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Airtable Records API

Create, read, update, and delete records in a table

Airtable Records 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 Records. 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 6 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 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.

6 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST1 PUT

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 Records 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 in the Authorization header.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Records 6

Create, read, update, and delete records in a table

GET
/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}
Airtable List Records in a Table
listRecords 13 params → 200401403404422429
POST
/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}
Airtable Create Records in a Table
createRecords 2 params body → 200401403404422429
GET
/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}
Airtable Retrieve a Single Record
getRecord 4 params → 200401403404429
PATCH
/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}
Airtable Update a Record (partial)
updateRecord 3 params body → 200401403404422429
PUT
/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}
Airtable Update a Record (full Replacement)
replaceRecord 3 params body → 200401403404422429
DELETE
/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}
Airtable Delete a Record
deleteRecord 3 params → 200401403404429

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Record (3 properties), RecordDeleted (2 properties), RecordList (2 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
An error response from the Airtable API.
1 property
FieldValues
object
A mapping of field names (or field IDs when returnFieldsByFieldId is true) to their cell values. The structure depends on the field types defined in the table…
RecordList
object
A paginated list of records from a table.
2 properties 1 required
RecordDeleted
object
Confirmation that a record was deleted.
2 properties 2 required
Record
object
An Airtable record representing a single row in a table.
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

airtable-records-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Airtable publishes across the network.

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