#816 Airtable.get_records() fields argument can be either str or list (…

…#892)

* all fields to be a str object

* remove newline

parsons/airtable/airtable.py

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ def get_records(
                 See :ref:`parsons-table` for output options.
         """
 
+        if isinstance(fields, str):
+            fields = [fields]
         # Raises an error if sort is None type. Thus, only adding if populated.
         kwargs = {
             "fields": fields,

test/test_airtable/test_airtable.py

@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ def test_get_records_with_explicit_headers(self, m):
 
         assert airtable_res.columns == ["id", "createdTime", "Name", "SecondColumn"]
 
+    @requests_mock.Mocker()
+    def test_get_records_with_single_field(self, m):
+        m.get(self.base_uri, json=records_response_with_more_columns)
+
+        fields = "Name"
+
+        airtable_res = self.at.get_records(fields, sample_size=1)
+
+        assert airtable_res.columns == ["id", "createdTime", "Name"]
+
     @requests_mock.Mocker()
     def test_insert_record(self, m):