Request the binary value for an individual field

To request an individual field stored as a binary value, use the query option $value.

The binary value default format for the FileMaker field is text/plain. For container fields, the default format depends on the type of container field and includes image/gif, image/png, image/jpeg, image/tiff, application/pdf, or application/octet-stream.

Component Description

Component	Description
HTTP method	GET
URL	https://`host`/fmi/odata/`version`/`database-name`/`table-name` (`primary-key-value`)/`field-name`/$value `host` – FileMaker Cloud or FileMaker Server host name `version` – the OData version, always `v4` `database-name` – the name of the hosted database `table-name` - the name of the table `primary-key-value` - the unique identifier value of the record `field-name` - the name of the field Example: `/fmi/odata/v4/ContactMgmt/Contacts('ALFKI')/Name/$value` The request above returns the binary value of the Name field for the Contacts record.

HTTP method

GET

URL

https://host/fmi/odata/version/database-name/table-name (primary-key-value)/field-name/$value

host – FileMaker Cloud or FileMaker Server host name

version – the OData version, always v4

database-name – the name of the hosted database

table-name - the name of the table

primary-key-value - the unique identifier value of the record

field-name - the name of the field

Example: /fmi/odata/v4/ContactMgmt/Contacts('ALFKI')/Name/$value

The request above returns the binary value of the Name field for the Contacts record.

FileMaker information

When requesting the binary (raw) value of a repetition field, only the binary (raw) value of the first repetition is returned.