airtable-trigger-instant

Package Information

Released: 5/17/2025
Downloads: 0 weekly / 0 monthly
Latest Version: 1.0.0
Author: vwork-digital

Available Nodes

Airtable Trigger
Starts the workflow when Airtable events occur

Documentation

n8n-nodes-airtable-webhook-trigger

This is an n8n community node to trigger workflows from Airtable webhook events.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Installation
Operations
Credentials
Compatibility
Usage
Resources

Installation

Community Nodes (Recommended)

For users on n8n v0.187+, you can install this node directly from the n8n Community Nodes panel in the settings.

  1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes
  2. Select Install
  3. Enter n8n-nodes-airtable-webhook-trigger in Enter npm package name
  4. Agree to the disclaimer
  5. Select Install

Manual Installation

To get started using this node, install it locally in your n8n instance:

# npm
npm install n8n-nodes-airtable-webhook-trigger

# yarn
yarn add n8n-nodes-airtable-webhook-trigger

For Docker-based deployments, add your custom node to your n8n Docker image build:

FROM n8nio/n8n

COPY package.json .
RUN npm install
RUN npm install n8n-nodes-airtable-webhook-trigger

Operations

The Airtable Webhook Trigger node supports the following operations:

  • Watch for changes - Triggers a workflow when specific fields change in an Airtable table
  • Process changes - Format the output with record ID, field changed, previous and current values

How it works

The Airtable Webhook Trigger node implements the official Airtable webhooks API to:

  1. Create a webhook in Airtable with the correct webhook specification
  2. List webhooks to find the latest cursor for your webhook
  3. List webhook payloads to retrieve changes from Airtable
  4. Format the output data in a consistent, easy-to-use structure

Each triggered workflow run will provide data in this format:

{
  "recordId": "recXXXXXXXXXXXX",
  "fieldChanged": "Field Name",
  "fieldChangedId": "fldXXXXXXXXXXXX",
  "previousValue": "Previous Value",
  "currentValue": "New Value",
  "includedData": {
    "fldYYYYYYYYYYYY": "Value of included field"
  }
}

Credentials

This node uses the standard Airtable API credentials which require an API key.

Compatibility

This node has been tested with n8n version 0.187.0 and above.

Usage

  1. Add the Airtable Webhook Trigger node to your workflow
  2. Configure your Airtable credentials
  3. Specify the Base ID and Table ID to watch
  4. Select which fields to watch for changes
  5. Select which fields to include in the webhook payload
  6. Choose whether to include previous values for changed fields
  7. Activate the workflow

The node will automatically create a webhook with Airtable and start listening for changes. When fields in the specified table change, the workflow will be triggered with the formatted output data.

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