Access FileMaker(tm) Server Databases
Project description
Fmkr is a Python library to access FileMaker(tm) Server 8 Advanced databases via the XML publishing interface.
“FileMaker” is a registered trademark of FileMaker Inc.
- Author:
- Organization:
Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics. University of California, Irvine
- Version:
2019.1.1
Requirements
Revisions
- 2019.1.1
Update copyright year.
- 2018.8.15
Move fmkr.py into fmkr package.
- 2018.5.25
Use lxml instead of minidom to parse FMPXMLResult. Improve string representations of FMPXMLResult and FMField. Update error codes. Drop support for Python 2.
- 2006.10.30
Initial release.
References
Examples
>>> from fmkr import FM, FMError
>>> fmi = FM('filemaker.domain.com', 80, 'http')
>>> fmi.set_db_data('database', 'layout', maxret=5)
>>> fmi.set_db_password('fmuser', 'password')
>>> # create a new record
>>> fmi.add_db_param('FIRST', 'John')
>>> fmi.add_db_param('LAST', 'Doe')
>>> fmi.fm_new()
>>> # find and sort records
>>> fmi.add_db_param('LAST', 'Doe', 'bw')
>>> fmi.add_sort_param('LAST', 'ascend', 1)
>>> fmi.add_sort_param('FIRST', 'ascend', 2)
>>> result = fmi.fm_find()
>>> for record in result.resultset:
... print(record['FIRST'], record['LAST'])
John Doe
>>> # delete record
>>> recid = result.resultset[0]['RECORDID']
>>> fmi.set_record_id(recid)
>>> fmi.fm_delete()
>>> # catch an exception
>>> try:
... fmi.add_db_param('LAST', 'Doe', 'cn')
... fmi.fm_find()
... except FMError as e:
... print(e)
FileMaker Error 401: No records match the request
