Retrieving an array of rows from a table about airtablekit

[rafaelruwer]

Hi @jeadev!

Sorry for the long delay. If this is still relevant to you, I created a small example of how you can parse the records from a table in your Airtable base.

The package uses Combine as its interface for returning the status of operations performed (create, delete) or the data requested (list, get). Given that Combine is a new framework, let's say you're using closures instead of Combine on your application.

I'm considering you have a class to encapsulate communication with Airtable. You can do something like the following:

import Combine
import AirtableKit

class Service {
    
    private let airtable = Airtable(baseID: "<your base id>", apiKey: "<your API key>")
    private var subscriptions: [AnyCancellable] = []
    
    func listStudents(completion: @escaping (Result<[[String]], Error>) -> Void) {
        airtable.list(tableName: "<your table name>")
            .sink { completionEvent in
                switch completionEvent {
                case .finished:
                    // you can ignore this
                    print("successfully finished")
                case .failure(let error):
                    print("got error \(error)")
                    completion(.failure(error))
                }
            } receiveValue: { records in
                print("records \(records)")
                
                let content = records.map { record -> [String] in
                    // map your record/row here
                    
                    var result = [String]()
                    
                    if let name = record.fields["Name"] as? String {
                        result.append(name)
                    }
                    
                    if let logo = record.attachments["Picture"]?.first {
                        let logoUrl = logo.url.absoluteString
                        let logoSize = logo.metadata["size"] as? Int ?? 0
                        
                        result.append(logoUrl)
                        result.append("\(logoSize)")
                    }
                    
                    return result
                }
                
                completion(.success(content))
                
            }
            .store(in: &subscriptions)
    }
}

Now to use it on your app:

let service = Service()

func getDataFromAirtable() {
    service.listStudents { result in
        switch result {
        case .success(let rows):
            // do something with rows
            print("result: success \(rows)")
        case .failure(let error):
            // handle this as you wish
            print("result: error \(error)")
        }
    }
}

I haven't written SpriteKit code for some time now, but I think you can use this as a starting point to implement what you need.

I'll close this for now, but feel free to comment and I'll see how I can help.