Feature Requests

Instead of needing to make an additional API call to the Get File URL endpoint, it would be great if any API calls that return records would immediately contain the URL of the file

Allow us to define the 'slug' field during the initial creation of new fields. Currently, comprehending the JSON returned when retrieving records with numerous fields can be challenging, as it displays auto-generated slugs containing random characters. If we can set the slug ourselves and mandate its uniqueness, it will enhance the readability of HTTP responses, thereby simplifying their utilization.

It would be great if we could select a URL column in addition to the file columns to display image covers in Kanban and Card view. Alternatively, a workaround could be allow url column to file upload column within the automations. Or enabling file upload via API

We use the API to create quick tasks via shortcuts on iPhone / Mac. These tasks land in an "inbox" app inside our personal GTD solution. However, this is all unnecessary if we were able to add tasks directly to MyWork via the API. You can already do that in-app and it works great so I don't know why we can't access it via API

I would like to see a place on the UI where I can track my API usage

It would be super useful if linked fields would also hydrate or be displayed with their names in the API. Alternatively an easy way to find or display the field id's would also help.

I'd love a way to "upsert" records from the API merging using a custom unique field. For example... I have data that I pull a few times a day from an API. Currently I use Airtable to store the data but I'd love to bring it over to SS. With Airtable, I'm able to make a "batch upsert" query and pass along 10 records at a time, with a "fieldToMergeOn" key. I pass along a custom UUID field, and it either creates a new record or updates the existing. It doesn't appear that SmartSuite currently has this ability in the API? Even just merging on the Primary Title of the record would be fine, but the only bummer there is then it makes the record ugly when displayed since it's just a random UUID instead of a "pretty" title. Best case scenario would be to add the ability to select a custom unique field to use to merge or create on.

Something similar to this > https://airtable.com/marketplace/blkJ16czOGRAFvBFg/baseql

Problem: Records have to be explicitly saved every time before clicking a button that uses information from the record. Often users can forget to do this, with unintended results. Solution: Adding an option to "Save Record, then Open Link" to the button field would solve this issue. If anyone has an idea on how to do this with the current option please let me know at this community post: https://community.smartsuite.com/developer-hub-u5l41n7u/post/saving-records-before-clicking-buttons-hDQvcTLzUHF53NA

I've created a Make API to handle a data dump of backups, based on this: https://community.smartsuite.com/developer-hub-u5l41n7u/post/how-to-create-a-smartsuite-backup-scenario-in-make-com-EouUcEmF1DHNNAe However, the larger the table data, it times out for each Table that takes over a minute. I tried it as part of the URL string, as in: https://app.smartsuite.com/api/v1/applications/{{19.id}}/records/generate_csv?limit=1000 The link above doesn't succesfully pass on the ?limit-1000 to generate_csv, so I cannot use make to cycle through the data because I cannot reduce the size of the data. Noting I did separately implemented the backup on the solution level, but that doesn't export data as text like a cvs does, so with a CVS that gets too big and thus does a timeout, there isn't a way to use the backup for tables when the export has too many records yet cannot limit each loop to 1000 records. @Peter Novosel recommended I create this as a request. As I'm certain that most users don't use API's or will run into the need for data backups, this post is really for tracking purposes more than a feature which any casual user will upvote!