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How to get record IDs

Find a record's ID in Airtable, Webflow, Postgres, and Notion, and map each app's built-in Record ID field to a text field on the other side of a sync.

Airtable

Section titled “Airtable”
  1. Add a Formula field using the formula: RECORD_ID()
  2. View the IDs in the newly created field

Webflow

Section titled “Webflow”
  1. Open up an item in the CMS
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the item
  3. Copy the ID

Postgres

Section titled “Postgres”
  1. Whalesync requires a generated ID to sync with Postgres
  2. This generated ID is your record ID

Notion

Section titled “Notion”
  1. Add a Formula field using the formula: ID()
  2. View the IDs in the newly created field

Bubble

Section titled “Bubble”
  • Bubble does not expose record ID in their data viewer

What to do with these IDs

Section titled “What to do with these IDs”

Map each app's built-in Record ID field into a text field on the other side of your sync. This gives every record a durable pointer to its counterpart for re-matching and debugging. See store-record-ids-on-both-sides.md.