fms-js

fms-js

node and browser connection for FileMaker Server

Status: 2 - unstable

The api is under development and may change. Backwards compatibility will be maintained if feasible. See node stability ratings

Installation

fms-js can be installed using npm

npm install fms-js

Usage

Once installed you can require the fms object, and start to use it

var fms = require('fms-js');

// create a connection object

var connection = fms.connection({
	url : '<url>',
	userName : 'username',
	password : 'password'
});

//use the connection object to create requests
var listDBNamesRequest = connection.dbnames();

//and send it to FileMaker Server
//all request are asynchronous. 
//Pass the callback to the 'send()' method

listDBNamesRequest.send(callback)

The API is chainable. So you can do some fun expressive things. The following will find the first 10 contacts who have the firstName 'todd"

connection
	.db('Contacts')
	.layout('contacts')
	.find({
		'firstName' : 'todd'
	})
	.set('-max', 10)
	.send(callback)

You can keep a reference to any point in the chain. So this is the equivilent of the above

var db = connection.db('Contacts');
var layout = db.layout('contacts');
var findRequest = layout.find({
		'firstName' : 'todd'
	})
var findRequestFirstTen = findRequest.set('-max', 10)
findRequestFirstTen.send(callback)