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How I Connected Airtable to Nowa

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Gellért Tóth
Gellért Tóth
Contributor

A few days ago, I needed a quick way to pull dynamic data into one of my Nowa apps.

I decided to give Airtable a try—and honestly, it turned out to be a smooth process.

So in this post, I’ll walk you through how I personally connected Airtable to Nowa, step by step.

1. Creating (or Logging In to) Airtable​

First, I headed over to airtable.com.
If you don’t have an account yet, it only takes a minute to sign up.
I already had mine, so I just logged in.

2. Setting Up My First Table​

Inside Airtable, I created a new table.
You can:

  • Let the AI helper generate a structure for you
  • Or pick one of the suggested example prompts to get started

This table is basically the backbone of your app’s data.

3. Generating an API Key​

Here’s the part where Airtable gives you the “key” to your data:

  1. Go to https://airtable.com/create/tokens
  2. Click Create Token and follow the steps
  3. Copy the key (and don’t share it with anyone)

Example format:

patJjUF860iOoEVQD.ab4268eb84a6aff2050946cf82a949b2cdfba9e8fc5995acb151503f4b8e6035

Keep this safe—it’s what connects your app to Airtable.

4. Finding the Airtable API URL​

  1. Head to https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/introduction
  2. Pick your base
  3. Copy the generated request. It’ll look something like this:
curl "https://api.airtable.com/v0/appcMgOc7vcng2kOX/Experiments?maxRecords=3&view=Grid%20view"   -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_API_TOKEN"

Just replace YOUR_SECRET_API_TOKEN with the key from the previous step.

5. Adding the API to Nowa​

Now comes the fun part—linking Airtable to your app:

  1. In Nowa, go to Data Connections.
  2. Click Create New API Collection.
  3. Just copy the curl command from Airtable and paste it into Nowa.
  4. Nowa will automatically detect the URL and headers — no need to set them manually. 🙌

That’s it. Your Airtable connection is live.

Here’s the official doc if you need a quick reference:
https://docs.nowa.dev/data-connections/api/createapi

6. Generating a Page with Nowa AI​

Once the API was set up, I used Nowa AI to auto‑generate a page connected to the Airtable data.
In just a few seconds, I had a live view of my table.

7. Play​

I hit Play, and there it was: my Airtable data, live in the app.
From here, I could easily tweak the layout, add buttons, or even pull in more tables.

8. A Few Extra Tips​

  • If you update the data in Airtable, it automatically syncs in the app.
  • Keep your API keys secure.
  • You can connect multiple tables if you need to build something more advanced.

That’s it! Connecting Airtable to Nowa was way easier than I expected.
If you’re just getting started with APIs, this is honestly a great first integration to try.