TryGetOptions

TryGetOptions Method

AirtableBase.TryGetOptions

Get the FieldModel options without throwing.

Namespace: AirtableApiClient

Assembly: AirtableApiClient.dll

Syntax

        public static bool TryGetOptions<TOpts>(this FieldModel f, out TOpts? options) where TOpts : class

Parameters

f

Type: FieldModel<TOpts>

Return Value

f.ModelOptions if it's not null.

Example

using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
using AirtableApiClient;

readonly string appKeyOrAccessToken= YOUR_APP_KEY_OR_ACCESS_TOKEN;
readonly string baseId = YOUR_BASE_ID;

---

    using (AirtableBase airtableBase = new AirtableBase(appKeyOrAccessToken, baseId))
    {
        BaseSchemaInclude[] scInclude = new BaseSchemaInclude[1];
        scInclude[0] = BaseSchemaInclude.visibleFieldIds;

        // Base ID passed in AirtableBase ctor earlier will be used so no need to pass in baseId here.
        Task<AirtableGetBaseSchemaResponse> task = airtableBase.GetBaseSchema(baseId: null, scInclude);

        var response = await task;
        if (!response.Success)
        {
           // report error
        }
        else
        {
            IEnumerable<TableModel>? tables = response!.Tables;
            Assert.IsNotNull(tables);
            Assert.IsTrue(tables.Count() > 0);
            // Assume that we knew the field below is a LookupModelOptions, let's get its value:
            if (tables[0].Fields[18].TryGetOptions<LookupModelOptions>(out var opts))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Type of Result is:{0}", opts.Result!.GetType().Name);
            }
        }
    }

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