HTTP with FileMaker

In this exercise, you'll learn how to make HTTP requests in FileMaker using two different approaches:

1. Using FileMaker's native Insert from URL script step
2. Using the HTTP Script, which provides a more developer-friendly interface

You'll be working with the JSONPlaceholder API, a free fake API for testing and prototyping. The demo file HTTP-FileMaker.fmp12 contains all the necessary scripts and layouts for these exercises.

Exercise Tasks

Using Insert from URL

In this task, you'll use FileMaker's built-in Insert from URL script step make a Get Request and a Post Request to the JSONPlaceholder API.

#Get Request
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/albums

#Post Request
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/albums

Using the HTTP Script

Do the same as above using the HTTP Script.

Getting Started

1. Open the HTTP-FileMaker.fmp12 file
2. Open Script Workspace
3. Follow the instructions for each task in the exercise scripts