Write FileMaker Data API calls

The FileMaker Data API uses the following HTTP methods:

• POST

  Used with Log in to a database session, Create a record, Duplicate a record, Perform a find request, and Upload container data.

• GET

  Used with Get a single record, Get a range of records, Get metadata, and Run a script.

• PATCH

  Used with Edit a record and Set global field values.

• DELETE

  Used with Log out of a database session and Delete a record.

Note  FileMaker Data API doesn't support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) and the OPTIONS method.

The FileMaker Data API uses the following headers:

• Content-Type: application/json

  Used with Log in to a database session, Log out of a database session, Create a record, Edit a record, Perform a find request, and Set global field values.

  For this header, "application/json" is the only value allowed. For HTTP requests that use this header, the FileMaker Data API requires content to be JSON encoded.

• Content-Type: multipart/form-data

  Used with Upload container data.

  For this header, "multipart/form-data" is the only value allowed.

• Authorization: session-token

  Used with most of the HTTP requests.

  The value for access-token is the unique session token returned when logging in to a session. It is required to authenticate access to the hosted database. See Log in to a database session.

• Authorization: FMID {FMID-token}

  Used with HTTP requests for databases hosted by FileMaker Cloud.

  FMID-token is the Claris ID token provided by the Claris ID identity provider system. For information on the Claris ID token, see Using Claris ID for external authentication in Claris Customer Console Help.

• X-FM-Data-OAuth-Request-Id

  Used with Log in to a database session using an OAuth identity provider and Get metadata. This header specifies the X-FMS-Request-ID header value that is returned from the /oauth/getoauthurl URL.

• X-FM-Data-OAuth-Identifier

  Used with Log in to a database session using an OAuth identity provider and Get metadata. This header specifies the identifier that is returned by the OAuth provider.

The FileMaker Data API URLs all start with one of the following:

• To specify that version one should be used: /fmi/data/v1/databases

• To specify that the latest version should be used: /fmi/data/vLatest/databases