Extracting data from FileMaker for use on a webpage has been possible for years using various methods, including the PHP API. With the release of FileMaker 17, however, FileMaker introduced the Data API, allowing developers to interact with a database using industry standard REST methods. If you've never used the Data API before, you might be wondering how to get started. In this post, we're going to show you a very simple way of getting data from a FileMaker database, using the Data API and PHP.

How to take advantage of web services' webhooks within a FileMaker database

More and more online services are utilizing webhooks as a resource-light way to respond to an event, often times pushing around some data. So if we as FileMaker developers want to take advantage of these webhooks, how can we go about it? Well, dig in and find out!

What is this new script step in FileMaker 19 and how does it work?

FileMaker 19 introduced some game changing functionality to the platform, including the JavaScript functions and Add-Ons. Another last-minute feature that made it into the release was the Execute FileMaker Data API script step. Documentation is sparse at this time, so we set out to find out what it does and how it works. Let's jump in...

What's changed with this script step in FileMaker Pro 19.4?

We've been through a number of iterations of FileMaker 19 now and the latest release, 19.4, introduces some changes to the Execute FileMaker Data API script step that we explored back in September 2020. So, let's find out what's new...