API

Getting started with Airtable's Web API
  • Updated on Nov 25, 2024
  • Published on Jul 6, 2022
API record limits You can access the documentation for the Web API here , or directly from your base by clicking on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner while you are logged in on a laptop or desktop. This will bring up a list of a...
Creating personal access tokens
  • Updated on Aug 26, 2024
  • Published on Jul 6, 2022
Understanding the basics of Personal Access Tokens Personal Access Tokens or PATs allow users to create multiple access tokens that allow for a wide range of access to the information held in Airtable bases. For example, on the narrow end, you ...
Airtable Webhooks API Overview
  • Updated on Mar 4, 2024
  • Published on Jul 6, 2022
Overview of Webhooks API The Webhooks API allows developers to be notified in real-time about changes in their base that they care about, from newly created records to a field being updated in an existing record, to a record moving in or out of a v...
Service accounts overview
  • Updated on Mar 4, 2024
  • Published on Nov 15, 2022
Service accounts in the Admin Panel Service accounts are non-user accounts created by admins that can access Airtable's APIs .  Enterprise Scale admins can create these service accounts, add them to bases and workspaces, and use them t...
Airtable Web API - Using filterByFormula or sort parameters
  • Updated on Aug 6, 2024
  • Published on Jul 6, 2022
Learn how to filter or sort the results of an API response. Filtering records in API requests There are two different ways to filter records in API requests: One way to filter records is to pass a view parameter in an API request contain...
Airtable API Deprecation Guidelines
  • Updated on Jan 15, 2025
  • Published on Jul 6, 2022
Airtable has many APIs that developers use to build customized software. As with any software, these APIs will evolve over time as we aim to make things better for our developers and community. With such evolution, there are times when components ma...
Airtable API: Common troubleshooting
  • Updated on Jul 17, 2024
  • Published on Jul 6, 2022
At times, you may encounter errors while making API calls. This article is meant to explain and troubleshoot the most common errors or issues that folks run into. For an exhaustive listing of errors please refer to our API documentation . If you en...
Managing API call limits in Airtable
  • Updated on Nov 4, 2024
  • Published on Sep 21, 2023
Understanding rate limits Airtable API allows you to integrate data in Airtable with any external system. The API closely follows REST semantics, uses JSON to encode objects, and relies on standard HTTP codes to signal operation outcomes. Air...
URL length limitations for web API requests
  • Updated on Mar 14, 2024
  • Published on Nov 3, 2022
Requests to Airtable’s Web API are limited to a 16,000-character URL length. Requests exceeding this character limit typically involve complex formulas and filtering workflows, significantly increasing URL lengths when passed as query parameters. ...