Quick Base HTTP API Reference
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The HTTP API is a collection of calls for accessing Quick Base applications over the web. It is a RESTful API over HTTP with XML payloads and an interface only; no components, modules, or libraries are installed at the application end.
Using the Quick Base API, you can:
Provide secure access to Quick Base and Quick Base applications.
Manage access through the Quick Base roles feature.
Automate the application lifecycle: creation, deletion, and copying (cloning) of applications.
Create, modify, and delete the application’s tables and fields
Add, update, delete, and querying table records
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In this guide
This guide contains these sections:
Overview – Explains the basics about how the API works and how to set up and authenticate users using the API.
Quick Base API Call Reference – Describes each API call in detail (these are listed alphabetically.)
Appendix A: Error Codes – Lists and describes the messages Quick Base returns when it encounters an error.
Appendix B: Managing Files – Provides an overview of uploading and downloading file attachments
Appendix C: Building Queries – Provides examples of how to use the different components that make up a query.
Appendix D: APIs and International Use of Quick Base – Provides information on API calls that are affected by changes to Quick Base's currency symbols, their placement relative to a number, number formats, and date formats.
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