An Airtable view provides a filtered, sorted, and formatted perspective on the records in a table. Views control which fields are visible, how records are ordered, and which records meet the view's filter criteria.
Airtable View 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.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/airtable/refs/heads/main/json-structure/airtable-view-structure.json",
"name": "Airtable View",
"description": "An Airtable view provides a filtered, sorted, and formatted perspective on the records in a table. Views control which fields are visible, how records are ordered, and which records meet the view's filter criteria.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The unique identifier for the view. View IDs always start with the 'viw' prefix.",
"pattern": "^viw[a-zA-Z0-9]+$",
"examples": [
"viwABC123def456"
]
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The display name of the view."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of view, which determines the layout and interaction model.",
"enum": [
"grid",
"form",
"calendar",
"gallery",
"kanban",
"timeline",
"block"
]
},
"personalForUserId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "If set, this is a personal view visible only to the specified user. Null indicates a shared view."
},
"visibleFieldIds": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The IDs of fields visible in this view, in display order. Only included when explicitly requested via the include parameter.",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^fld[a-zA-Z0-9]+$"
}
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"name",
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
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