Authentication for FileMaker Cloud API calls to upload or update apps

Use the Authentication API call to return the session key to use with the API calls for Uploading custom apps to FileMaker Cloud or Updating a FileMaker Cloud custom app.

HTTP method

GET

Host URL

https://instance-name

API call URL

/fmws
HTTP header
  • x-fms-command: The command for the API call. For this header, "authentication" is the only value allowed.
  • Authorization (string): FMID Claris_ID_Token To generate the Claris ID token, see Claris Customer Console Help.
  • x-fms-authentication-type: The type of the authentication. The only allowed value is 1, which is used for signing in.
Body Empty
Parameters None
Response body

The session key and the API call result code.

For example:

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{
  "data" : {
    "sessionKey" : A1860C0E4091C61EAA1D7B36A4D900E8
  },
  "result" : 0
}
Response header

Check the response header for any error codes.

For example:

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"x-FMS-Result" : 9
"x-FMS-Error" : (9): Access was denied