API_ImportfromCSV doing nothing
Hi all! I'm trying to run this API_ImportfromCSV but it's getting me nowhere. I'd appreciate some help as I've been stuck with it for many hours, and haven't gotten to my error. https://(DOMA...
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So I can't say for sure about your google scripts example without seeing your array for arregloGuias - but in your first URL example - you have the skipfirst=1 meaning you're skipping the first row, but you only have 1 row so it's not going to import anything. The skipfirst is usually intended if you have headers. Remove that from your first example and that should get you moving
Side note - your clist only has one field (clist=6) but it looks like you're trying to import to 3 fields (records_csv=Guia,34168,102999). You'll want to make your clist have 3 field IDs to match
Side note - your clist only has one field (clist=6) but it looks like you're trying to import to 3 fields (records_csv=Guia,34168,102999). You'll want to make your clist have 3 field IDs to match
- Hi Chayce,
I actually have a single column (Guia) that is being imported, and the 2 values there (34168 and 102999) are 2 records that should be created, importing into fid_6. Though currently only 2 values/new records, this could be any number of records, but always a single value will create them.
The array would look something like [34168,102999] with N number of values possibly in there. I'm manually adding the "Guia" header, though that could be removed. - Ah - now I see what you're doing. So then same reason - different explanation from my first comment. Since its an importFromCSV - you have to force it to understand a new row. By doing value,value 2,value 3 as comma delimited - your browser just treats that as 1 row.
So you'll want something like this:
"https://yourrealm.quickbase.com/db/yourtable?a=API_ImportFromCSV&records_csv=Guia" & URLEncode("\n") & "row1" & URLEncode("\n") & "row2" & "clist=12"
The URLEncode if you're in QB will force it to interpret them as new lines. You can leave or remove the skipfirst at that point - Well that seems to have done the trick nicely!!
I'd like to get it to work without using the URL alternative, basically so an unlimited number of records could be posted at any given time, but this will definitely do for now!
Thanks a lot! - Based on your comments about using Google scripts to automate it - and knowing how you're using that array now - the method will still be the same for why the google script equivalent isn't working. Likely the .join(",\n") needs to be converted. I haven't played with that exact method of POST nor have an easy test, but 1) remove the comma at a bare minimum and just do .join("\n"). If that doesn't work - I would suggest trying to pass a couple different carriage return equivalents like <br> or 
 ( which would be the XML equivalent of a carriage return )
- Carriage return works with encodeURIComponent( "\r\n") _on the URL.
However, I still can't get it to work pasing the array.
Tried usingvar cdata = XmlService.createCdata(csvString);
With the csvString = '<![CDATA[' + csvString + ']]>'
csvString contains the numbers separated by \r\n as described above.. - Have you tried it using the stand XML carriage return? --> 
