# Airtable

Airtable works like a spreadsheet but gives you the power of a database to organize anything.

## Overview

Airtable is a spreadsheet-database hybrid, with the features of a database but applied to a spreadsheet.

## \*\*API Information \*\*

The **Base URL** used for the Airtable connector is **<https://api.airtable.com/v0/\\&#123;\\{base_id\\&#125;\\}/\\&#123;\\{table\\&#125;\\}>**. More information can be found on their main [API documentation (v1)](https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/introduction) site. API limits can be found [here](https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/rate-limits).

## Authentication

When using the Airtable connector for the first time, you need to create a new authentication.
![add-auth](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/airtable/f5d6b2e9-550b03d3_airtable-auth-1.png)
Name your authentication and specify the type ('Personal' or 'Organizational').
![airtable-auth-2 1](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/airtable/2kv4pMQzVUQIVpfofbcYpm_airtable-auth-2%201.png)

The next step is to select your **service permissions**.
![airtable-auth-v2](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/airtable/f5d6b2e9-1161dcdd_airtable-auth-3.png)

Once done, click \*\*Create authentication. \*\*
In the dialog box, select the base or a workspace to which you want to grant access for Tray.io.
![airtable-auth-4](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/airtable/7vGlpIkqfZpNZEw72qiKxT_airtable-auth-4.png)

You can select multiple base/ workspace. Once done click the **Grant access** button.
![airtable-auth-5](https://tray.ai/documentation/images/connectors/service/airtable/6bpJgIbDlO86sLYdutNvYo_airtable-auth-5.png)
Go back to your settings authentication field (within the workflow builder properties panel), and select the recently added authentication from the available dropdown options . Your connector authentication setup for Slack's version 10 is now complete.