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CUSTOMIZE A TEMPLATE ⏱
The data of the templates are connected thanks to the Airtable node (component of the app).
This is the portal of arrival and sending of data.
Now that you have created your Airtable, click on the template's Sample Database link (available via the template documentation or the project help page) and click on Copy Base.
A public database to copy simply
Next, we will see how to connect your new own database to your app.
In Airtable, go to My Account, then Overview, then click on the encrypted API key to bring it up.
In Airtable, go to the top right of My Account
Then click on Account
Now you need to generate an API key, so click on Generate API key
Your API key is created.
Templates perform one of the 4 Airtable database operations (create, retrieve, update, delete) at the graph level (data flow visualization) of the Airtable node.
Changing the API key will remove the Airtable operations (visible as blocks) that you simply have to recreate by following the help page of your template in the Connect your data section.
Example to connect an Airtable node in your Voltapp project to an Airtable database.
In the Airtable node inspector, on the right, you have an empty area to rename the node and, most importantly, an API area to enter your API key
Once you have entered the key, you select the database for your Airtable account (here test) and select the relevant table (here Table 1). For the example, the API key is hidden.
Now your application is connected to an Airtable database.
Either you have one database for the whole application, and in this case put it at the root of the project, at the very top. Or you have several databases, and in this case place each Airtable node in the right place in the project.