Create Single Record Or Update with Airtable API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Single Record Or Update with the Airtable API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Single Record Or Update action
1. Connect your Airtable account
2. Select a Base
3. Select a Table
4. Optional- Select a Record ID
5. Optional- Configure Typecast
6. Optional- Configure Return Fields By Field ID
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Single Record Or Update on Airtable

Description:Updates a record if `recordId` is provided or adds a record to a table.

Version:0.0.7

Key:airtable_oauth-create-or-update-record

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Code#

import airtable from "../../airtable_oauth.app.mjs";
import common from "../common/common.mjs";
import commonActions from "../../common/actions.mjs";

export default {
  key: "airtable_oauth-create-or-update-record",
  name: "Create Single Record Or Update",
  description: "Updates a record if `recordId` is provided or adds a record to a table.",
  version: "0.0.7",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    // eslint-disable-next-line pipedream/props-label,pipedream/props-description
    tableId: {
      ...common.props.tableId,
      reloadProps: true,
    },
    recordId: {
      propDefinition: [
        airtable,
        "recordId",
        ({
          baseId, tableId,
        }) => ({
          baseId: baseId.value,
          tableId: tableId.value,
        }),
      ],
      optional: true,
      description: "Enter a [record ID](https://support.airtable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051564873-Record-ID) if you want to update an existing record. Leave blank to create a new record.",
    },
    typecast: {
      propDefinition: [
        airtable,
        "typecast",
      ],
    },
    returnFieldsByFieldId: {
      propDefinition: [
        airtable,
        "returnFieldsByFieldId",
      ],
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    return commonActions.additionalProps(this);
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const recordId = this.recordId ?? undefined;
    if (!recordId) {
      return commonActions.createRecord(this, $);
    } else {
      return commonActions.updateRecord(this, $);
    }
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Airtable	`airtable`	`app`	This component uses the Airtable app.
Base	`baseId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Table	`tableId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Record ID	`recordId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Typecast	`typecast`	`boolean`	The Airtable API will perform best-effort automatic data conversion from string values if the typecast parameter is `True`. Automatic conversion is disabled by default to ensure data integrity, but it may be helpful for integrating with 3rd party data sources.
Return Fields By Field ID	`returnFieldsByFieldId`	`boolean`	An optional boolean value that lets you return field objects where the key is the field id. This defaults to `false`, which returns field objects where the key is the field name.

Authentication#

Airtable uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Airtable account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Airtable and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Airtable API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

data.records:readdata.records:writedata.recordComments:readdata.recordComments:writeschema.bases:readschema.bases:writewebhook:manageuser.email:read