Topic
Imports
Getting outside data into your no-code tools: forms, email, PDFs and the web.
A base or workspace is only as good as the data that reaches it. Native forms cover the simple case; anything beyond that — updating existing records, pulling data from websites, parsing emails and PDFs — needs another piece of plumbing.
Each guide covers the native route first, then the tools worth paying for, and how to keep imports from creating duplicates or overwriting good data.
Guides in this topic
Airtable Forms Alternatives: Edit Records, Logic, Payments
What Airtable's native forms can't do, like updating records, multi-page flows and save-and-resume, and which form tools fill each gap.
How to Turn Emails and PDF Attachments Into Airtable Records
What Airtable's email trigger and AI fields can do, where they stop, and which parsers turn invoices, orders and leads from email into Airtable records.
Web Scraping to Airtable: 5 Ways to Automate It
Airtable can't scrape web pages on its own. Compare Apify, Browse AI, Octoparse, Make and Airtable scripts for sending scraped data to a base on a schedule