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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 4:45 AM@kapa.ai when adding a field via transformation to my CDK connector, i get the error message
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kapa.ai
05/19/2023, 4:45 AMA message from kapa.ai
kapa.ai
05/19/2023, 4:45 AMHmm, I don't know enough to give you a confident answer yet. However, you can refer to the [Airbyte documentation on adding fields](https://docs.airbyte.com/connector-development/connector-builder-ui/record-processing#adding-fields) for more information on how to properly add fields via transformation.
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Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 6:41 AM@Roberto Tolosa which version of the CDK / the Airbyte platform are you running? There has been a bug around AddField transformations that has been fixed in the most recent version
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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:06 AMoh awesome – thanks for the heads up @Joe Reuter! i'm running v0.43.2 for the airbyte platform (not sure if i can run a separate version of the CDK itself)
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Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:07 AMAre you using the connector builder UI ?
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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:07 AMyep!
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Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:07 AMIn that case you are right, you can’t run a different cdk version
Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:07 AMUpgrading Airbyte to 0.44.5 should do the trick
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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:07 AMguessing i should upgrade to 0.44.4 – i just didn't see much in terms of platofrm changes
Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:08 AMif the latest i see in https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/releases is 0.44.4, is there a way to upgrade to 0.44.5? (sorry for the potentially basic questoin)
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Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:08 AMThere’s a problem with the releases changelog - we are fixing it right now
Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:08 AM0.44.5 is the latest, but it’s not listed on Gitbub (but the docker images are available)
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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:09 AMahh perfect
Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:09 AMupgrading now 🚀
Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:09 AMthanks Joe!!
Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:13 AM0.44.5 comes with the builder button! 👏 i no longer need to access the url directly 😉
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Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:15 AMYeah, hot off the press: https://airbyte.com/blog/launching-the-no-code-connector-builder-build-custom-connectors-in-minutes
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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:19 AMcan confirm that i'm able to add fields now and i think i'll finally have the connector i'd been yearning for! 🔥
Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:20 AMand all the new little UI tweaks from the new version are clutch 👌
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Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:21 AMThat’s great! If you have any feedback about the builder (e.g. missing features) feel free to post them here, that’s an important signal for prioritization for us
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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:22 AMwill do! the hover-over examples are also much more descriptive now which is super helpful
Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:38 AMnot sure how broadly applicable this could be, but one thing that could help would be the ability to pass more headers than the Authentication header at the global connection level.
for the connector i'm building (Demio – API docs) i need to pass both an API Key and an API Secret. took me a few minutes to realize i could just repeat the API Secret as a header in every stream, but this could be a bit repetitive and avoidable
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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:41 AMi'm also trying to see if i can convert an epoch to timestamp, but it's not clear if that function/macro is supported. closest is can see is this Format Datetime section, which is not what i need (and when i tried it, it just seemed to parse it as literal text)
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Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:44 AMAbout the global headers - we heard this before, created an issue for this: https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/issues/26292
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Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:49 AMabout the timestamps - I'm not sure whether there is a way to do this
Joe Reuter (Airbyte)
05/19/2023, 7:49 AMin general, the guidance is to leave this kind of transformations to the warehouse: https://airbyte.com/blog/etl-vs-elt-the-key-differences
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Roberto Tolosa
05/19/2023, 7:52 AMyeah, i figured i could also just transform it downstream. appreciate you getting the link for even more context