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December 2020

Using Airtable as a database to store realtime messages

In this article, we'll see how to use Airtable to store realtime messages using a group chat app as an example. We'll use Ably's realtime infrastructure to power the chat app and make use of WebHooks to publish messages to Airtable directly in the correct order from Ably. Check the full source code of the group chat app written in VueJS on GitHub and the live demo of the application at https://realtime-chat-storage.ably.dev/