I just wanted to make sure and take the time to properly add Airtable to my research, and write a story about them so that they are in my brain, available for recall when people are asking me for easy to use solutions that will help them deploy an API. I also notice that Airtable has a whole API integration part of their platform, which allows you to integrate your Airtables into other APIs–something I will have to write about separately in a future post. Something that anyone can do without the burden of programming.Īirtable provides me another solution that I can recommend that my readers and clients should consider using when managing their data, which will also allow them to easily deploy an API for developers to build applications against. Your Airtable records can now be quickly and easily imported on Abyssale Lets dive into it: Add your Airtable API key. Most importantly, they get business done. Sure, the APIs that Airtable publishes aren’t the perfectly designed, artisanally crafted API I make with my bare hands, but they work just as well as mine.
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Knowing how to code is almost slowing me down when it comes API deployment. Click here for Airtable's metadata API documentation. Then, once I take off my programmers hat, and put on my business user hat, I see that there are some very easy to use solutions like Airtable available to me. REST API After you’ve created and configured the schema of an Airtable base from the graphical interface, your Airtable base will provide its own API to create, read, update, and destroy records. Try it out, anyone can create an Airtable and publish an API that any developer can visit and quickly understand what is going on.Īs a developer, API deployment still feels like it can be a lot of work. Allowing you to go from an Airtable (spreadsheet / database) to API and documentation–no coding necessary. You don’t just get an API by default with each Airtable, you get a pretty robust developer portal for your API complete with good looking API documentation. One application I’ve been keeping an eye on as part of my work is Airtable, which I have to be honest, I didn’t get what they were doing, or really I just didn’t notice because I was too busy.Īirtable is part spreadsheet, part database, that operates as a simple, easy to use web application, which with a push of a button, you can publish an API from. There are many reasons why I overlook interesting applications, but the most common reason is because I’m too busy and do not have the time to fully play with a solution. Additionally, all requests to these endpoints must be made on the server-side. Use the sidebar on the left to explore the most important concepts, or use the search bar at the top of this panel to find a specific class or method. This is covered in the Enterprise API documentation near the top of the page. API - Airtable Scripting API reference This is the API reference for scripting. All requests should send the API key in the Authorization header. I see a lot of tools come across my desk each week, and I have to be honest I don’t alway fully get what they are and what they do. The Airtable Enterprise API uses key-based (token) authentication like Airtable's standard REST API.
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