Delete Record

filemaker.delete_record
ActionDatabases & warehousesconnection required

Calls the FileMaker API with the connection's credentials.

Delete one record by its FileMaker record id.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
Username & password
Providers
FileMaker
Secret shape
{"username": "…", "password": "…"} — a FileMaker account with the fmrest extended privilege
Config it needs
base_url, database, api_version
Resolved by
config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

2 fields, 2 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
layout
Name of the FileMaker layout to work through; it decides which fields and portals the Data API can see.
stringYes——Contacts
record_id
The record's internal FileMaker record id, as returned by a create, a find or a listing.
stringYes——147

Example configuration

Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.

{
  "layout": "Contacts",
  "record_id": "147"
}

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
layout
The layout the record was deleted through.
string—
record_id
The record id that was deleted.
string—
deleted
True when FileMaker confirmed the deletion.
boolean—
{
  "deleted": false,
  "layout": "",
  "record_id": ""
}

See Delete Record run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the FileMaker connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.