How can I simplify callback usage in my Node.js Airtable integration?

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**Using Node.js to query an Airtable table, I’m extracting records and saving them for later use. How can I apply promises instead of deeply nested callbacks?

Below is an updated sample:

const AirConnect = require('airtable');

AirConnect.configure({
  endpointUrl: 'https://api.airtable.com',
  apiKey: 'exampleKey12345'
});

const tableBase = AirConnect.base('exampleBaseId');

async function fetchRecords() {
  try {
    const records = await tableBase('ExampleTable').select({ view: 'Active' }).firstPage();
    const results = records.map(rec => ({ title: rec.get('Title'), description: rec.get('Description') }));
    console.log(results);
    return results;
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
}

fetchRecords();

Thank you and happy coding!

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Working on a similar project, I went through the pain of deeply nested callbacks and can confirm that refactoring to use async/await made a significant difference. After switching, I noticed the code looked much cleaner and the error handling became more straightforward. It was a game changer to eliminate the callback hell, as restructuring the logic around promises made each asynchronous call easier to manage and debug. This approach is definitely more sustainable in larger applications and simplifies maintaining the codebase over time.