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API Write Data to Quickbase

mphillips27
7 - Meteor

Is there a way to write to quickbase using an API in designer? Using the download tool and a parse XML I've downloaded data from Quick base but I can't find any help on how to write data back to quickbase.

 

Thanks!

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mceleavey
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @mphillips27 ,

 

you will need to build an API connector. The following link has the API documentation:

 

https://help.quickbase.com/api-guide/intro.html

 

We at Bulien can build the connector for you. DM me if you are interested.

 

M.



Bulien

Drussek
9 - Comet

It's my sample workflow which do INSERT into choosen table.

Drussek_0-1616536543222.png

You need to replace all "xxxx" with proper values.

Hope this is what you asked for.

You can make some tests here:

https://developer.quickbase.com/operation/upsert

 

 

PS. you should receive in response sth like this.

Drussek_1-1616536654654.png

 

mphillips27
7 - Meteor

Drussek, amazing! Thank you!

mphillips27
7 - Meteor

This works great, however when I do the API call, I can't figure out how to control what columns I'm calling. It seems to dump a bunch of columns from the default table, ironically none of the ones I'm trying to get. I tried creating a body field with a query using the restful API body request but that didn't work.

{"from":"xxxxxxx","select": [3,6]}

 

Any help?

Drussek
9 - Comet

@mphillips27Did you find an answare? If not:

 

You can send to:

https://api.quickbase.com/v1/records/query

such body (you need to change a table name)

As a result you will receive all columns and their numbers.

I don't use Quickbase, just did some tests and research, so I can't be more helpful.

 

{
  "from""brbsbj4nj",
  "select": [

  ],
  "sortBy": [
    {
      "fieldId"4,
      "order""ASC"
    },
    {
      "fieldId"5,
      "order""ASC"
    }
  ],
  "groupBy": [
    {
      "fieldId"6,
      "grouping""equal-values"
    }
  ],
  "options": {
    "skip"0,
    "top"5,
    "compareWithAppLocalTime"false
  }
}
Archaeopteryx
10 - Fireball

Hi,

 

Solution worked great. Will attempt to modify so using FID numbers will not be necessary. 

Chris

hhart
6 - Meteoroid

Drussek, thanks for this!  Have you had success deleting records as well?  Can you share the download tool's configuration to accomplish this.

 

I have successfully deleted using the QB API guide test page Quickbase API Portal but can't seem to use it in Alteryx.

 

deepaprash
8 - Asteroid

Does anyone know how to add attachments as you create a record in quickbase? I was using this to write to quickbase:

OutputPath                          URL
QuickBasePost.xml             https://[CompanyName].quickbase.com/[TableID]?act=API_AddRecord&_fid_6=[xxx]&_fid_17=[xxx]&usertoken...

and this works very well. I have a blob tool and have generated the XSTRING that points to the attachment I need to carry over and save in Quickbase. But I am stuck here. The XSTRING is in blob format and cannot be added to the URL string above. Even if I tried to change the XTSRING format to Base64 binary data, could not add it to the URL.

 

Any ideas on how to achieve this?

 

Summary: Create a record in QB by pulling data out of SAP including associated attachments.

deepaprash
8 - Asteroid

Further to my question above, I was able to create upload data in XML and create records in quickbase. But when I send the base64encoded file as an attachment, while it created a record and uploaded the attachment in quickbase, on opening the file, I get an error. It appears the tools b64Encoder, Python, Blob convert tools etc. convert to a version of Base64 but it doesnt work in quickbase. Has anyone had any success with this?

 

Thanks

Deepa

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