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Get Record or Create

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Retrieve a record by ID; if the ID is empty or no such record exists, create one from the given fields.

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Submitted by hugo989 Typescript (fetch-only)
Verified 2 hours ago
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//native
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export type DynSelect_base_id = string
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export type DynSelect_table_id = string
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// Dropdown of the bases the token can access.
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export async function base_id(auth: RT.Airtable) {
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  const options: { value: string; label: string }[] = []
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  let offset: string | undefined = undefined
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  do {
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    const url = new URL("https://api.airtable.com/v0/meta/bases")
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    if (offset) {
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      url.searchParams.append("offset", offset)
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    }
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    const response = await fetch(url, {
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      headers: {
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        Authorization: `Bearer ${auth.apiKey}`,
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        Accept: "application/json",
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      },
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    })
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    if (!response.ok) {
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      throw new Error(`${response.status} ${await response.text()}`)
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    }
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    const page = (await response.json()) as {
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      bases: { id: string; name: string }[]
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      offset?: string
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    }
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    options.push(...page.bases.map((b) => ({ value: b.id, label: b.name })))
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    offset = page.offset
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  } while (offset)
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  return options
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}
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async function listTables(auth: RT.Airtable, base_id: string) {
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  if (!base_id) {
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    return []
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  }
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  const response = await fetch(
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    `https://api.airtable.com/v0/meta/bases/${base_id}/tables`,
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    {
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      headers: {
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        Authorization: `Bearer ${auth.apiKey}`,
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        Accept: "application/json",
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      },
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    }
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  )
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  if (!response.ok) {
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    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${await response.text()}`)
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  }
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  const { tables } = (await response.json()) as {
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    tables: {
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      id: string
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      name: string
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      fields: { id: string; name: string; type: string }[]
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      views: { id: string; name: string }[]
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    }[]
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  }
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  return tables
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}
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// Dropdown of the tables in the chosen base.
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export async function table_id(auth: RT.Airtable, base_id: DynSelect_base_id) {
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  return (await listTables(auth, base_id)).map((t) => ({
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    value: t.id,
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    label: t.name,
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  }))
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}
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/**
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 * Get Record or Create
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 * Retrieve a record by ID; if record_id is empty or no such record exists, create a new record from fields instead.
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 */
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export async function main(
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  auth: RT.Airtable,
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  base_id: DynSelect_base_id,
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  table_id: DynSelect_table_id,
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  record_id: string | undefined,
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  fields: { [key: string]: any },
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  typecast: boolean | undefined,
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  return_fields_by_field_id: boolean | undefined
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) {
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  if (record_id != null && record_id !== "") {
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    const url = new URL(
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      `https://api.airtable.com/v0/${base_id}/${table_id}/${record_id}`
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    )
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    if (return_fields_by_field_id === true) {
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      url.searchParams.append("returnFieldsByFieldId", "true")
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    }
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    const found = await fetch(url, {
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      headers: {
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        Authorization: `Bearer ${auth.apiKey}`,
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        Accept: "application/json",
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      },
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    })
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    if (found.ok) {
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      return await found.json()
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    }
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    // A record that doesn't exist answers 403 INVALID_PERMISSIONS_OR_MODEL_NOT_FOUND (404 for a
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    // malformed ID); a real permission problem fails the create below the same way.
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    if (found.status !== 404 && found.status !== 403) {
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      throw new Error(`${found.status} ${await found.text()}`)
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    }
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  }
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  const response = await fetch(
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    `https://api.airtable.com/v0/${base_id}/${table_id}`,
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    {
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      method: "POST",
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      headers: {
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        Authorization: `Bearer ${auth.apiKey}`,
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        "Content-Type": "application/json",
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        Accept: "application/json",
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      },
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      body: JSON.stringify({
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        fields,
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        typecast: typecast === true,
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        returnFieldsByFieldId: return_fields_by_field_id === true,
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      }),
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    }
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  )
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  if (!response.ok) {
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    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${await response.text()}`)
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  }
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  return await response.json()
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}
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