The FileMaker Admin API
BeginnerAutomate FileMaker Server management tasks using the REST-based Admin API.
What you'll learn
- What the Admin API can and cannot do
- Authenticating to the Admin API
- Key Admin API endpoints for common automation tasks
- Security considerations for Admin API access
The FileMaker Admin API is a REST interface for managing FileMaker Server programmatically -- without logging into the Admin Console. It enables automation of: file management (open, close, pause), schedule management, client disconnection, certificate management, and server statistics. It is the foundation of tools like FM Dojo that interact with your server programmatically.
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What the Admin API does
The Admin API manages the server, not data. It can: list, open, close, and pause hosted databases; disconnect clients; run or pause scheduled scripts; retrieve server statistics and logs; manage SSL certificates; and restart FileMaker Server processes. It does NOT read or write FileMaker record data -- that is the Data API.
// Admin API base URL:
https://your-fm-server.example.com/fmadmin/api/v2
// Key endpoints:
GET /databases -- list hosted files
PATCH /databases/{id} -- open, close, pause a file
GET /clients -- list connected clients
DELETE /clients/{id} -- disconnect a client
GET /schedules -- list scheduled scripts
PATCH /schedules/{id} -- run or pause a schedule
GET /server/status -- server statisticsSign in to track your progress and pick up where you left off.
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