jhA7tzv4K66s", "createdTime": "2024-06-11T07:01:44.000Z", "fields": { "Name": "Katrina Petersons", "Email": "[email protected]", "Date": "06-11-2024", } } ] } ``` </details>

Delete record

This operation removes a record from the specified table.

Required parameters:

Base ID
Table name
Record ID

<details id="tj-dropdown"> <summary>**Response Example**</summary> ```json { deleted: true id: "recIKsyZgqI4zoqS7" } ``` </details>