/apps-url-preview

Click a URL in a record to view its content in a block.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

URL preview app

When the user selects a record in grid view, this app gets a preview URL from the record and shows the corresponding preview. This app supports previews from the following services: YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, Soundcloud, and Figma.

The code shows:

  • How to use the Cursor API to detect when a user has selected a record in grid view, and how to get the selected record.

  • How to embed content in a app.

How to run this app

  1. Create a new base (or you can use an existing base).

  2. Create a new app in your new base (see Create a new app), selecting "URL preview" as your template.

  3. From the root of your new app, run block run.

See the app running

App showing YouTube video when user selects record in grid view