I want Help with Scripting in Airtable

Airtable Developers Scripting
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Hey everyone,

I have been trying to automate a few tasks to save time but I am hitting some roadblocks.
I want to create a script that pulls data from one table and populates it into another based on specific conditions. I have read through the documentatio but some of the examples seem a bit complex for what I am trying to achieve. I want to integrate it with the mulesoft API for better data management.

As well, I found these resources when doing research on this; Airtable automations lacking error descriptions—looking for help & if anyone have any resources, tutorials or personal experiences please share with me, It would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks a bunch! ……. :slight_smile:

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What is your coding background? Are you already familiar with JavaScript?

What are your goals?

  • creating a script yourself / learning to code
  • having working code (even if you don’t write it yourself)
  • a working solution (that might not involve code)?

What is your budget in terms of time and money? Do you want to invest time in learning to do it yourself, or do you want to invest money to hire someone to do it for you?

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Piggybacking off this comment, I do feel similarly that I’d like to learn Airtable scripting better. Using this tool now for 4 years, I’m very proficient in the no-code aspects with automations, and even formulas, but the scripting modules are still arcane to me as someone who came to this with no coding experience.

Any recommendations for some free basic guides to learn scripting for Airtable (presumably that’s really just learning Javascript?)

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There are two aspects to learning scripting for Airtable

  • learning basic JavaScript. There are several JavaScript classes/tutorials available on the internet, many for free.
  • learning the Airtable specific vocabulary. The Scripting Documentation is the best resource for this information.

I discuss this topic a little more in Kuovonne’s Guide to Scripting in Airtable.

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If you are beyond beginner … as you mentioned here… “I’d like to learn Airtable scripting better” you can look at Mozilla JS reference to get further if you are not ready for the Airtable material and if you are a beginner just staring now … as you mentioned here… “to me as someone who came to this with no coding experience” , then Codeacademy is a good start.