How can I extract image URLs from an Airtable array field?

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1

I’m using the Airtable API and ran into an issue. I can access text fields like this:

records.forEach(record => {
  console.log('Value:', record.get('FieldName'));
});

But when I try to retrieve an image field that returns an array of URLs for various sizes, I end up with output like:

Value (1) [{...}]
Value (1) [{...}]
Value (1) [{...}]

How can I properly extract the individual image URLs from this array field? Any help would be appreciated.

2

I’ve dealt with this exact issue before when working with Airtable’s API. The image field actually returns an array of attachment objects, not just URLs. To get the URLs, you need to drill down into those objects. Here’s a snippet that worked for me:

records.forEach(record => {
  const attachments = record.get('ImageFieldName');
  if (attachments && attachments.length > 0) {
    const urls = attachments.map(attachment => attachment.url);
    console.log('Image URLs:', urls);
  }
});

This extracts all URLs for each size variant. If you only want the original or a specific size, you can modify the code to filter for that. Also, remember to handle cases where the field might be empty to avoid errors. Hope this helps!

3

Having worked extensively with Airtable’s API, I can offer some insight into your issue. The image field in Airtable returns an array of attachment objects, each containing metadata about the image, including various URL sizes. To extract these URLs, you’ll need to iterate through the array and access the ‘url’ property of each attachment object.

Here’s a concise approach:

records.forEach(record => {
  const imageField = record.get('ImageFieldName');
  if (imageField && imageField.length) {
    const urls = imageField.map(img => img.url);
    console.log('Image URLs:', urls);
  }
});

This code will log an array of URLs for each record that has images. You can further refine this to select specific sizes or handle multiple image fields if needed. Remember to implement error handling for robust production code.

4

hey man, i had similar problem b4. try this:

records.forEach(record => {
  const imgs = record.get('ImageFieldName');
  if (imgs && imgs.length) {
    const urls = imgs.map(img => img.thumbnails.large.url);
    console.log('URLs:', urls);
  }
});

this gets the large thumbnail urls. adjust as needed for diff sizes.