fms-xml-client

A Promise based FileMaker Server XML gateway client for node.js. note! Because of CORS issues with FileMaker server this is only useful in node. It will not work in the browser.

Fast XML Parser

Starting with version 3.1.0 we use fast-xml-parser instead of xml2js to parse the XML

Version 3 Makes the simple client the default

if you need the old request object api it is still available as an additional export

const request = require('fas-xml-client').request

Usage

Version 3 and greater.

Using the provided factory functions you create a Layout Object, for the layout you want to target. The Layout Object has a bunch of usefule methods for find, updates, etc. See API below for details.

// get as server factory function
const fms = require('fms-xml-client');
 
//config options
const options = {    
    server : "<serverURL>",
    auth : {
        user : "admin"
        pass : "pass"
    }
}
 
//use it to create a server object
const server = fms(options);
 
//get a DB object
const db = server.db("Test");
 
//finally get a Layout Object
const People = db.layout("people")
 
// query can use all the xml gateway options for finding.
// finds all the records where the firstName contains 'joe'
 
const query = ({firstName : 'joe', "firstName.op" : 'cn' })
People.find(query).then(resultset=>{
    //do stuff
})
 
// See API below for each method available to a Layout Object
 

Layout Object API

Each method can take two optional parameters

• additionalCommands - xml gateway commands to add to the request. Useful for things like adding sorts, running scripts, max and skip etc.
• auth - lets you change the auth for just this command

Everything returns a Promise. If you care what flavor, we use bluebird Promise.

find

find records using a query People.find(query, additionalCommands, auth)

findAll

find all the records People.findAll(addtionalCommands, auth)

save

Save a record to the db. it will create it if it doesn't exist. People.save(data, additionalCommands, auth)

update

update the first record found with the query People.update(query, data, additionalCommands, auth)

upset

update or the first record found with the query, or insert it if it doesn't exist People.upsert(query, data, additionalCommands, auth)

delete

delete the first record found by the query People.delete(query, additionalCommands, auth)

delete the first record found by the query People.delete(query, additionalCommands, auth)

All off the FileMaker XML Gateway command and parameters are supported in the command object.

All of the query commands are documented in the FileMaker® Server 15 Custom Web Publishing Guide starting on paging 37.

Using The Raw Request Object

const request = require('fms-xml-client').request;
const options = {    
    server : "<serverURL>",
    auth : {
        user : "admin"
        pass : "pass"
    },
    command : {
      '-db' : 'Test',
      '-findall' : true,
      '-lay' : 'people'
    }
}
 
// make the request
request(options)
    .then(json=>{
        // do stuff with son
    })
    .catch(err=>{
        // do stuff with error
    })
 

Running the Test

You'll need to put the Test.fmp12 file on a FileMaker Server.

We use dotenv for setting the required ENV variables. You can see the required vars in test/required.en. Copy the file to test/.env and set the vars correctly.

.env is never committed to git

finally run npm test