//
const AiirtableClient = new Airtable({ apiKey: AIRTABLE_API_KEY });
const AirtableBase = AirtableClient.base(AIRTABLE_BASE_ID);
const TableBooks = AirtableBase(AIRTABLE_TABLE_ID_BOOKS);

const createNewRecord = () => {
  return {
    fields: {
    pic: [{ url: 'http://my-fancy-image.com/imageeeeee.jpg' }],
    title: "My Superb Book",
    year: "2001",
  }
};

/* ============================================== */
//  before - this trigger TS error
/* ============================================== */
const newRecord = createNewRecord();
const createdRecords = await TableBooks.create([newRecord]); // TS-Error ...
const createdRecord = createdRecords[0]; // TS-Error ...

/* ============================================== */
// after - this illude TS and suppress error
/* ============================================== */

// TODO: there is a bug in the Airtable code, and an open issue
// https://github.com/Airtable/airtable.js/issues/277
// When the bug is resolved update the use of next line

const newRecord_tsErrorSolutionHack = createNewRecord() as unknown as { fields: Airtable.FieldSet };
const createdRecords = await TableBooks.create([newRecord_tsErrorSolutionHack]);
const createdRecord = createdRecords[0];