--- title: 'Import Airtable to NocoDB' description: 'A complete import of your Airtable to any MySQL, Postgres, SQLite and SQL server databases within minutes' --- NocoDB allows a complete import of your Airtable to any MySQL, Postgres, SQLite and SQL server databases within minutes. :::info Import from Airtable is in beta version. See [Importing Airtable To NocoDB](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/discussions/2122) for the migration notes. ::: ## Get Airtable Credentials :::info You need to retrieve API key and Shared Base ID / URL from Airtable. ::: ### Retrieve API Key - Copy your Airtable API Key from [Airtable Accounts](https://airtable.com/account) page ![Screenshot 2022-05-16 at 1 50 07 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/168569905-48c16d6d-c44a-4337-be49-0ac3dc1f7b75.png) ### Retrieve Share Base ID / URL See [here](https://support.airtable.com/hc/en-us/articles/205752117-Creating-a-base-share-link-or-a-view-share-link#basesharelink) for detailed procedures. 1. Open `Share` menu in your Project / Base ![Screenshot 2022-05-16 at 3 47 27 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/168572054-533b8c19-d76e-4add-b876-f1e0570ac33c.png) 2. Open tab `Share Publicly` 3. Enable `Turn on full base access` 4. Copy generated shared base URL ![Screenshot 2022-05-16 at 3 41 54 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/168572062-5dee065d-2394-426d-8f43-77ecc0c9b73f.png) ## Import Airtable to NocoDB :::info Prerequisites:
- A NocoDB Project
- Airtable Credentials ::: Below are 3 simple steps 1. Go to your Project dashboard, click on `Import Data` ![import data](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/assets/86527202/e5ca7748-5918-4fec-a2f5-6ffa7ab753f8) 2. Select `Airtable` ![import data airtable](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/assets/86527202/c9f4aab6-4de3-4e24-808a-27d4f10104ce) 3. Input API key & Shared Base ID / URL (retrieved from `Get Airtable Credentials` above). - <1> API Key - <2> Share Base ID - <3> Configuration option - Import Data: disable this option to import only table & view schema's - Import Secondary Views: disable this option to import only primary grid view per table - Import Rollup Columns: disable this option to skip Rollup column import - Import Lookup Columns: disable this option to skip Lookup column import - Import Attachments Columns: disable this option to skip Attachment column import - \ Import Formula Columns: disable this option to skip Formula (computation) column import ![Screenshot 2022-09-14 at 9 30 14 AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/190057133-92807b16-4f2b-4c58-8bae-a2cfe677ee62.png) 3. Click `Import` and you will see the status 4. Wait until `Go To Dashboard` button is activated on the modal. Import details are captured in log window. ![Screenshot 2022-09-14 at 9 33 42 AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/190057152-be9ec6cb-e414-465c-8967-d1ad40478ce1.png)