Trying install ChatGPT and doesn't work (GitHub code)

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I am trying to install this extension but I am getting an error.

I am asked to install it from Github and follow the steps:

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Can I solve it? Have no idea. I logged in as su administrator and password as normal to:

mini:~ numberone$ su admini
Password: ******
bash-3.2$ npm install -g @airtable/blocks-cli

I know what you think. If you don’t know what your are doing, don’t run a code as administrator. Now it’s too late anyhow. Maybe using a different browser?

I know there is the other ChatGPT that somebody uploaded here … https://community.airtable.com/t5/show-tell/connect-airtable-to-openai-s-text-darapd

invinci-003-with-our-new/td-p/148438

But the issue with that one is it is not limited to a few individual in the table. So when I would run it it would run on the individual records on the whole base and not in batch on a subset of records. I thought this one may work better if there is a setting for a View on all records in the view.

(I know Make and Zapier offers this, but been hitting the limit with other automations so need to conserve credits there).

So here is this that was in the output of that log file:

Can somebody tell me if there is an easy fix?

bash-3.2$ npm install -g @airtable/blocks-cli
npm WARN engine @airtable/blocks-cli@2.0.3: wanted: {"node":">=10.0.0"} (current: {"node":"0.12.2","npm":"2.7.4"})
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /Users/admini/.npm/@airtable/blocks-cli/2.0.3/package.tgz
npm ERR! Darwin 17.7.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "@airtable/blocks-cli"
npm ERR! node v0.12.2
npm ERR! npm  v2.7.4
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@airtable
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13

npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@airtable'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@airtable']
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@airtable',
npm ERR!   fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR!   fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@airtable/blocks-cli',
npm ERR!   fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
npm ERR!   fstream_stack: 
npm ERR!    [ '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:171:23',
npm ERR!      '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:46:53',
npm ERR!      'FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:95:15)' ] }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! Darwin 17.7.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "@airtable/blocks-cli"
npm ERR! node v0.12.2
npm ERR! npm  v2.7.4

npm ERR! Uncaught, unspecified "error" event.
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/numberone/npm-debug.log
bash-3.2$

I looked at the log file and here is what i found there:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'node',
1 verbose cli   '/usr/local/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli   'install',
1 verbose cli   '-g',
1 verbose cli   '@airtable/blocks-cli' ]
2 info using npm@2.7.4
3 info using node@v0.12.2
4 silly cache add args [ '@airtable/blocks-cli', null ]
5 verbose cache add spec @airtable/blocks-cli
6 silly cache add parsed spec { raw: '@airtable/blocks-cli',
6 silly cache add   scope: '@airtable',
6 silly cache add   name: '@airtable/blocks-cli',
6 silly cache add   rawSpec: '',
6 silly cache add   spec: '*',
6 silly cache add   type: 'range' }
7 verbose addNamed @airtable/blocks-cli@*
8 silly addNamed semver.valid null
9 silly addNamed semver.validRange *
10 silly addNameRange { name: '@airtable/blocks-cli', range: '*', hasData: false }
11 silly mapToRegistry name @airtable/blocks-cli
12 silly mapToRegistry scope (from package name) @airtable
13 verbose mapToRegistry no registry URL found in name for scope @airtable
14 silly mapToRegistry using default registry
15 silly mapToRegistry registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
16 silly mapToRegistry uri https://registry.npmjs.org/@airtable%2fblocks-cli
17 verbose addNameRange registry:https://registry.npmjs.org/@airtable%2fblocks-cli not in flight; fetching
18 verbose request uri https://registry.npmjs.org/@airtable%2fblocks-cli
19 verbose request no auth needed
20 info attempt registry request try #1 at 3:01:12 PM
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22 verbose etag W/"fa674527bf67517feabfa7e8c805e1b9"
23 verbose lastModified Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:21:06 GMT
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25 http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@airtable%2fblocks-cli
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26 silly get     'transfer-encoding': 'chunked',
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26 silly get     'cf-ray': '7ce8beaeef98a1ec-YYZ',
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26 silly get     etag: 'W/"b3b206adee8495f77ba5f07a4daf814e"',
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67 error   fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
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68 error Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
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2

As the Github project advertises…

Say goodbye to tedious, manual tasks and hello to increased productivity and efficiency!

How’s that working out for ya? :wink:

Without knowing your integrated AI strategy, I should say much, but in my view, if developers in a no-code platform have to go through this trouble to perform simple LLM inferencing, it says a lot about AI affairs in Airtable and the project itself. It seems to be adding a layer of complexity that could be avoided.

Is it a custom app extension you are building?

3

Yes, I followed the steps here for Remix extension from Github:

I’ll try to reach out the developer at GitHub, that’s probably where I should direct my questions but I thought other people may have already used it here.

4

Yeah, okay - so I built exactly three [React] extensions in Airtable and stopped. It was a brutal environment rife with issues that made it impossible (for me, anyway) to earn profits. It’s possible I’m just a crappy React coder. Worse, they never followed through on the promise of a marketplace.

In my opinion, if you hope to learn a lot about an environment that is seamless, this is a worthy excursion. All other benefits are fleeting and unlikely to ever generate hyper-revenues or profitability.

If you successfully stand up some AI solutions as an integrated extension, know that Airtable will also, and they’ll likely pluck ideas from your solution. Do not be lulled into the idea that Airtable’s AI strategy is poor today and still poor tomorrow. They struggle with innovation at the edge, so they tend to let the aftermarket folks cut the early trails through the jungle and follow behind with a bulldozer.

Lastly, there’s not a lot of evidence after-market extensions are making sizeable profits.

If you can deliver AI services to Airtable customers in other ways, you should test the demand and learn more about customer needs without betting your small farm on the custom extensions path.

Just sayin’ …

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