column names are very misleading when read by API. old column names show most the time I even have a column named “88e444bcfc9b51bc30d8390928197b50”: “Yes”, any advice on this? what can we do?

just found this thread also discussing the above issue. [image] API data copied seems wonky Ask for Help when I right click on the table then copy the “new row” api information to put into Make, the information I get is a bit strange and inconsistent. I bolded some of the…

[image] rayo: I even have a column named “88e444bcfc9b51bc30d8390928197b50”: “Yes”, That’s the internal column name that is assigned by Glide when you create the column. It is guaranteed to never change, which means that your API calls will continue to work when you forget and rename your col…

Yeah it was very confusing at first, but i guess it makes sense if you think about it. It keeps the first name that the column was created under. If you were to change the name in your glide table, it wouldn’t dynamically change in whatever program you are using, effectively breaking the link. so …

[image] Darren_Murphy: You should thank Glide for this For sure, thank you Glide for everything but I’m not that sure I called my column 88e444bcfc9b51bc30d8390928197b50 when i first created it :joy: i can also see 339c8b8308862bb94125deaf9fb1b5e5 3601146c4e948c32b6424d2c0a7f0118 694e8…

[image] rayo: but I’m not that sure I called my column 88e444bcfc9b51bc30d8390928197b50 when i first created it :joy: That’s not what I suggested. Every column has two names - the name you give it and the name that Glide refers to it as. Which is what that is. The Glide “internal” column nam…

Hi @Darren_Murphy any idea what happens when a column type is changed in Glide and we use API to update a value there? So many times we create columns and they are saved to text by mistake or by Glide. A few seconds later we update it to number. I know we update column types way less than column…

[image] rayo: any idea what happens when a column type is changed in Glide and we use API to update a value there? The API doesn’t include any column type specifier, so it’s up to you to ensure that you’re passing the correct data type when updating a value. If you don’t, then as far as I ca…

It’s great that it never changes, however I would also like my column names to be what I have specified as the column name in the first place. At the moment we don’t have any control over what this column name is going to be. I have an API integration with multiple Glide Apps. If I copy one app or …

@Tim_Gestels - you shared your API Key and App ID in public there, which is not the best idea. I took the liberty of obfuscating those for you. [image] Tim_Gestels: However when I have an update to my API and I have for example a new API field (a new column in Glide). In that case I would need …

Hi Darren, thanks! Good reflexes, it’s just a dummy app WIP for the moment so no worries. Is there a way to refresh the API key? Or I would probably need to duplicate the app? Best regards, Tim

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just found this thread also discussing the above issue.

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