How to Embed Editable Tables in Baserow

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Hi Baserow Community,

I hope you’re all doing well.

I am currently developing an application and considering embedding Baserow tables into it. My goal is to allow users to interact with these tables directly from the app. Specifically, I need to embed a table in such a way that users can:

  1. View the table data.
  2. Edit cells inline within the embedded table.

The idea is to provide a seamless experience where users can make changes without having to leave the app or open a new window/tab. This functionality is crucial for the user experience I’m aiming to deliver.

Here is a brief scenario to illustrate my requirement:

  • Scenario: I am building a project management tool where team members need to update task statuses and add comments directly from the table view embedded in the app. The team members should be able to click on a cell, make edits, and have these changes saved in real-time.

I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could guide me on whether Baserow supports this functionality. If it does, could you please provide some insights or documentation on how to achieve this? If not, are there any recommended workarounds or alternative solutions that can be integrated with Baserow to fulfill this requirement?

Thank you in advance for your assistance. I look forward to your guidance.

Best regards

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Hi @christopher.d,

What are you building your application in?

Unfortuantely, embedding a table would only allow for viewing it and not for editing it, as the user viewing the embed would need to somehow authenticate with that embed which is not possible.

Have you explored Baserow’s own App Builder? Perhaps you could build out your app with that?

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Hi

Would you mind explaining that a little bit further? I’m not sure I understand why there would be a technical limitation for authenticated requests to the embedded table.

Thanks

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Because the person viewing the table would not be logged in (authenticated) with the right permissions to be able to edit the table.

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Sure, but nothing is preventing from requesting authentication in the embed, right?

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This would be awesome! We are having a similar scenario - would love to see this feature in the future to come :slight_smile:

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Editable table is indeed in the roadmap, however it won’t be for this year sorry :sweat:

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Hi @jrmi

Is there a Gitlab issue for this feature request that we can track?

Thanks

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As it’s a bit far in the roadmap the issue didn’t exist but I’ve created it: Table element should be editable (#3096) · Issues · Baserow / baserow · GitLab

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