Insert from URL with cURL options

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Make authenticated HTTP requests, send POST bodies, and set custom headers using Insert from URL with cURL options.

What you'll learn

How to send a POST request with a JSON body
How to set Authorization and Content-Type headers
How to capture HTTP status codes alongside the response body

Insert from URL supports a cURL options string that unlocks full HTTP control: custom methods (POST, PUT, DELETE), request headers, basic authentication, multipart forms, and response header inspection. This makes FileMaker a capable HTTP client without any plugins.

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Send a POST request with a JSON body

Set the cURL options field to specify the method, headers, and body.

FileMaker Script

Set Variable [ $body ; Value:
  JSONSetElement ( "{}" ;
    [ "name"  ; Contacts::FullName ; JSONString ] ;
    [ "email" ; Contacts::Email    ; JSONString ]
  )
]
Insert from URL [
  Select ; No dialog ;
  Target: $response ;
  URL: "https://api.example.com/contacts" ;
  cURL options: "--request POST
    --header "Content-Type: application/json"
    --header "Authorization: Bearer " & $$apiToken
    --data @$body"
]

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