

using FileMaker Server or a FileMaker Cloud product to host databases.

Relationships, layouts, portals, and containers. You should understand the basics of FileMaker Pro Advanced database design and the concepts of fields, using FileMaker Pro Advanced to create databases.This guide assumes you are experienced with:

The FileMaker Data API returns data in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON),Ī text format that is commonly used with REST APIs because it is independent of specific programming language formats. Update records, delete records, and perform find requests. Your web service or application calls the FileMaker Data API to obtain an authentication token for access toĪ hosted database, then uses that token in subsequent calls to create records, The FileMaker ® Data API is an application programming interface (API) that allows web services to access dataīecause this API conforms to Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture, the FileMaker Data API is a REST API.
