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Airtable Bases API

List and create bases, retrieve base schemas

Airtable Bases API is one of 8 APIs that Airtable publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Bases. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, an AsyncAPI specification, an API reference, and 7 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.airtable.com/v0.

4 operations 3 paths 9 schemas 3 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.airtable.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Airtable Bases API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Airtable uses Bearer token authentication. Provide a personal access token or OAuth access token with schema.bases:read or schema.bases:write scopes.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Bases 4

List and create bases, retrieve base schemas

GET
/meta/bases
Airtable List All Bases
listBases 1 param → 200401429
POST
/meta/bases
Airtable Create a New Base
createBase body → 200401403422429
GET
/meta/bases/{baseId}/tables
Airtable Get Base Schema
getBaseSchema 2 params → 200401403404429
GET
/meta/whoami
Airtable Get Current User and Scopes
whoami → 200401429

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TableSchema (6 properties), ViewSchema (5 properties), FieldSchema (5 properties), CreateFieldRequest (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
An error response from the Airtable API.
1 property
BaseList
object
A paginated list of bases accessible to the authenticated user.
2 properties 1 required
FieldSchema
object
The schema definition of a field within a table.
5 properties 3 required
ViewSchema
object
The schema definition of a view within a table.
5 properties 3 required
CreateFieldRequest
object
Request body for creating a new field.
4 properties 2 required
BaseSummary
object
Summary information about an Airtable base.
3 properties 3 required
TableSchema
object
The schema definition of a table within a base.
6 properties 4 required
BaseSchema
object
The full schema of a base including all tables.
3 properties 2 required
CreateBaseRequest
object
Request body for creating a new base.
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

airtable-bases-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Airtable publishes across the network.

Airtable Comments API
Airtable Fields API
Airtable Groups API
Airtable Records API
Airtable Tables API
Airtable Users API
Airtable Webhooks API
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