Procedures

Automation procedures in the Airtable book.

The following documentation is for Airtable v1.0.1 (BDK).

Ensure that you have installed or connected the Airtable book and created a new playground before using these automation procedures.

to create a record in a (table)

Creates a new record in a table

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
table	The Airtable table to get records from	airtable table	Yes	(no default)
record data	A dictionary with the fields and values of the new record	json	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
table	the newly created record	airtable record

Examples

Create a record in a table

get a table from the bug tracker base whose name is "Bugs"
use the above as the bugs table
>>>
the string is '{"Title": "New Bug found"}'
get the string as json
use the above as the new bug
>>>
create a record in the bugs table
    the record data is the new bug

to get some (base's tables)

FILTER - CAPABLE

Gets a list of all tables from a specific base

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
base	The Airtable base to get tables from	airtable base	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
base's tables	A list of tables	airtable table

Examples

Get all tables from a base

get the base whose name is "Bug Tracker"
use the above as the bug tracker base
>>>
get the bug tracker base's tables

Get a single table from a base

get the base whose name is "Bug Tracker"
use the above as the bug tracker base
>>>
get a table from the bug tracker base whose name is "Bugs"

to get some (bases)

FILTER - CAPABLE

Gets a list of all bases

This procedure can get a list of all bases, as well as getting a single base filtering by its name or id.

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
bases	A list of bases	airtable base

Examples

Get all bases

get some bases

Get a single base by name

get a base whose name is "Bug Tracker"

to get some (table's records)

FILTER - CAPABLE

Gets a list of all records from a specific table

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
table	The Airtable table to get records from	airtable table	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
table's records	A list of table records	airtable record

Examples

Get all records from a table

get a table from the bug tracker base whose name is "Bugs"
use the above as the bugs table
>>>
get the records from the bugs table

Get a single record from a table

get a table from the bug tracker base whose name is "Bugs"
use the above as the bugs table
>>>
get the records from the bugs table whose Severity is "High"