API API_AddRecord - with Update
Hello, Is it possible to use the API_AddRecord with updates? Occasionally there are already historical records with the key field (unique) field, and those commands fail. The other option it seem...
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I'm pretty sure that's not possible with the API_AddRecord call. I've always had to use API_ImportFromCSV or otherwise separate my calls into API_AddRecord and API_EditRecord to perform a mix of adds and updates. The new RESTful API has an upsert that will do exactly what you need but if converting to API_ImportFromCSV is too big of a lift, switching to the the new API may also be undesirable. That all depends on your use case so it's probably worth a look: https://developer.quickbase.com/operation/upsert.
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Nathan Hawe
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Nathan Hawe
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- "Upsert" might be good! I hadn't seen this yet... will have a read through and see if I can format what I need in this way. The API_ImportFromCSV has some benefits - it's one call for more data instead of doing little calls - but individual calls will be more of a "real time update" which is what we're trying to accomplish. If anyone else has any other suggestions please send, otherwise thank you Nathan and Mark
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Geoff Barrenger
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This absolutely did the trick - wasn't that hard to format. Now I just have to look as to where it has to be used.Thank you!
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Geoff Barrenger
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