Airtable.cool - OG image previews for Airtable shared views
Project overview
Airtable.cool is a tool that gives you link previews and analytics for your existing Airtable shared view links
![notion image](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%252F602e040c-05b5-4eb1-a1d5-a023bf65ee7c%252Fc378250e-3cfe-4607-b3d6-dd2b9e1175f5%252F2023-01-01_14.51.32.gif%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D76d00a2d-2785-4d85-9324-0a6208085aad%26cache%3Dv2&w=1920&q=75)
How to use:
- Take an existing Airtable share: https://airtable.com/shrXISgTxpgLU0SgP
- replace
airtable.com
withairtable.cool
(only requires 3 keystrokes!)
- Go to the new link: https://airtable.cool/shrXISgTxpgLU0SgP
![notion image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Ffile.notion.so%252Ff%252Fs%252F6c2fb9af-daff-433e-b95d-3f4d93189cf9%252F2023-01-01_14.49.28.gif%253Fid%253D8cc3d4de-665f-49d7-9a82-dfa988d48151%2526table%253Dblock%2526spaceId%253D4ab1cc42-1d46-4dba-aa01-4299f8ee39de%2526expirationTimestamp%253D1696766400000%2526signature%253DaR90DVeKcrwRo_YFFlYKbrybn3p5BCCnZPWZSRK4Q38%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D8cc3d4de-665f-49d7-9a82-dfa988d48151%26cache%3Dv2?table=block&id=ecdb8e9d-72f7-4f36-84f6-ceddccbed997&cache=v2)
Take an existing Airtable share link and replace “.com” with “.cool”
Features
1. Previews in Slack, WhatsApp, Facebook, LinkedIn, iMessage contain the title and description
WhatsApp:
![notion image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Ffile.notion.so%252Ff%252Fs%252Fd35f0481-3794-4cee-8008-c1b811bf0da4%252F2023-01-01_14.51.32.gif%253Fid%253De7edb2d2-71b1-4767-b331-3eedea5a4748%2526table%253Dblock%2526spaceId%253D4ab1cc42-1d46-4dba-aa01-4299f8ee39de%2526expirationTimestamp%253D1696766400000%2526signature%253DFf5gojBBTTyyBtka36DcAOOVePTZwhKCgAyE5VPgdUI%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3De7edb2d2-71b1-4767-b331-3eedea5a4748%26cache%3Dv2?table=block&id=f5415969-1dd1-4412-9f91-9a7339c032f9&cache=v2)
Facebook messenger:
![notion image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Ffile.notion.so%252Ff%252Fs%252Fb5834c63-ceb3-43f1-8526-e42d7726e75f%252FUntitled.png%253Fid%253D2a2776bf-a052-4772-8d20-ee9dbc32730d%2526table%253Dblock%2526spaceId%253D4ab1cc42-1d46-4dba-aa01-4299f8ee39de%2526expirationTimestamp%253D1696766400000%2526signature%253DFwCse8ozHB_F8HvnR15OZ8-o3SnwNs97C6IISiMJcPI%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D2a2776bf-a052-4772-8d20-ee9dbc32730d%26cache%3Dv2?table=block&id=9bb9f4f6-7658-4350-88bb-b070c507cca4&cache=v2)
Slack:
![notion image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Ffile.notion.so%252Ff%252Fs%252F052ba915-88d3-4aac-85b0-b7768211a9f7%252FUntitled.png%253Fid%253D11b4dd08-a74c-4f09-a8ff-446d737a498b%2526table%253Dblock%2526spaceId%253D4ab1cc42-1d46-4dba-aa01-4299f8ee39de%2526expirationTimestamp%253D1696766400000%2526signature%253DMavpGMm8wkK02fgLq_TTvUNeCTg8lrNyJ2p40XXTneg%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D11b4dd08-a74c-4f09-a8ff-446d737a498b%26cache%3Dv2?table=block&id=c96d6ddb-89c1-4bc3-aacf-f8cf0633383f&cache=v2)
For reference, the status quo on messenger, WhatsApp, and Slack, respectively:
![notion image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Ffile.notion.so%252Ff%252Fs%252F9e3d219a-2947-40df-aa9b-7b550e75de7f%252FUntitled.png%253Fid%253D8b8bd824-320c-40ac-b803-28dcb4c65fda%2526table%253Dblock%2526spaceId%253D4ab1cc42-1d46-4dba-aa01-4299f8ee39de%2526expirationTimestamp%253D1696766400000%2526signature%253Dn2MAfrBxIWZrlacrr6_OnXhpwFA-mARkI_Oo6Ejth0A%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D8b8bd824-320c-40ac-b803-28dcb4c65fda%26cache%3Dv2?table=block&id=7947a8ba-664e-4cec-9182-eb9cf17dc4da&cache=v2)
![notion image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Ffile.notion.so%252Ff%252Fs%252F95dfdcd4-9836-48a7-aa01-133a9793ccd9%252FUntitled.png%253Fid%253D77246831-1469-4a53-886a-e24bdf58c398%2526table%253Dblock%2526spaceId%253D4ab1cc42-1d46-4dba-aa01-4299f8ee39de%2526expirationTimestamp%253D1696766400000%2526signature%253DzF2K1-3G2sb4rlwOnTnpI5GBIBA_JRCsHF8a8qHXQoU%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D77246831-1469-4a53-886a-e24bdf58c398%26cache%3Dv2?table=block&id=592307d6-12c0-4471-ad48-c8aec8c8fd3f&cache=v2)
![notion image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Ffile.notion.so%252Ff%252Fs%252Fd2127f9f-915c-4351-afa6-4d62da88d480%252FUntitled.png%253Fid%253D26e47be1-825f-409d-8369-16544bfa261a%2526table%253Dblock%2526spaceId%253D4ab1cc42-1d46-4dba-aa01-4299f8ee39de%2526expirationTimestamp%253D1696766400000%2526signature%253DjgHHfhXMvZY2WWfE0uDMoYTI2Vp4U07ld4U_q07Kfl4%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D26e47be1-825f-409d-8369-16544bfa261a%26cache%3Dv2?table=block&id=bfa65416-facc-4b06-949c-b44bd2096ce3&cache=v2)
2. Displays and tracks the number of views, and the view description
![notion image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Ffile.notion.so%252Ff%252Fs%252Fc66c8193-1d8d-4ba8-a40b-74fa31d0de86%252FUntitled.png%253Fid%253D99fed2c7-5be7-4706-8d67-209216c79ae0%2526table%253Dblock%2526spaceId%253D4ab1cc42-1d46-4dba-aa01-4299f8ee39de%2526expirationTimestamp%253D1696766400000%2526signature%253Dlzhl5pl_BmjJt5BwDpFQETf_kgcoEoXGJFajPUxg7Ys%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D99fed2c7-5be7-4706-8d67-209216c79ae0%26cache%3Dv2?table=block&id=6f1946e6-899c-46b2-a241-c26c25214374&cache=v2)
Links in the view description are also automatically rendered as a link!