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Set up Airtable OAuth for database and spreadsheet management

Connect your users to Airtable for database and spreadsheet management, record access, and schema operations.

PropertyValue
Provider IDairtable
CategoryProductivity
PKCERequired
Token refreshAutomatic
Redirect URIShown in Developer Portal

Step 1: Create an Airtable OAuth Integration

Section titled “Step 1: Create an Airtable OAuth Integration”

Go to the Airtable Developer Hub

Navigate to airtable.com/create/oauth and sign in.

Create a new OAuth integration

Enter your integration name and description.

Add the redirect URL

Add the Redirect URI from the Developer Portal to the Redirect URLs field.

Select scopes

Select the scopes the application needs (e.g., data.records:read, schema.bases:read).

Get credentials

Copy the Client ID and generate a Client Secret.

Open the Developer Portal

Go to portal.alterauth.com and navigate to the application.

Add Airtable provider

Go to OAuth Providers > Add Provider > Airtable.

Enter credentials

  • Client ID: Paste your Airtable Client ID
  • Client Secret: Paste your Airtable Client Secret

Select scopes

Choose the scopes the application needs.

Save

Click Save. The provider is now active.

ScopeDescription
data.records:readRead records in bases
data.records:writeCreate, update, and delete records
data.recordComments:readRead comments on records in bases
data.recordComments:writeCreate, update, and delete comments on records
schema.bases:readRead base schema
schema.bases:writeCreate and modify base schema
webhook:manageCreate and manage webhooks
workspacesAndBases:readRead the list of accessible workspaces, bases, and their metadata
user.email:readSee the user’s email address (populates the connected account’s display email via /v0/meta/whoami)
  • Airtable requires PKCE for all OAuth flows. Alter Vault handles this automatically.
  • Scopes are colon-separated (e.g., data.records:read).
  • See the Airtable OAuth documentation for more details.

Alter policy rules can target these attested operations and families for operation-level and parameter-aware controls.

Operation IDFamiliesMethodProvider path
comments/createsendPOST/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}/comments
records/deletedeleteDELETE/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}
records/delete-multipledeleteDELETE/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}
webhooks/createadmin, writePOST/v0/bases/{baseId}/webhooks
attachments/uploadwritePOST/v0/{baseId}/{recordId}/{attachmentFieldIdOrName}/uploadAttachment
meta/bases/createwritePOST/v0/meta/bases
meta/fields/createwritePOST/v0/meta/bases/{baseId}/tables/{tableId}/fields
meta/fields/updatewritePATCH/v0/meta/bases/{baseId}/tables/{tableId}/fields/{columnId}
meta/tables/createwritePOST/v0/meta/bases/{baseId}/tables
meta/tables/updatewritePATCH/v0/meta/bases/{baseId}/tables/{tableIdOrName}
records/createwritePOST/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}
records/replacewritePUT/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}
records/updatewritePATCH/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}
records/update-multiplewritePATCH/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}
comments/listreadGET/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}/comments
meta/base-schemareadGET/v0/meta/bases/{baseId}/tables
meta/bases/listreadGET/v0/meta/bases
meta/whoamireadGET/v0/meta/whoami
records/getreadGET/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}/{recordId}
records/listreadGET/v0/{baseId}/{tableIdOrName}
webhooks/listreadGET/v0/bases/{baseId}/webhooks
webhooks/payloadsreadGET/v0/bases/{baseId}/webhooks/{webhookId}/payloads

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