Airtable proxy

It's a simple HTTP proxy for communicating with Airtable.

Alternative way is to create own endpoints and use Airtable.js

Setup

Create .env file with database credentials:

AIRTABLE_DATABASE_ID="YOUR_DATABASE_ID"
AIRTABLE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

API key can be generated here.

Run

To launch application type:

yarn dev

or

npm dev

How proxy works?

Let's assume that you have Airtable account and database. Then all databases and auto-created documentation can be found at https://airtable.com/api

If you have table named offers in your database and view named default you can fetch records using below request:

curl "https://api.airtable.com/v0/YOUR_DATABASE_ID/offers?maxRecords=3&view=default" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

This Airtable Proxy app allows you to automatically create url to the database (https://api.airtable.com/v0/YOUR_DATABASE_ID) and pass authorization header (Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY) using your credentials specified in .env file.

When you have an app running on port 3001, then instead of requesting Airtable explicitly you can pass your requests using /api endpoint:

http://localhost:3001/api/offers?maxRecords=3&view=default

which prevents to snoop your database credentials.

More advanced usage

The main (and only) goal of this app is to get a request and pass to Airtable. In more complex apps you can create your own endpoints to provide validation and use Airtable.js for manage your data.