fmkr 2026.1.6

Access FileMaker(tm) Server Databases

Fmkr is a Python library to access FileMaker(tm) Server 8 Advanced databases via the XML publishing interface.

“FileMaker” is a registered trademark of Claris International Inc.

Author:

Christoph Gohlke

License:

BSD-3-Clause

Version:

2026.1.6

Requirements

This revision was tested with the following requirements and dependencies (other versions may work):

• CPython 3.11.9, 3.12.10, 3.13.11, 3.14.2

• Lxml 6.0.2

• FileMaker(tm) Server 8 Advanced

Revisions

2026.1.6

• Improve code quality.

• Support Python 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14.

• Drop support for Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10.

2022.9.28

• Convert docstrings to Google style with Sphinx directives.

2022.3.24

• Add type hints.

• Improve string representations of objects.

• Add immutable sequence interface to FMPXMLResult.

• Drop support for Python 3.6 and 3.7 (NEP 29).

2021.3.6

• Update copyright and formatting.

2020.1.1

• Drop support for Python 3.5.

• Update copyright.

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

1. http://www.filemaker.com/downloads/documentation/fmsa8_custom_web_guide.pdf

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:
...     print(record['FIRST'], record['LAST'])
...
John Doe
>>> # delete record
>>> recid = result[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 exc:
...     print(exc)
...
FileMaker Error 401: No records match the request