Questions and answers

Rowvela is a web app that imports data from REST and GraphQL APIs, CSV, JSON and XML into Airtable. Before every write it shows a row-by-row preview of new, changed and deleted records, and every run can be reverted afterwards.

No. You paste an API URL or a cURL command, pick the list of records in the response, map fields to Airtable columns and review the preview. Formulas and JMESPath are there when you need them, not before.

No. Rowvela is a separate web app that connects to Airtable with a personal access token or Airtable OAuth. It can still be started from Airtable: through a button field, an automation calling a webhook, or a trigger when records change.

Rowvela is in a free, closed pilot. Request access and tell us what you want to import; we enable accounts one by one.

In Rowvela, create an import, paste the API URL (or a cURL command), add credentials, and inspect the response. Choose the list that holds the records, map fields to Airtable columns, set a match key and review the preview. Apply it once, or put it on a schedule. Details.

Yes. Upsert matches incoming rows to existing records on one to three key fields you choose, updates only the fields that changed and creates the rest. Duplicate or empty keys block the write, so records are never matched by position. Details.

Yes. Map any nested path to a field, expand lists into separate rows (several levels deep), join lists into one cell, or reshape the response with JMESPath first. Details.

Page number, offset, cursor, next-page URL and RFC 8288 Link headers, for GET and POST requests and GraphQL. Rowvela suggests the right one from the first response and stops only when the source proves there is no more data.

Up to 100,000 records per table and per run by default, configurable up to 500,000. Each API response can be up to 5 MB, with up to 500 pages per run. Uploaded files can be up to 250 MB during the pilot.

Yes. Linked records are matched by a field in the linked table and can be created when missing. Attachments are written from public file URLs, which Airtable downloads when the preview is applied.

Yes. Use an existing Airtable connection as the source, choose a table or a view, and map it like any API. Details.

Revert the run. Rowvela restores the previous values of fields that still hold what the run wrote, removes records it created and recreates records it deleted. Anything edited since is left alone and listed. Details.

Yes, if you turn it on. Deletions appear in the preview, never happen when the source returns no rows, and above a threshold need confirmation; scheduled runs are held for review instead.

The review guard. If a run would change more than 25% of existing records, or the source returns more than 30% fewer rows than last time, the run waits for approval and the owner gets an email. Thresholds are adjustable.

Encrypted with AES-256-GCM, never returned to the browser or included in exports, and bound to the source host they were entered for. Security.

As often as every 5 minutes, or hourly, daily, on chosen weekdays and at a time in your time zone. Imports can also run from a webhook, an Airtable button or when records change.

Yes. "Run for each record" calls an API once per record in a view, using its values, and writes the answer back to the same record. Use it for AI fields, OCR, company data, screenshots and more. Details.

Yes, with sequences: for example customers before the invoices that link to them. A sequence can run manually, on a schedule, from a webhook or from an Airtable change.

The pilot is free. Paid plans follow after it, with a free tier, and count only rows that Rowvela writes (new, changed or deleted). Unchanged rows are never counted.

All core features are available. Ready-made templates are enabled per workspace on request and marked Beta; ready-made Google, Meta, Zoho and Xero OAuth connections follow after the pilot. Integrations.

Yes. Rowvela converts a Data Fetcher JSON export into an import and lists anything that could not be carried over. How to import a configuration.