Implement append_by_field about pyairtable

[gtalarico]

You are welcome @samgdf

I think the append use case is too specific to be part of what is currently a light-weight Rest API wrapper.
I would rather keep it somewhat mapped to the functionalities provided by API.
Otherwise, what would be next? Append? Prepend? InsertAtIndex? Search and replace? Regex Search?
all string operations? Hard to draw a line.
Does that make sense?

I think a functionality like prepend is better handled by the user.
You can always make a simple function to accomplish the task:

1. Get all records.
2. Make the modifications to the data (ie append)
3. Use Mirror or Update calls to update the data

[samgdf]

Fair enough. Would you happen to know how to use your wrapper to mark a checkmark in airtable? I've tried update_by_field : true (shorthanding, but with validly formatted code), but it does not work.

Thanks again!

[gtalarico]

Should work if you just pass a python boolean. Let me know if doesn't work

[samgdf]

(data[i]['fields']['checkedAT']) = True does not work, for the field checkedAT, which is a check box.

EDIT: Nevermind, wasn't passing it to airtable.