myFMApiLibrary for Javascript, one library to rule them all, again

Web technologies

The Lesterius Team has developed a Javascript library to make the FileMaker Data Api 18 easier to use.

Why do we provide a wrapper while the data REST API already works?

To make it simple.

In our library, we’ve already coded all cURL requests. You don’t need to read the FileMaker Data API documentation to make it work, you just have to follow our documentation. Readable by every Javascript developer, you can use it even if you don’t know anything about FileMaker. Even better: this library doesn’t have any dependencies, just add it in a webViewer and start using it! Download it and it’s ready.

Go to our GitHub and download it or do a composer install:

composer require myfmbutler/myfmapilibrary-for-js

See how to enable FileMaker Data Api on your FileMaker Server with this video, then create a user with the fmrest privilege and allow them to access your target data and layouts.

Here is an example that shows how to find records with credentials method login (if you’re using WebDirect, please, use the token method for more security):

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <title>My html page</title>
     <script src="DataApi.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
  <script type="text/javascript">
      let apiURL          = "https://test.fmconnection.com/fmi/data";
      let login           = "User";
      let password        = "password";
      let databaseName    = "MyDatabase";
      let layoutName      = "My Layout";      console.log("Login to the FileMaker Server");      let options = {
          'apiUrl': apiURL,
          'databaseName' : databaseName,
          'login' : login,
          'password' : password
      };      let api = new DataApi(options);      console.log("Find records");      let search = [
          {
              'fields' : {'fieldname': 'First Name', 'fieldvalue': '==John'},
              'options' : {'omit': false}
          }
      ];      let sort = [
          {
              'fieldName': 'First Name',
              'sortOrder': 'ascend'
          },
          {
              'fieldName':'Last Name',
              'sortOrder':'descend'
          }
      ];      // My results are here
      console.log(api.findRecords(layoutName, search, sort));      console.log("Logout");
      api.logout();
  </script>
 </body>
</html>

Enjoy! You can also see all the examples in the readme here.