An Airtable field represents a column in a table, defining the data type, validation rules, and display configuration for values stored in that column.
Airtable Field is a JSON Structure definition published by Airtable, describing 5 properties, of which 3 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
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"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
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"name": "Airtable Field",
"description": "An Airtable field represents a column in a table, defining the data type, validation rules, and display configuration for values stored in that column.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique identifier for the field. Field IDs always start with the 'fld' prefix.",
"pattern": "^fld[a-zA-Z0-9]+$",
"examples": [
"fldABC123def456"
]
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The display name of the field."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The data type of the field, which determines what values can be stored and how they are displayed.",
"enum": [
"singleLineText",
"email",
"url",
"multilineText",
"number",
"percent",
"currency",
"singleSelect",
"multipleSelects",
"singleCollaborator",
"multipleCollaborators",
"multipleRecordLinks",
"date",
"dateTime",
"phoneNumber",
"multipleAttachments",
"checkbox",
"formula",
"createdTime",
"rollup",
"count",
"lookup",
"multipleLookupValues",
"autoNumber",
"barcode",
"rating",
"richText",
"duration",
"lastModifiedTime",
"button",
"createdBy",
"lastModifiedBy",
"externalSyncSource",
"aiText"
]
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "An optional description of the field."
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Configuration options specific to the field type. For example, singleSelect fields have a choices array, number fields have a precision setting, and linked record fields specify the linked table.",
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"name",
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}