Airtable update records example
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steps.
trigger
HTTP API
Deploy to generate unique URL
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steps.
format_airtable_records
auth
to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via the
auths objectcode
Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via
return or this.key = 'value', pass input data to your code viaparams, and maintain state across executions with$checkpoint.async (event, steps) => {1
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this.records = [
{
fields: {
"TEST": "TEST NAME",
},
id: "recOkepaWtxPRK5j5",
}
]steps.
update_records
auth
to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via the
auths object(auths.airtable)
params
Records
An array of update objects. Each of these objects should have two properties: 1) fields, which contains all of your record's cell values by field name, and 2) id, the ID of the record in Airtable you'd like to update. You can include all, some, or none of the field values.
array ·params.records
Base ID
Your Airtable Base ID
string ·params.base_id
Table Name
The name of your table in Airtable
string ·params.table_name
Optional
code
Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via
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const chunk = require('lodash.chunk');
const BATCH_SIZE = 10; // Airtable API allows to update up to 10 rows per request.
const { records } = params
if (!records || !records.length) {
console.log("No records found")
return
}
const size = records.length;
const response_records = []
async function updateRecords(records){
const config = {
method: "patch",
url: `https://api.airtable.com/v0/${params.base_id}/${encodeURIComponent(params.table_name)}`,
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${auths.airtable.api_key}`,
},
data: {
records,
typecast: params.typecast,
}
};
return await require("@pipedreamhq/platform").axios(this, config);
};
const records_sets = chunk(records, BATCH_SIZE);
for (const records_set of records_sets) {
response_records.push(await updateRecords(records_set));
}
return response_records;