Glide: Allow Users to Upload and Import Data from CSV Files

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📺 In this video you'll learn two ways to allow users to upload CSV files that will import data directly into your @Glide app! One method is update intensive, but is straight #nocode. The other is ultra fast and efficient by leveraging the Glide API 2.0, but it only works with Glide Big Tables.

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00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Our Concept - Adding Contacts
01:57 - Build the Importer Table and Screen
10:13 - Validating User CSV Files
17:27 - Convert User CSV to JSON
19:40 - Enabling Creating Manual Trigger Workflows
23:26 - METHOD 1: Creating a Looping Workflow - Good for Small Imports Only
30:13 - Testing the Workflow
35:17 - METHOD 2: Using Glide API Instead for Large Imports
36:32 - Introduction to Stashing
39:33 - Use AI to Convert CSV Headers to Column IDs
42:35 - Creating a New CSV with Column IDs
47:20 - Chumking the JSON using Javascript
51:46 - Creating the Stashing API Workflow
01:02:18 - Testing the Stashing API Workflow
01:04:02 - A Word of Caution
01:05:56 - Outro