Retrieving over 100 entries from Airtable database

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Hey everyone! I’m working on an application that needs to fetch data from an Airtable database using the Requests library. The goal is to convert the data into a list for further processing.

I’ve hit a snag though. When I make an API call, I’m only getting 100 records back. I’ve looked into the Airtable API docs and tried to use the maxRecords parameter, but I can’t seem to get it working.

Here’s a sample of what I’m trying:

import requests

url = 'https://api.airtable.com/v0/myAppId/myTableName'
headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer myApiKey'}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
data = response.json()

# This only gives me 100 records
print(len(data['records']))

I’ve also read about pagination but I’m not sure how to implement it. Has anyone dealt with this before? How can I retrieve more than 100 records from Airtable? Any help would be appreciated!

2

I encountered a similar issue when working with Airtable’s API. The solution lies in implementing pagination correctly. Here’s an approach that worked for me:

Utilize the ‘offset’ parameter in your API calls. Start with no offset, then in each subsequent request, use the ‘offset’ value returned in the previous response. Continue this process until no offset is returned, indicating you’ve fetched all records.

Additionally, you can use the ‘maxRecords’ parameter to control the number of records per request. While the default is 100, you can increase this up to 10,000 for efficiency.

Here’s a modified version of your code that should work:

import requests

url = 'https://api.airtable.com/v0/myAppId/myTableName'
headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer myApiKey'}
params = {'maxRecords': 1000}  # Adjust as needed

all_records = []
while True:
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
    data = response.json()
    all_records.extend(data['records'])
    if 'offset' in data:
        params['offset'] = data['offset']
    else:
        break

print(len(all_records))  # Total number of records retrieved

This approach should reliably fetch all your records from Airtable.

3

Hey there, I’ve been in your shoes before with Airtable’s API. It can be a bit tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s pretty straightforward. Here’s what worked for me:

I found that combining the ‘maxRecords’ and ‘offset’ parameters gives the best results. You can set ‘maxRecords’ to 1000 (the max allowed) to reduce the number of API calls.

Here’s a snippet that should do the trick:

import requests

url = 'https://api.airtable.com/v0/myAppId/myTableName'
headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer myApiKey'}
params = {'maxRecords': 1000}

all_records = []
while True:
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
    data = response.json()
    all_records.extend(data['records'])
    if 'offset' not in data:
        break
    params['offset'] = data['offset']

print(f'Retrieved {len(all_records)} records')

This approach minimizes API calls while fetching all your data. Just remember to handle rate limits if you’re dealing with a massive dataset. Hope this helps!

4

yo, i’ve dealt with this before. airtable’s default limit is 100 records. you gotta use the ‘offset’ parameter for pagination. here’s a quick example:

records = []
offset = None
while True:
    params = {'offset': offset} if offset else {}
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
    data = response.json()
    records.extend(data['records'])
    offset = data.get('offset')
    if not offset:
        break

this should grab all your records. good luck!