# Unable to write to Airtable

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-write-to-airtable/4108524>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** airtable\
**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-write-to-airtable/4108524 "2026-04-02T12:58:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![steve\_synopsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@steve\_synopsis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/steve_synopsis)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-write-to-airtable/4108524/1 "2026-04-02T12:58:54Z")

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Hi,

I have a very simple test to write data to Airtable but it isn’t working. The app has access and the column information is shown in the block correctly.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/f/7f05df0a0b78f8cf4d41ae9fb34c87d16d73ff9d.png)

I have tried the same with a Google Sheet and the works fine.

Not sure what the issue could be.

Appreciate any help.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![steve\_synopsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@steve\_synopsis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/steve_synopsis)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-write-to-airtable/4108524/2 "2026-04-02T13:50:05Z")

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Turns out that it was the date format that was causing the error. How would I be able to trap an error coming from Airtable seeing that the block has no Error output?

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**Author:** ![maurizio.polverini89](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/maurizio.polverini89/32/145191_2.png) [@maurizio.polverini89](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maurizio.polverini89)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-write-to-airtable/4108524/3 "2026-04-06T15:05:03Z")

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Hello Steve, i faced this problem a lot in the past - the only solution i found to discover such errors was to start using the WEB-API block component instead of the block suggested. With that block you do a direct API call to Airtable.

Everytime you use the WEB-API component, it returns a message wheather is an error or a succesful submission, if error it clearly explains why.

It’s a very advanced block to be used, so i dont know if it suits your needs for the future.

Hope it helped.

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**Author:** ![steve\_synopsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@steve\_synopsis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/steve_synopsis)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-write-to-airtable/4108524/4 "2026-04-06T15:16:23Z")

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Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-write-to-airtable/4108524/5 "2026-07-05T15:16:43Z")

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