An easier way to connect Airtable with the OpenAI API without third-party tools like Zapier or Make. This “script” allows instant access to responses from GPT-4 and GPT-3.5.
No third-party tools, no subscription, and accessible even with a free Airtable account.
🎉 Airtable has made some modifications to their “Scripting” extension, and the script is failing to work, sometimes. But you can get the script for Google Sheets + OpenAI API here.
What can I do with the “script”?
You can bring the power of OpenAI language models (GPT-4 and GPT-3.5) to your Airtable base and utilize them to create content for 1000s of rows at once.
For example:
- Generate product descriptions based on several data points
- Create personalized emails for 1000s of guests based on available data
- Do programmatic SEO by creating super-optimized AI content
- Generate content for anything and everything that follows a pattern
Here’s a quick video that shows how powerful this simple script can be:
How to use the “script” inside Airtable
As shown in the above video, here are the steps to get the script working:
- Open your Airtable base
- Install the “Scripting” extension
- Paste the “script” by deleting the existing code
- Get your OpenAI API from their official website
- Paste the API in the respective input field
- Fill in all the other required details
- Select the OpenAI model – GPT-4 or GPT-3.5, and
- Hit the Run button
Within moments, you will start getting the response from the OpenAI API.
If this all seems complicated, don’t worry! After you purchase the “script” from Gumroad, you will get a Notion document with even detailed instructions to get everything working.
What people say
Awesome! Been looking for this solution for quite some time. GPT for Sheets is not stable, timed-out and always giving errors.
Interesting idea! Makes Airtable more effective.
Congrats on the launch 🚀
Very cool! I can think of a million applications for this. I’m assuming you could have a few different prompts and randomize the prompt used to produce the output.
Amazing! I’ve been waiting for something like this to get made. Should help a lot with making my programmatic SEO pages more unique.
Cool product for all the developers out there. Congrats on the launch.
Wow, super fast execution! Congrats on the launch.
Great! I’m currently using Airtable now.
This will help me a lot.
Nice Product.
Congratulations on the launch 🎉🎉
Also, you can directly look at these responses from people on Twitter and Product Hunt.
FAQs
1. Do I need any subscription for this to work?
No, you don’t need any subscriptions for this. The script works well, even with the free Airtable account.
2. What are the limitations of the “script”?
There are absolutely no limitations on the script. You just need to keep your computer open when you hit “Run”, and it keeps working without getting timed out.
3. Does the script work with the free Airtable account?
Yes, the script works well with the free Airtable account, but you will be limited to 1000 records per base. And as you upgrade your Airtable account, the same script will work for more than 1000 records.
🎉 UPDATE: The “Scripting” Airtable extension is now paid and it doesn’t work with the free version.
4. Does it handle multiple prompt and output columns?
Yes, it is capable of handling almost any number of prompt and output columns. Just separate multiple prompt and output columns by commas when putting in the input fields.
5. Do I need the OpenAI API for this?
Yes, this is a BYOA (bring your own API) product, so you will need your own OpenAI API to work with it. You can get the API from here.
6. Does the ChatGPT Plus work with this?
No, even if you’re subscribed to ChatGPT Plus, you still need the OpenAI API to work with this. But the GPT-4 API only costs you ~$8 to generate 100k words.
7. Can I get a refund for the script?
No, due to its digital nature, you will not get any refunds after purchasing the product.