Get Metadata
seatable.get_metadata
ActionDatabases & warehousesconnection required
Calls the SeaTable API with the connection's credentials.
Read the base's structure: its tables, their columns and views, and the internal table and link ids the link operations need.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- SeaTable
- Secret shape
- the base API token, or {"api_token": "…", "account_token": "…"} where the account token is only needed by the webhook operations
- Config it needs
- server_url, base_uuid, workspace_id, base_name
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
This node takes no configuration beyond its connection.
Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
tables Every table, with its columns and views. | array | — |
table_count How many tables the base holds. | number | — |
version The base's metadata version. | number | — |
format_version Metadata format version. | number | — |
settings Base-level security and sharing settings. | object | — |
{
"format_version": 0,
"settings": {},
"table_count": 0,
"tables": [],
"version": 0
}See Get Metadata run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the SeaTable connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.