Beginner's Course Airtable Node Error Chapter 5.2

[lessiwek]

Hello,

I’m a total beginner following the steps in the training and received an error on Airtable Node Error Chapter 5.2

Inserting data into airtable | n8n Docs

Any help will be much appreciated.

[puffbaddie]

I’m also running with the same issue . Have you resolved it yet?

Item Index

0

Node type

n8n-nodes-base.airtable

Node version

2.1 (Latest)

n8n version

1.91.3 (Cloud)

{
  "errorMessage": "Your request is invalid or could not be processed by the service",
  "errorDescription": "Unknown field name: \"data\"",
  "errorDetails": {
    "rawErrorMessage": [
      "422 - {\"error\":{\"type\":\"UNKNOWN_FIELD_NAME\",\"message\":\"Unknown field name: \\\"data\\\"\"}}"
    ],
    "httpCode": "422"
  },
  "n8nDetails": {
    "nodeName": "Airtable",
    "nodeType": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
    "nodeVersion": 2.1,
    "resource": "record",
    "operation": "create",
    "itemIndex": 0,
    "time": "5/19/2025, 6:55:33 PM",
    "n8nVersion": "1.91.3 (Cloud)",
    "binaryDataMode": "filesystem",
    "stackTrace": [
      "NodeApiError: Your request is invalid or could not be processed by the service",
      "    at ExecuteContext.requestWithAuthentication (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/node-execution-context/utils/request-helper-functions.js:991:19)",
      "    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)",
      "    at ExecuteContext.requestWithAuthentication (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/node-execution-context/utils/request-helper-functions.js:1147:20)",
      "    at ExecuteContext.apiRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/dist/nodes/Airtable/v2/transport/index.js:47:10)",
      "    at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/dist/nodes/Airtable/v2/actions/record/create.operation.js:80:28)",
      "    at ExecuteContext.router (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/dist/nodes/Airtable/v2/actions/router.js:57:22)",
      "    at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/dist/nodes/Airtable/v2/AirtableV2.node.js:41:12)",
      "    at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:687:27)",
      "    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:921:51",
      "    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:1257:20"
    ]
  }
}```

[puffbaddie]

nevermind, I’ve found the error.

[King_Samuel_David]

What was it permission in airtable? or

[puffbaddie]

my error was I put the the data API to HTTP node.

It should look like this.