Updates in Airtable Not Displaying in Real-Time

hshadab · 2021-01-14T07:11:56.822Z

I’m using the Airtable plugin. It generally works fine, but unlike the built-in Bubble database, updates made in the Airtable database are not displaying in the Bubble UI in real time. For example, to see a new item in Airtable in a repeating group, I have to refresh the page. Is there is fix for this?

By the same token, what would be the best way to automatically update my Bubble database when a new record is created in airtable?

daniel35 · 2022-04-02T22:13:25.628Z

Bump!

dbom009 · 2022-08-15T15:39:54.140Z

Were you able to find a fix for this?

jared.gibb · 2022-08-15T17:51:41.870Z

Only if you are using something like zapier to monitor the tables and let your app know it’s time to update somehow

dbom009 · 2022-08-15T18:21:10.661Z

I see, thanks. For now I am sticking with page refresh but its not ideal.

dbom009 · 2022-08-15T21:11:01.587Z

@hshadab @daniel35 I was actually able to find a semi fix for this. For some reason the airtable database will update when you modify a record in that table you are interested in. If you modify a record to change it as part of your action you can trick bubble to refresh the database. I hope this helps!